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• Agnes Adriana Post, Budel († 1923)
• Anne Harm Neef, Nieuw-Weerdinge, Emmen († 1979)
• Andreas A. (Dre) BEEKS, Kessel (NL/LI) Lived Baarlo (NL/LI) († 2004)
• Anne Willem Kymmell, 's-Gravenhage († 1997)
• Arend Jan Bijsterbosch, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 1938)
• Antonius Lubke, Arnhem, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1977)
• Anton Jardez, Dramaga (Ind) († 2007)
• Walravens, Veldhoven
• Allen B Haws, St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona († 1987)
• Agnes Adriana Post, Budel († 1923)

• Albertus Julianus Ludovicus Schoofs (17), Borgerhout
• Christina Meurs (80), Gendringen
• Adrianus Nobbes (83), Den Helder
• Antonia Angenita Raphael (63), 's Gravenhage
• Amalia Charlotta Westberg (77), Lake, California, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana Vate, van de (66), Poortvliet gem. Tholen Zld. NL
• Anna Maria van den Berg (62), Nijmegen
• Aron Brandon (69), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Ate Pieters Baggelaar (81), Franekeradeel
• Anna Maria van den Berg (62), Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1919 » Manna Dey, Indian singer and composer († 2013)
• 1919 » Mohammed Karim Lamrani, Moroccan businessman and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Morocco († 2018)
• 1921 » Vladimir Colin, Romanian journalist and author († 1991)
• 1922 » Alastair Gillespie, Canadian scholar and politician († 2018)
• 1923 » Antônio Maria Mucciolo, Italian-Brazilian archbishop († 2012)
• 1923 » Joseph Heller, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright († 1999)
• 1923 » Marcel Rayman, Polish soldier († 1944)
• 1924 » Evelyn Boyd Granville, American mathematician, computer scientist, and academic
• 1924 » Karel Kachyňa, Czech director and screenwriter († 2004)
• 1924 » Terry Southern, American novelist, essayist, and screenwriter († 1995)

• 1899 » Ludwig Büchner, German physiologist and physician (b. 1824)
• 1904 » Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer and academic (b. 1841)
• 1913 » John Barclay Armstrong, American lieutenant (b. 1850)
• 1920 » Princess Margaret of Connaught (b. 1882)
• 1935 » Henri Pélissier, French cyclist (b. 1889)
• 1943 » Johan Oscar Smith, Norwegian religious leader, founded the Brunstad Christian Church (b. 1871)
• 1945 » Joseph Goebbels, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1897)
• 1945 » Magda Goebbels, German wife of Joseph Goebbels (b. 1901)
• 1953 » Everett Shinn, American painter and illustrator (b. 1876)
• 1956 » LeRoy Samse, American pole vaulter (b. 1883)

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. Margaretha
16. Helena

• 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.
• February 6 » The Washington Naval Treaty is signed in Washington, D.C., limiting the naval armaments of United States, Britain, Japan, France, and Italy.
• March 26 » The German Social Democratic Party is founded in Poland.
• April 16 » The Treaty of Rapallo, pursuant to which Germany and the Soviet Union re-establish diplomatic relations, is signed.
• July 9 » Johnny Weissmuller swims the 100 meters freestyle in 58.6 seconds breaking the world swimming record and the 'minute barrier'.
• July 15 » Japanese Communist Party is established in Japan.
• September 13 » The final act of the Greco-Turkish War, the Great Fire of Smyrna, commences.

The temperature on May 1, 1922 was between 4.2 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.