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• Bertha de Klijn, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Antonius Mattheus TERWINDT, Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1995)
• Berend Haan, Scheemda, Nederland († 1988)
• Anna Elisabeth Hieronijmo Andrik, Gilze en Rijen († 1998)
• Albert Arthur Jeanne Sillis, Hamme-Achterthof, Oost-Vlaanderen, België († 1922)
• van den Vlekkert, Gorssel (GL) († 1922)
• Antje Zweep, Roswinkel Emmen Drenthe Nederland
• Claris Onieta Anders, Alba, Wood, Texas, United States († 2009)
• Antonia Maria Martens, Oeffelt († 1995)
• Albert Sillis, Hamme († 1922)

• Elisabeth Van Besouw (53), Herentals, Antwerpen, België
• Berend van Sleen (14), Vledder
• Baukje HANIA (7), Oldekerk Groningen Netherlands
• Christina Antonia Lansee (57)
• Age Aukes van Tuinen (77), Baarderadeel
• Albertus Henricus Cornelis Kip (74), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Egidius Anton Stockmann ongehuwd (64), Sneek, Fr, Nederland
• Elisabeth Maria Koomen (0), Hensbroek
• Anscharius van de Velde (32), Zwijndrecht
• Age Aukes van Tuinen (77), Weidum, Baarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland

• 1917 » Matt Christopher, American author († 1997)
• 1919 » Karl-Heinz Euling, German captain († 2014)
• 1920 » Charles Bukowski, German-American poet, novelist, and short story writer († 1994)
• 1922 » Ernie Freeman, American pianist and bandleader († 2001)
• 1922 » James Casey, English comedian, radio scriptwriter and producer († 2011)
• 1923 » Millôr Fernandes, Brazilian journalist and playwright († 2012)
• 1924 » Fess Parker, American actor († 2010)
• 1924 » Inez Voyce, American baseball player
• 1925 » Mal Waldron, American pianist and composer († 2002)
• 1925 » Willie Jones, American baseball player († 1983)

• 1899 » Robert Bunsen, German chemist and academic (b. 1811)
• 1900 » José Maria de Eça de Queirós, Portuguese journalist and author (b. 1845)
• 1904 » Prentiss Ingraham, American soldier and author (b. 1843)
• 1911 » Patrick Francis Moran, Irish-Australian cardinal (b. 1830)
• 1914 » Carl Theodor Schulz, German-Norwegian gardener (b. 1835)
• 1916 » George Scott, English footballer (b. 1885)
• 1920 » Henry Daglish, Australian politician, 6th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1866)
• 1921 » Peter I of Serbia (b. 1844)
• 1938 » Andrej Hlinka, Slovak priest, journalist, and politician (b. 1864)
• 1938 » Robert Johnson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1911)

• 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.
• 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 1 » The Great Railroad Strike of 1922 begins in the United States.
• September 18 » The Kingdom of Hungary is admitted to the League of Nations.
• November 4 » In Egypt, British archaeologist Howard Carter and his men find the entrance to Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings.
• November 26 » The Toll of the Sea debuts as the first general release film to use two-tone Technicolor. (The Gulf Between was the first film to do so, but it was not widely distributed.)

The temperature on August 16, 1922 was between 5.5 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.