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• Antonius Petrus Elizabeth Janssen Steenberg, Appeltern († 2014)
• Anthonius Johannes Gerardus Souwer, Den Helder († 1937)
• Clarence Edward Emmett, Deaver, Big Horn, Wyoming, United States († 2005)
• Adrianus Wilhelmus de Kanter, Rucphen (NL) († 1990)
• Cornelis Vierhouten, Harderwijk, Gelderland, Nederland († 1986)
• Andrzej Jozef Bisping, Bialystok, Podlaskie, Poland († 1994)
• "Jean" Marie Raymond Gilles de Drée, Bruxelles († 2012)
• Benjamin Spottswood Hester [Nr Bu], Oxford, Granville County, North Carolina († 1974)
• Aldert Jan de Gooijer, Amersfoort († 2002)
• Berendina Johanna Vreeman, Winterswijk, NL († 1984)

• Aaltje Willems Wilting (27), Dalerveen Dalen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Akke Koops Bloembergen gehuwd (61), Smallingerland, Fr, Nederland
• Agnes Freiin von Gutschmid (82), Gleinzitz
• Agnes Therese Friederike Auguste Clara Barbara van Gutschmidt (82), Gleinitz, Germany
• Anna Maria Collette Deprez (71), Rijkel, België
• Tiesma (84), Parrega
• Antje Smit (43), Winschoten, Groningen, Netherlands
• Agnes v.Gutschmidt (82), unbekannt
• Aaltje Dolman (77), Brummen
• Aafje Peetoom (52), Alkmaar

• 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 » John Mackenzie, Scottish director and producer († 2011)
• 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. 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.
• February 1 » Russia–United Kingdom relations are restored, over six years after the Communist revolution.
• 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 3 » The Free State of Fiume is annexed by the Kingdom of Italy.
• March 25 » On the anniversary of Greek Independence, Alexandros Papanastasiou proclaims the Second Hellenic Republic.
• September 17 » The Border Protection Corps is established in the Second Polish Republic for the defence of the eastern border against armed Soviet raids and local bandits.
• October 27 » The Uzbek SSR is founded in the Soviet Union.

The temperature on May 22, 1924 was between 13.7 °C and 22.7 °C and averaged 17.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.