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• Antje Klaver, Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1974)
• Aaltje Teunissen, Almen
• Annetta Hoogweg, den Haag
• Adrianus Cornelis Oomen, Alphen en Riel († 1915)
• Antje Hogenes, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Josephus Wilhelmus Marie Clasquin, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aloysius Johannes Kragting, Utrecht († 1966)
• Albertus Johannes van Mourik, Buurmalsen († 1988)
• Adrianus Wijnandus Kraakman, Oudorp († 1980)
• Pieter Okken, Hoogeveen († 1915)

• Anna Maria Elizabetha Helsen (61), Zoerle-Parwijs (2260, Antwerpen)
• Calvin Rich [Pioneer of Pure Food Laws] Corbin (81), Cook County, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Charlotta Johanna Gervelink (78), Rotterdam
• Adriana Vergouwen (79), Hoeven
• Aleida Böcker (77), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alida van Wolfswinkel (67), Ede
• Bouwe Sietzes Hoogeveen (79), Niebert
• Anne Offereins (63), Smilde
• Alida Van Wolfswinkel (67), Ede, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alouwisius Marinus Van Der Crabben (72), Boxtel

• 1910 » Alexander Bonnyman, Jr., American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient († 1943)
• 1910 » Edmund Bacon, American urban planner, architect, educator, and author († 2005)
• 1912 » Axel Springer, German journalist and publisher, founded Axel Springer AG († 1985)
• 1912 » Karl Adam, German rowing coaches († 1976)
• 1912 » Marten Toonder, Dutch comic strip creator († 2005)
• 1912 » Nigel Patrick, English actor and director († 1981)
• 1913 » Aydın Sayılı, Turkish historian and academic († 1993)
• 1913 » Pietro Frua, Italian coachbuilder and car designer († 1983)
• 1915 » Doris Fisher, American singer-songwriter († 2003)
• 1915 » Peggy Mount, English actress († 2001)

• 1885 » Terézia Zakoucs, Hungarian-Slovene author (b. 1817)
• 1915 » Clara Immerwahr, German chemist (b. 1870)
• 1918 » Jüri Vilms, Estonian lawyer and politician (b. 1889)
• 1925 » Antun Branko Šimić, Croatian and Bosnian-Herzegovinian poet (b. 1898)
• 1925 » Johann Palisa, Austrian astronomer (b. 1848)
• 1927 » Ernest Starling, English physiologist and academic (b. 1866)
• 1929 » Charalambos Tseroulis, Greek general and politician, Greek Minister for Military Affairs (b. 1879)
• 1941 » Penelope Delta, Greek author (b. 1874)
• 1945 » Joe Corbett, American baseball player and journalist (b. 1875)
• 1945 » Martin Bormann, German politician (b. 1900)

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 3 » The Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, authorizing the Federal government to impose and collect an income tax.
• 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.
• May 29 » Igor Stravinsky's ballet score The Rite of Spring receives its premiere performance in Paris, France, provoking a riot.
• June 4 » Emily Davison, a suffragette, runs out in front of King George V's horse at The Derby. She is trampled, never regains consciousness, and dies four days later.
• June 24 » Greece and Serbia annul their alliance with Bulgaria.
• December 14 » Haruna, the fourth and last Kongō-class ship, launches, eventually becoming one of the Japanese workhorses during World War I and World War II.

The temperature on May 2, 1913 was between 6.9 °C and 13.5 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.