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• Adriana Pieternella Verhoeff, Rotterdam
• Adriana Carolina Thuijsman († 1987)
• Angele MALCLES, Avignon, Departement du Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, Frankrijk († 2005)
• Adrianus Daniel Dekker, Rotterdam
• Abline Maria Louise DEJAEGHER, Zevekote Belgie
• Aaltje Schilder, Edam / Volendam († 1975)
• ? (levenloos) Quist, Bruinisse (Schouwen-Duiveland), Zeeland, Nederland NED († 1913)
• Adriana Suzanne Burger († 1990)
• Anna Catherine SILVIS, Haarlem
• Albert Luitzen SCHUT, Wemeldinge Zeeland Netherlands († 1913)

• Aagje van Harten (47), Ter Aar (Aardam)
• Anna L "Annie" Maher (40), Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Pelkman
• Bronne Scholten (71), Amstgerd
• Aaltje Blok (56), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Maria Hubertina Leers (0), Urmond (Pays Bas)
• Burney Wolfswinkel (1), Hull, Iowa
• Annie P. Sargent (73)
• Benjamin Broeze (79), Edam
• Andreas Antonius van Duijnhoven (4), Mierlo

• 1910 » Andrew E. Svenson, American author and publisher († 1975)
• 1910 » George Male, English footballer († 1998)
• 1910 » Mary Lou Williams, American pianist and composer († 1981)
• 1911 » Robert Johnson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1938)
• 1911 » Wilhelm Friedrich de Gaay Fortman, Dutch jurist and politician, Dutch Minister of The Interior († 1997)
• 1912 » George Woodcock, Canadian author and poet († 1995)
• 1913 » Bob Clampett, American animator, director, and producer († 1984)
• 1913 » Sid James, South African-English actor and singer († 1976)
• 1915 » Milton Meltzer, American historian and author († 2009)
• 1916 » João Havelange, Brazilian water polo player, lawyer, and businessman († 2016)

• 1891 » Helena Blavatsky, Russian-English mystic and author (b. 1831)
• 1891 » John Robertson, English-Australian politician, 5th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1816)
• 1893 » Manuel González Flores, Mexican general and president, 1880–1884 (b. 1833)
• 1903 » Paul Gauguin, French painter and sculptor (b. 1848)
• 1907 » Edmund G. Ross, American soldier and politician, 13th Governor of New Mexico Territory (b. 1826)
• 1925 » John Beresford, Irish polo player (b. 1847)
• 1936 » Oswald Spengler, German historian and philosopher (b. 1880)
• 1941 » Natalie, queen consort of Serbia (b. 1859)
• 1941 » Tore Svennberg, Swedish actor and director (b. 1858)
• 1942 » Nikolai Reek, Estonian general and politician, 11th Estonian Minister of War (b. 1890)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Adrianus
10. Jacobus
11. Jacob
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 2 » Grand Central Terminal is opened in New York City.
• February 9 » A group of meteors is visible across much of the eastern seaboard of North and South America, leading astronomers to conclude the source had been a small, short-lived natural satellite of the Earth.
• March 22 » Mystic Phan Xích Long, the self-proclaimed Emperor of Vietnam, was arrested for organising a revolt against the colonial rule of French Indochina, which was nevertheless carried out by his supporters the following day.
• May 30 » The Treaty of London is signed, ending the First Balkan War; Albania becomes an independent nation.
• July 3 » Confederate veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913 reenact Pickett's Charge; upon reaching the high-water mark of the Confederacy they are met by the outstretched hands of friendship from Union survivors.
• November 5 » King Otto of Bavaria is deposed by his cousin, Prince Regent Ludwig, who assumes the title Ludwig III.

The temperature on May 8, 1913 was between 2.6 °C and 15.2 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.