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• An van de Ven, Berlicum, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1989)
• Abraham Johannes Vasseur, Cadzand, Zeeland, Nederland († 1972)
• Amy Lora McRoberts Patton († 2008)
• Anna Christina de Koning, 's-Gravenhage
• Adriana Visee (Vizee), Tiel († 2004)
• Agnes Tummers, Leverkusen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland († 1964)
• Adrianus Bergsma († 1995)
• Anke Antje (Tjerks) Meyer, Dronryp, Friesland, Nederland
• Allison MacLeod, St John, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada († 1999)
• Albertus Teunis Steinvoort, Rheden

• Vos (0), Fehndorf, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Christiaan Wilhelmus Linse (44), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, Nederland
• Arnoldus de Groot (63), Oisterwijk, Nederland
• Anna Maria Sophia Gieze (65), Schuinesloot, Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland
• Cornelia Martina KOK (0), Heinkenszand, Zeeland, Nederland
• Cornelia Koremans (72), Oud en nieuw Gastel
• Andrew Grant (85), Collingwood, Victoria, Australia
• Adolfo Telles de Souza (67), Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
• Adriaan Thielen (73), Tilburg
• Celia Dorothea Ferrari (83), Nijmegen, Nederland

• 1909 » Miklós Radnóti, Hungarian poet and author († 1944)
• 1910 » Leo Lionni, American author and illustrator († 1999)
• 1911 » Andor Lilienthal, Russian-Hungarian chess player († 2010)
• 1911 » Gilles Grangier, French director and screenwriter († 1996)
• 1911 » Pritilata Waddedar, Indian educator and activist († 1932)
• 1913 » Duane Carter, American race car driver († 1993)
• 1914 » Tyrone Power, American actor († 1958)
• 1915 » Alice Faye, American actress and singer († 1998)
• 1916 » Zail Singh, Indian politician, 7th President of India († 1994)
• 1917 » Pío Leyva, Cuban singer-songwriter († 2006)

• 1892 » August Wilhelm von Hofmann, German chemist and academic (b. 1818)
• 1896 » Silas Adams, American lawyer and politician (b. 1839)
• 1902 » Bret Harte, American short story writer and poet (b. 1836)
• 1907 » Şeker Ahmed Pasha, Turkish soldier and painter (b. 1841)
• 1913 » Henry Moret, French painter (b. 1856)
• 1916 » John MacBride, Irish soldier and rebel (b. 1865)
• 1916 » Maurice Raoul-Duval, French polo player (b. 1866)
• 1921 » Alfred Hermann Fried, Austrian journalist and publicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
• 1924 » A. Sabapathy, Sri Lankan journalist and politician (b. 1853)
• 1931 » Glen Kidston, English pilot and race car driver (b. 1899)

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. Antonius
15. Dirk
16. Hendrikus

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

• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
• February 5 » Greek military aviators, Michael Moutoussis and Aristeidis Moraitinis perform the first naval air mission in history, with a Farman MF.7 hydroplane.
• February 20 » King O'Malley drives in the first survey peg to mark commencement of work on the construction of Canberra.
• March 18 » King George I of Greece is assassinated in the recently liberated city of Thessaloniki.
• June 1 » The Greek–Serbian Treaty of Alliance is signed, paving the way for the Second Balkan War.
• July 12 » Serbian forces begin their siege of the Bulgarian city of Vidin; the siege is later called off when the war ends.
• December 1 » Crete, having obtained self rule from Turkey after the First Balkan War, is annexed by Greece.

The temperature on May 5, 1913 was between 4.2 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.