About the day » Monday May 22, 1911Calender converter

• Adriana VAN ETTEN, Mijnsheerenland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Wekema, Peize, Drenthe, Nederland († 1965)
• A.J(Anna) Kroeze, Almelo(A) († 1912)
• Aleida van Linschoten, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aldert Buring, Peize, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Grete OVERHOFF († 2000)
• Anna Maria Brak, Amsterdam († 1911)
• anna bakker († 1978)
• Adrianus Petrus Maria Krook, Naaldwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1973)
• Adriaan Schot († 1911)

• Arnoldus Christiaan van Roessel (58), Schijndel
• Aartje van Harten (35), Barneveld
• Cornelia Bomars (0), Ouderkerk
• Carolus Ludovicus Audenaerd (75), Overslag
• Cornelia van Vulpen (37), Overschie, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia RIDDERHOF (86), Dordrecht
• Carolus Ludovicus Audenaert (75), Overslag (België)
• Anna Gezina Elizabeth Heystek (1), Doornpoort, district Rustenburg Transvaal, R.S.A.
• Anna Maria Hubertina Savelsbergh (1), Heerlen, Gemeente Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland
• Catharina van der Meij (70), Hillegom

• 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 18 » Eugene B. Ely lands on the deck of the USSPennsylvania anchored in San Francisco Bay, the first time an aircraft landed on a ship.
• April 6 » During the Battle of Deçiq, Dedë Gjon Luli Dedvukaj, leader of the Malësori Albanians, raises the Albanian flag in the town of Tuzi, Montenegro, for the first time after George Kastrioti (Skanderbeg).
• October 5 » The Kowloon–Canton Railway commences service.
• October 13 » Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, becomes the first Governor General of Canada of royal descent.
• November 5 » After declaring war on the Ottoman Empire on September 29, 1911, Italy annexes Tripoli and Cyrenaica.
• November 19 » The Doom Bar in Cornwall claimed two ships, Island Maid and Angele, the latter killing the entire crew except the captain.

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.