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• adolf jacques koning, haarlem,, nederland († 1992)
• Adriana Maria den Heijer, Oegstgeest († 2007)
• Alfred DeForres Xanke Kephart († 1978)
• Adolf Jacques (Dolf) Koning, Haarlem († 1992)
• Albertus Wilhelmus Worm, Arnhem
• Anthonie Theodorus Polet, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Geus, Den Helder († 2002)
• Adrianus Wilhelmus van der Wensch, Hedikhuizen († 1914)
• ? Bergsma, Zaltbommel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, Nederland
• Abraham Schrier, Kortgene, Zeeland, Nederland († 1990)

• Arie Gravensteijn (69), Overschie (Rotterdam), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Franse (77), Terneuzen
• Adriana van IJzendoorn (1), Lienden
• Barend Willem Strydom (62), Willowmore, Cape Province (SA)
• Arie Otto van der Zwiep (71), Bloemendaal, Bloemendaal, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Scholten (19), Spanbroek, Opmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Gertrude Vermeulen (69), Beverlo, Limburg, België
• ALBERT EDOUARD FRANCOIS LEON LECOINTE (61), BRUXELLES
• Albert KOENS (9), Assen Drenthe Netherlands
• Dirk Hop (79), Stompetoren/ de Rijp

• 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)
• 1917 » George Aratani, American businessman and philanthropist († 2013)
• 1917 » Jean-Louis Curtis, French author († 1995)
• 1919 » Paul Vanden Boeynants, Belgian businessman and politician, 55th Prime Minister of Belgium († 2001)

• 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. 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 5 » The Ford Motor Company announces an eight-hour workday and minimum daily wage of $5 in salary plus bonuses.
• June 23 » Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa takes Zacatecas from Victoriano Huerta.
• July 23 » Austria-Hungary issues a series of demands in an ultimatum to the Kingdom of Serbia demanding Serbia to allow the Austrians to determine who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Serbia accepts all but one of those demands and Austria declares war on July 28.
• July 29 » The Cape Cod Canal opened.
• August 5 » In Cleveland, Ohio, the first electric traffic light is installed.
• December 8 » World War I: A squadron of Britain's Royal Navy defeats the Imperial German East Asia Squadron in the Battle of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic.

The temperature on May 22, 1914 was between 10.1 °C and 26.9 °C and averaged 18.5 °C. There was 12.8 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.