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• Catharina Kivits, Ooststellingwerf († 2000)
• Abraham Adriaan Calandt, Haarlem († 1995)
• Anton Schuit, Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie († 1944)
• Anna Antoinette Bastings, Borgharen, Maastricht († 1992)
• Andre Talpe, Kortemark, België († 1971)
• Anna Sybilla Jacobs, Venlo
• André Talpe, Kortemark,8610,West-Vlaanderen,België († 1971)
• Carel Gerrit Klatt, Soerabaja Oost Java (Ned.-Indie) († 1953)
• Arnoldus Cornelis Johannes Magilsen, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands († 2020)
• Carel Gerrit Klatt, Soerabaja († 1953)

• Abraham Oudshoorn (85), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Age Tiesma (83), Parrega
• Alida Lut (2), Leiden
• Abraham Davids Oudshoorn (85), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Hendrik Scheggetman (0), Boekelo
• Anna Bolijn (62), Bruinisse
• Aart Streef (78), Beesd West Betuwe (GL)
• Aafke Boerema (36), Kantens
• Antonius Johannes den Dopper (74), Leiden, ZH, Nederland
• Alexander Joannes Hubertus Houben (61), Heer, Limburg, Nederland

• 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 » George Andrew Olah, Hungarian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2017)
• 1927 » Michael Constantine, American actor
• 1927 » Peter Matthiessen, American novelist, short story writer, editor, co-founded The Paris Review († 2014)
• 1928 » Serge Doubrovsky, French theorist and author († 2017)

• 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. 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.
• May 26 » The first 24 Hours of Le Mans was held and has since been run annually in June.
• June 18 » Checker Taxi puts its first taxi on the streets.
• June 27 » Capt. Lowell H. Smith and Lt. John P. Richter perform the first ever aerial refueling in a DH.4B biplane.
• August 2 » Vice President Calvin Coolidge becomes U.S. President upon the death of President Warren G. Harding.
• 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 12 » Southern Rhodesia, today called Zimbabwe, is annexed by the United Kingdom.

The temperature on May 22, 1923 was between 8.7 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.