About the day » Monday May 22, 1911Calender converter

• Alice E Feucht, Ohio († 1986)
• Adrianus Petrus Maria Krook, Naaldwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1973)
• anna bakker († 1978)
• Andrew Ira CUPP, Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, Verenigde Staten († 1940)
• "Hein" Heinrich Johann Derksen, Huthum Duitsland († 1974)
• Albert Rene van Trikt, Paramaribo († 2007)
• Anna Grete OVERHOFF († 2000)
• Adriana Martina Lamberta Jansen, Mill
• Alberta Arends Dijkstra, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes Baeten, Gilze en Rijen († 1977)

• Antoinette DeBoer (31), Pontiac Livingston Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Clarence Hoogeveen (0), Kandiyohi, MN
• Antonie Franciscus IJsselsteijn (0), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andreas Petrus Franciscus Snijders (1), Tilburg
• Adriana Loerakker (78), Heemstede
• Antonius Koot (0), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aletta van Harten (67), Nigtevecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Clasina Amerongen van (60), Zeist
• van Oorschot (0), Zwijndrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia RIDDERHOF (86), Dordrecht

• 1905 » Bodo von Borries, German physicist and academic, co-invented the electron microscope († 1956)
• 1907 » Hergé, Belgian author and illustrator († 1983)
• 1907 » Laurence Olivier, English actor, director, and producer († 1989)
• 1908 » Horton Smith, American golfer and captain († 1963)
• 1909 » Margaret Mee, English illustrator and educator († 1988)
• 1912 » Herbert C. Brown, English-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2004)
• 1913 » Dominique Rolin, Belgian author († 2012)
• 1913 » Rafael Gil, Spanish director and screenwriter († 1986)
• 1914 » Max Kohnstamm, Dutch historian and diplomat († 2010)
• 1914 » Sun Ra, American pianist, composer, bandleader, poet († 1993)

• 1868 » Julius Plücker, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1801)
• 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)

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

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

• 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
• January 26 » Glenn Curtiss flies the first successful American seaplane.
• April 8 » Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovers superconductivity.
• May 31 » The President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz flees the country during the Mexican Revolution.
• June 28 » The Nakhla meteorite, the first one to suggest signs of aqueous processes on Mars, falls to Earth, landing in Egypt.
• July 24 » Hiram Bingham III re-discovers Machu Picchu, "the Lost City of the Incas".
• December 14 » Roald Amundsen's team, comprising himself, Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel, and Oscar Wisting, becomes the first to reach the South Pole.

The temperature on May 22, 1911 was between 4.7 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.