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• Christiaan Johannes Koning, Amsterdam († 1956)
• Amilda C Ochre, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts († 1981)
• Antonie Smits, Heerlen († 1923)
• Alvaro Cicognani, Cesena, Forlì-Cesena, Italy († 1943)
• Antoon Johannes Kersten, A'dam († 1923)
• Agnes Maria Bernsen, 's Hertogenbosch († 1996)
• Catharina Vulker, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1972)
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• Christina Margaretha Weideman, Kimberley, Kimberley, Cape Province, South Africa († 2017)
• Alexander Heijnemans, Antwerpen († 1928)

• Antje van Leeuwen (64), Rotterdam
• Anna Maria Weijts, Mierlo, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje van Essen (0), Ede, Gemeente Ede, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Prins (10), Avereest
• Antonia Smeenk (72), Raalte, Overijssel, Nederland
• Abraham Belou (79), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
• Aetze Jans van der Meulen (80), Leeuwarden
• Albert Auguste François Joseph Delomez (11), Lestrem, Pas-de-Calais, France
• Antje Hoeve (73), Beemster
• Antonius Martinus Petrus Schults (1), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg

• 1921 » Richard Deacon, American actor († 1984)
• 1922 » Franjo Tuđman, Yugoslav historian; later 1st President of Croatia († 1999)
• 1923 » Adnan Pachachi, Iraqi politician, Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs († 2019)
• 1923 » Mrinal Sen, Bangladeshi-Indian director, producer, and screenwriter († 2018)
• 1925 » Al Porcino, American trumpet player († 2013)
• 1925 » Boris Parsadanian, Armenian-Estonian violinist and composer († 1997)
• 1925 » Ninian Sanderson, Scottish race car driver († 1985)
• 1925 » Patrice Munsel, American soprano and actress († 2016)
• 1925 » Sophie Kurys, American baseball player († 2013)
• 1926 » Eric Morecambe, English comedian and actor († 1984)

• 1912 » August Strindberg, Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist (b. 1849)
• 1912 » Frederick VIII of Denmark (b. 1843)
• 1918 » James Gordon Bennett, Jr., American journalist and publisher (b. 1841)
• 1919 » Henry J. Heinz, American businessman, founded the H. J. Heinz Company (b. 1844)
• 1923 » Charles de Freycinet, French engineer and politician, 43rd Prime Minister of France (b. 1828)
• 1923 » N. G. Chandavarkar, Indian jurist and politician (b. 1855)
• 1931 » David Belasco, American director, producer, and playwright (b. 1853)
• 1934 » Lou Criger, American baseball player and manager (b. 1872)
• 1935 » Magnus Hirschfeld, German physician and sexologist (b. 1868)
• 1936 » Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, English field marshal and diplomat, British High Commissioner in Egypt (b. 1861)

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

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

• 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 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 7.1 million citizens.
• January 1 » Britain's Railways are grouped into the Big Four: LNER, GWR, SR, and LMS.
• February 15 » Greece becomes the last European country to adopt the Gregorian calendar.
• March 3 » TIME magazine is published for the first time.
• June 9 » Bulgaria's military takes over the government in a coup.
• August 16 » The United Kingdom gives the name "Ross Dependency" to part of its claimed Antarctic territory and makes the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand its administrator.
• September 29 » The First American Track & Field championships for women are held.

The temperature on May 14, 1923 was between 3.7 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.