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• Cornelius Wydeveld, Holland († 1972)
• Anna Sara van Bever, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Antonius Marie Versleijen, Gilze en Rijen († 1924)
• Alidoor Maurits VANDEPOELE, Bovekerke († 1992)
• Allen J Eisma († 1999)
• Hennemann, Missouri, Verenigde Staten († 1923)
• D(Doodgeboren) Schepers, Dulder (Weerselo) († 1923)
• Cornelis Dekker, Loosdrecht,Utrecht,Nederland († 1984)
• Barend Kentie, Gorinchem († 1943)
• Abram Leeda, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1942)

• Dirk Witte (69), Texel
• Carolus Ludovicus Janssens (72), Doel, Beveren, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
• Christina Kamperman (38), Zelhem
• Arina Middelkoop (55), Krimpen aan de Lek, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Albert Koops Bakker (30), Noorddijk
• Cornelis Wilhelmus Kentin (58), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arie Johannes Hetterschij (66), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Derk Drent (56), Warffum, Groningen, Nederland
• Derk Drent (56), Kantens, Groningen, Nederland
• Cornelis Johannes Bons (0), Groesbeek

• 1920 » Denton Cooley, American soldier and surgeon († 2016)
• 1920 » Ray Bradbury, American science fiction writer and screenwriter († 2012)
• 1921 » Dinos Dimopoulos, Greek director and screenwriter († 2003)
• 1921 » Tony Pawson, English cricketer, footballer, and journalist († 2012)
• 1922 » Roberto Aizenberg, Argentine painter and sculptor († 1996)
• 1922 » Theoni V. Aldredge, Greek-American costume designer († 2011)
• 1924 » Harishankar Parsai, Indian writer, satirist and humorist († 1995)
• 1924 » James Kirkwood, Jr., American playwright and author († 1989)
• 1925 » Honor Blackman, English actress and republican († 2020)
• 1926 » Bob Flanigan, American pop singer († 2011)

• 1904 » Kate Chopin, American novelist and poet (b. 1850)
• 1909 » Henry Radcliffe Crocker, English dermatologist and author (b. 1846)
• 1914 » Giacomo Radini-Tedeschi, Italian bishop and academic (b. 1859)
• 1918 » Korbinian Brodmann, German neurologist and academic (b. 1868)
• 1920 » Anders Zorn, Swedish artist (b. 1860)
• 1922 » Michael Collins, Irish rebel, counter-intelligence and military tactician, and politician; 2nd Irish Minister of Finance (b. 1890)
• 1926 » Charles William Eliot, American academic (b. 1834)
• 1933 » Alexandros Kontoulis, Greek general and diplomat (b. 1858)
• 1940 » Gerald Strickland, 1st Baron Strickland, Maltese lawyer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1861)
• 1940 » Oliver Lodge, English physicist and academic (b. 1851)

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.
• March 3 » TIME magazine is published for the first time.
• April 28 » Wembley Stadium is opened, named initially as the Empire Stadium.
• 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.
• 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.

The temperature on August 22, 1923 was between 9.5 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 14.4 mm of rain. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (58%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.