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• Arnoldus Antonius Johannes Jansen, Vlijmen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2006)
• Alejandrina Croes, Aruba († 2002)
• Antoinetta-Godefrida-Christina van Gils, Goirle († 1943)
• Constance Hermine Rijff († 1948)
• Adrianus Josephus Cornelius de Kok, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2000)
• Christina Theodora de Koning, Huissen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1922)
• Antonetta Godefrida Christina van Gils, Goirle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1943)
• Beike Luttjeboer, Scheemda, Groningen, Netherlands († 1923)
• Adrianus Leonard Beyers, Essen († 1989)
• Cecil Harris, Manchester, Clay County, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 1990)

• andreas van den eijnde (82)
• Aaltje de Vries (73), Steenwijk
• Axel Arnold Allon Bergman (58)
• Albert Boelen (77), Gasselte
• Antje de Leeuw (50), Sneek
• Anne Rapley Godfrey (87), Tararua District, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand
• Adrianus Fredrik Schenk (89), Amsterdam, NH, The Netherlands
• Albert Boelen (77), Gasselte
• Aaltje HARMSEN (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Van Gangelen (43), Waarder

• 1915 » Jean Fritz, Chinese-American author († 2017)
• 1916 » Al Lucas, Canadian-American bassist († 1983)
• 1916 » Daws Butler, American voice actor and singer († 1988)
• 1916 » Harold Baigent, New Zealand actor and director († 1996)
• 1922 » Gene Amdahl, American computer scientist, physicist, and engineer († 2015)
• 1922 » José Saramago, Portuguese novelist († 2010)
• 1924 » Mel Patton, American sprinter and coach († 2014)
• 1924 » Sam Farber, American businessman († 2013)
• 1927 » Dolo Coker, American pianist and composer († 1983)
• 1928 » Clu Gulager, American actor and director

• 1903 » Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (b. 1895)
• 1907 » Robert I, Duke of Parma (b. 1848)
• 1908 » Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, French-Canadian lawyer and politician, 4th Premier of Quebec (b. 1829)
• 1911 » A. A. Ames, American physician and politician, 9th Mayor of Minneapolis (b. 1842)
• 1911 » Lawrence Feuerbach, American shot putter (b. 1879)
• 1913 » George Barham, English businessman, founded Express County Milk Supply Company (b. 1836)
• 1922 » Max Abraham, Polish-German physicist and academic (b. 1875)
• 1939 » Pierce Butler, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1866)
• 1941 » Eduard Eelma, Estonian footballer (b. 1902)
• 1941 » Miina Härma, Estonian organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1864)

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 7.0 million citizens.
• March 10 » Mahatma Gandhi is arrested in India, tried for sedition, and sentenced to six years in prison, only to be released after nearly two years for an appendicitis operation.
• July 20 » The League of Nations awards mandates of Togoland to France and Tanganyika to the United Kingdom.
• September 9 » The Greco-Turkish War effectively ends with Turkish victory over the Greeks in Smyrna.
• September 18 » The Kingdom of Hungary is admitted to the League of Nations.
• September 27 » King Constantine I of Greece abdicates his throne in favor of his eldest son, George II.
• November 24 » Nine Irish Republican Army members are executed by an Irish Free State firing squad. Among them is author Erskine Childers, who had been arrested for illegally carrying a revolver.

The temperature on November 16, 1922 was between -0.7 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.