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• Aaldert Timmerman, Emmen, Nederland († 1987)
• Adriaan WABEKE, Wemeldinge, Zeeland, Nederland († 2000)
• Anthonij Driessen, Rotterdam
• Albertje Kuik († 1999)
• Albertus Bosveld, Arnhem († 1965)
• Antonia Maria (Tony) Verheijen, Nijmegen († 2009)
• Adelaide T. Pribyl, Maple Lake († 1999)
• Anthonie du Sart, arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albertje Kuik, Emmen
• Anthony Verweij, Rotterdam († 1988)

• Anna Elisabetha Jaegers (86), Kerkrade, Niederlande
• Andries Schmidt (37), Utrecht (U)
• Ambrose Killoran (41), Kingston,Frontenac County,Ontario, Canada
• Antonia Lubbers (77), Raalte, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Reen (68), Amsterdam
• Anna Elisabetha Jägers (86), Kerkrade, Limburg, Niederlande
• Catharina Wilhelmina Snoep (41), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Zeeff (75), Eenrum
• Anna Elisabetha Jaegers (86), Kerkrade, Niederlande
• Alida Willems (50), Amsterdam

• 1911 » Hubert Humphrey, American journalist and politician, 38th Vice President of the United States († 1978)
• 1911 » Teddy Kollek, Hungarian-Israeli politician, Mayor of Jerusalem († 2007)
• 1911 » Vincent Price, American actor († 1993)
• 1912 » John Cheever, American novelist and short story writer († 1982)
• 1912 » Sam Snead, American golfer and sportscaster († 2002)
• 1912 » Terry Moore, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1995)
• 1915 » Ester Soré, Chilean singer-songwriter († 1996)
• 1915 » Herman Wouk, American novelist († 2019)
• 1917 » Harry Webster, English engineer († 2007)
• 1918 » Yasuhiro Nakasone, Japanese commander and politician, 45th Prime Minister of Japan († 2019)

• 1896 » Aleksandr Stoletov, Russian physicist, engineer, and academic (b. 1839)
• 1910 » Robert Koch, German physician and microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1843)
• 1918 » Ōzutsu Man'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 18th Yokozuna (b. 1869)
• 1919 » Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Indian author and activist (b. 1848)
• 1933 » Achille Paroche, French target shooter (b. 1868)
• 1939 » Joseph Roth, Austrian-French journalist and author (b. 1894)
• 1941 » Ernst Lindemann, German captain (b. 1894)
• 1941 » Günther Lütjens, German admiral (b. 1889)
• 1942 » Muhammed Hamdi Yazır, Turkish theologian, logician, and translator (b. 1878)
• 1943 » Gordon Coates, New Zealand soldier and politician, 21st Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1878)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacobus
10. Adrianus
11. Jacob
12. Gerardus
13. Antonius
14. Wilhelmus
15. Arie
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. Grietje
13. Geertruida
14. Aaltje
15. Helena
16. Margaretha

• 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 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 6.2 million citizens.
• January 9 » The Phi Beta Sigma fraternity is founded by African-American students at Howard University in Washington D.C., United States.
• April 24 » The Franck–Hertz experiment, a pillar of quantum mechanics, is presented to the German Physical Society.
• October 27 » First World War: The new British battleship HMS Audacious is sunk by a minefield laid by the armed German merchant-cruiser Berlin.
• October 29 » Ottoman entry into World War I.
• November 15 » Harry Turner becomes the first player to die from game-related injuries in the "Ohio League", the direct predecessor to the National Football League.
• December 15 » World War I: The Serbian Army recaptures Belgrade from the invading Austro-Hungarian Army.

The temperature on May 27, 1914 was between 4.6 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.