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• Antonia Schenk, Elburg († 2004)
• Anthonia Alberta Johanna van de Burgt, Geldrop, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2012)
• Albertus Frederik Berkemeier, Mijdrecht († 1987)
• Olsen, Tørrbekkmoen, Ørtfjell, Rana, Nordland, Norge († 1985)
• Aaltje Hemrica, St. Jacobiparochie († 2000)
• Aart de Borst, Papendrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1999)
• Annie Kuijpers, Amsterdam, Nederland († 2017)
• Kuiper († 2008)
• Aebe Smink, Oudehaske, Haskerland, Friesland, Nederland († 2012)
• Antje Sybrens Bruinsma († 1994)

• Albertje Geerts Dolstra (73), Ooststellingwerf (Friesland)
• Anthonia van Mierlo (51), Bodegraven
• Anthonie van de Berg (72), Utrecht
• Albertina Elizabeth Pieters Oosterhoff (1), Westerbork
• Albertina Elizabeth Oosterhoff (1), Westerbork
• Anna Maria van Silfhout (1), Arnhem
• Antonia Wilhelmina Welling (64), Didam
• Eschauzier (62), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Anna_Margaretha Brom (43), Amsterdam
• Anna Margaretha Brom (43), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1919 » Johnny Carey, Irish footballer and manager († 1995)
• 1920 » Paul Gérin-Lajoie, Canadian lawyer and politician († 2018)
• 1923 » Clarence D. Lester, African-American fighter pilot (d.1986)
• 1923 » Dante Lavelli, American football player († 2009)
• 1923 » Harry Clarke, English international footballer, defender († 2000)
• 1923 » Ioannis Grivas, Greek judge and politician, 176th Prime Minister of Greece († 2016)
• 1923 » Mary Francis Shura, American author († 1991)
• 1923 » Rafael Addiego Bruno, Uruguayan jurist and politician, President of Uruguay († 2014)
• 1924 » Allan McLeod Cormack, South-African-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1998)
• 1925 » Louis Stokes, American lawyer and politician († 2015)

• 1897 » Woldemar Bargiel, German composer and educator (b. 1828)
• 1900 » Ernest Dowson, English poet, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1867)
• 1908 » Friedrich von Esmarch, German surgeon and academic (b. 1823)
• 1918 » Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1882)
• 1930 » Horst Wessel, German SA officer (b. 1907)
• 1931 » Nellie Melba, Australian soprano and actress (b. 1861)
• 1934 » Edward Elgar, English composer and academic (b. 1857)
• 1944 » Leo Baekeland, Belgian-American chemist and engineer (b. 1863)
• 1946 » Tomoyuki Yamashita, Japanese general (b. 1885)
• 1948 » John Robert Gregg, Irish-American publisher and educator (b. 1866)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Adrianus
10. Jacobus
11. Jacob
12. Wilhelmus
13. Dirk
14. Gerardus
15. Antonius
16. Hendrikus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Aaltje
13. Geertruida
14. Grietje
15. Helena
16. Margaretha

• 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.
• January 11 » First use of insulin to treat diabetes in a human patient.
• February 28 » The United Kingdom ends its protectorate over Egypt through a Unilateral Declaration of Independence.
• April 24 » The first segment of the Imperial Wireless Chain providing wireless telegraphy between Leafield in Oxfordshire, England, and Cairo, Egypt, comes into operation.
• July 11 » The Hollywood Bowl opens.
• September 9 » The Greco-Turkish War effectively ends with Turkish victory over the Greeks in Smyrna.
• September 11 » The Sun News-Pictorial is founded in Melbourne, Australia.

The temperature on February 23, 1922 was between 5.5 °C and 9.5 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 5.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.