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• Antonius Goossens, Maashees († 1923)
• Bernardus Vingerhoed, Enkhuizen († 1985)
• Albert Jan de Groot, Beekbergen, Nederland († 2000)
• Adrianus Nobel, Everdingen, Utrecht, Nederland († 2001)
• Anna Maria Elisabeth JAEKEN, Ophoven,3640,Limbourg,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1994)
• Ada Hermine Meinders, Lutjewold, Germany († 1983)
• Alida Jacoba Visser, Smilde Dr., NL († 2001)
• Aleida Maria Kwakman, Vollenhove, Overijssel, Nederland († 2002)
• Bernardus Johannes Pil († 1925)
• Antoon Berendsen, Ter Apelkanaal-Vlagtwedde(Gr) († 1991)

• Andreas Elstgeest, Alkemade
• Antonius Gerrit Jan Vrooijink (0), Reutum
• Anna Maria Follmann (72)
• Beertje Geerts (62), Ooststellingwerf
• Catharina Maria van 't Slot (67), Ermelo
• Beertje Geerts (62), Ooststellingwerf
• Aart de Jong (83), Giessendam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bessie Marie Sheriff Rost (27), Hamilton, Butler, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Antje Johannesdr Kistenmaker (18), Enkhuizen
• Antonij Hane(n)kamp (79), Zutphen

• 1917 » George Aratani, American businessman and philanthropist († 2013)
• 1917 » Jean-Louis Curtis, French author († 1995)
• 1919 » Paul Vanden Boeynants, Belgian businessman and politician, 55th Prime Minister of Belgium († 2001)
• 1920 » Thomas Gold, Austrian-American astrophysicist and academic († 2004)
• 1921 » George S. Hammond, American scientist († 2005)
• 1922 » Quinn Martin, American screenwriter and producer († 1987)
• 1924 » Charles Aznavour, French-Armenian singer-songwriter and actor († 2018)
• 1925 » Jean Tinguely, Swiss painter and sculptor († 1991)
• 1927 » Michael Constantine, American actor
• 1927 » Peter Matthiessen, American novelist, short story writer, editor, co-founded The Paris Review († 2014)

• 1885 » Victor Hugo, French novelist, poet, and playwright (b. 1802)
• 1901 » Gaetano Bresci, Italian-American anarchist, assassin of Umberto I of Italy (b. 1869)
• 1910 » Jules Renard, French author and playwright (b. 1864)
• 1932 » Augusta, Lady Gregory, Anglo-Irish activist, landlord, and playwright, co-founded the Abbey Theatre (b. 1852)
• 1933 » Tsengeltiin Jigjidjav, Mongolian politician, 10th Prime Minister of Mongolia (b. 1894)
• 1938 » William Glackens, American painter and illustrator (b. 1870)
• 1939 » Ernst Toller, German playwright and author (b. 1893)
• 1939 » Jiří Mahen, Czech author and playwright (b. 1882)
• 1954 » Chief Bender, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1884)
• 1965 » Christopher Stone, English radio host (b. 1882)

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.
• March 15 » After Egypt gains nominal independence from the United Kingdom, Fuad I becomes King of Egypt.
• March 18 » In India, Mohandas Gandhi is sentenced to six years in prison for civil disobedience, of which he serves only two.
• April 7 » The United States Secretary of the Interior leases federal petroleum reserves to private oil companies on excessively generous terms.
• April 20 » The Soviet government creates South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast within Georgian SSR.
• October 19 » British Conservative MPs vote to terminate the coalition government with the Liberal Party.
• November 15 » At least 300 are massacred during a general strike in Guayaquil, Ecuador.

The temperature on May 22, 1922 was between 15.2 °C and 32.4 °C and averaged 23.4 °C. There was 14.1 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.