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• Anton Ebbeling, Hilversum († 2007)
• Anna Slegers, Hoeselt († 2015)
• Anna Metselaar († 2008)
• Bastiaan (Bassie) Visser, Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2007)
• Abraham Huibert VAN DER BEEK († 1981)
• Jongh Visscher, Schoten, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1922)
• Brunott, Bussum
• Aafje SCHILDER, Volendam, Gemeente Edam-Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1922)
• Anneke Berghuis, Baflo, Groningen, Nederland
• Aukje Grasmeijer, Assen, Nederland († 1971)

• Albertje Gerrits Schonewille (85), Emmen
• Abraham Engel (68), Alkmaar
• Anna de Boer (33), Franeker
• Cornelis Mureau (84), Breda
• Charles Louis Gh LANDERCY (67), Clabecq,Brabant Wallon,BELGIUM
• Cornelia van der Tol (70), Mijdrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Elidsabeth Johanna Wilkens (50), Batavia (Ned.Indë)
• Cornelis Van Hoek (62), Amsterdam
• Catharina van der Laan (20), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aafke Grezel (73), Nieuwe Pekela

• 1921 » Edo Murtić, Croatian painter, sculptor, and illustrator († 2005)
• 1921 » John van Kesteren, Dutch-American tenor and actor († 2008)
• 1921 » Patsy Garrett, American actress and singer († 2015)
• 1922 » Eugenie Clark, American biologist and academic († 2015)
• 1922 » Paul-Émile Charbonneau, Canadian archbishop († 2014)
• 1923 » Assi Rahbani, Lebanese composer and producer († 1986)
• 1923 » Ed Cassidy, American jazz and rock drummer († 2012)
• 1923 » Eric Sykes, British actor and comedian († 2012)
• 1923 » John Toner, American football player and coach († 2014)
• 1923 » Stanley Biber, American soldier and physician († 2006)

• 1912 » Nettie Stevens, American geneticist credited with discovering sex chromosomes (b. 1861)
• 1916 » Ned Daly, Irish rebel commander (Easter Rising) (b. 1891)
• 1916 » John Murray, Australian politician, 23rd Premier of Victoria (b. 1851)
• 1916 » Joseph Plunkett, Irish rebel and writer (b. 1887)
• 1916 » Willie Pearse, Irish rebel (b. 1891)
• 1919 » Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Slovak general and politician (b. 1880)
• 1922 » Viktor Kingissepp, Estonian politician (b. 1888)
• 1923 » Ralph McKittrick, American golfer and tennis player (b. 1877)
• 1924 » E. Nesbit, English author and poet (b. 1858)
• 1938 » Kanō Jigorō, Japanese founder of judo (b. 1860)

• 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 28 » Knickerbocker Storm, Washington D.C.'s biggest snowfall, causes the city's greatest loss of life when the roof of the Knickerbocker Theatre collapses.
• April 24 » The first segment of the Imperial Wireless Chain providing wireless telegraphy between Leafield in Oxfordshire, England, and Cairo, Egypt, comes into operation.
• June 16 » General election in the Irish Free State: The pro-Treaty Sinn Féin party wins a large majority.
• June 29 » France grants 1km at Vimy Ridge "freely, and for all time, to the Government of Canada, the free use of the land exempt from all taxes".
• October 28 » Italian fascists led by Benito Mussolini march on Rome and take over the Italian government.
• December 9 » Gabriel Narutowicz is elected the first president of Poland.

The temperature on May 4, 1922 was between 8.4 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 11.7 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.