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• "André" Coeur Marie Gérard de Sinéty, Saint-Épain, Indre-et-Loire, France († 1956)
• Bertha Adriana Lienden, van, Tiel († 1991)
• Bertha Adriana van Lienden-, Tiel, Nederland († 1991)
• Antonetta Petronella Volleberg, Venray, Li.NL († 2000)
• Antje Willems Wierstra, Jutphaas, Utrecht, Nederland († 2015)
• Bauke Jacobs de Vries, Jorwerd, Baarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 2004)
• Alida Johanna van de Berg, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2022)
• Bargonda (Gonny) van der Veur, ,,, Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands († 1993)
• Alje Jakob Kort, Groningen († 2005)
• * Jan Willem Jacob Alblas, Sliedrecht († 1967)

• Augustus Casteleyn (66)
• Antonia Vandickelen (43)
• Adam A Lorts (81), Indiana, Verenigde Staten
• Adelia Maria Phillipina MÜHLENFELD (86), 's Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Betje Wolff. (58)
• Agneta Cornelia Hugonie Boreel van Hogelanden (75), Putten
• Adelia Maria Philippina Mühlenfeld (86), Den Haag, Netherlands
• Anthonius Gardien (67), Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Apolonia Margaretha Nederpelt (52), Voorburg, Leidschendam-Voorburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Bak (81)

• 1920 » Kenneth E. Iverson, Canadian computer scientist, developed the APL programming language († 2004)
• 1921 » Lore Berger, German-Swiss author and translator († 1943)
• 1922 » Alan Voorhees, American engineer and academic († 2005)
• 1923 » Jaroslav Pelikan, American historian and scholar († 2006)
• 1926 » John Hans Krebs, American lawyer and politician († 2014)
• 1926 » Ray Jablonski, American baseball player († 1985)
• 1926 » Stephen Lewis, English actor, director, screenwriter, and playwright († 2015)
• 1927 » Edward Meneeley, American painter and sculptor († 2012)
• 1927 » Richard Long, American actor and director († 1974)
• 1928 » Marilyn Beck, American journalist († 2014)

• 1909 » Leopold II of Belgium (b. 1835)
• 1917 » Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, English physician and activist (b. 1836)
• 1927 » Rajendra Lahiri, Indian activist (b. 1892)
• 1928 » Frank Rinehart, American photographer (b. 1861)
• 1929 » Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa, Portuguese general and politician, 10th President of Portugal (b. 1863)
• 1930 » Peter Warlock, Welsh composer and critic (b. 1894)
• 1932 » Charles Winckler, Danish discus thrower, shot putter, and tug of war competitor (b. 1867)
• 1933 » 13th Dalai Lama (b. 1876)
• 1935 » Lizette Woodworth Reese, American poet (b. 1856)
• 1940 » Alicia Boole Stott, Anglo-Irish mathematician and academic (b. 1860)

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

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

• 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 7.2 million citizens.
• January 25 » The 1924 Winter Olympics opens in Chamonix, in the French Alps, inaugurating the Winter Olympic Games.
• March 3 » The 407-year-old Islamic caliphate is abolished, when Caliph Abdülmecid II of the Ottoman Caliphate is deposed. The last remnant of the old regime gives way to the reformed Turkey of Kemal Atatürk.
• March 8 » A mine disaster kills 172 coal miners near Castle Gate, Utah.
• March 25 » On the anniversary of Greek Independence, Alexandros Papanastasiou proclaims the Second Hellenic Republic.
• April 1 » Adolf Hitler is sentenced to five years imprisonment for his participation in the "Beer Hall Putsch" but spends only nine months in jail.
• September 28 » The first aerial circumnavigation is completed by a team from the US Army.

The temperature on December 17, 1924 was between 4.2 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.