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• (Stillborn) VAN DER LEI, Emmen Drenthe Netherlands († 1914)
• * Christina Zutt, Enigerburg († 2002)
• Antonius Stokman, Zantvoort
• Anna Aleida van Os, Erica, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1925)
• Albertus Spies, Barwoutswaarder, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Aleida van Os, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1925)
• Adriana Wilhelmina Verseijden, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, NL († 1997)
• Alice Leota Palmer, Williamson, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 1998)
• Alida Ann Byers, Griffin Township, Conway, Arkansas, United States († 2005)
• Adriaan de Nooijer, Arnemuiden, Zeeland, Nederland († 1914)

• Aaltje Jacobs Pees (73), Blokzijl
• Adriana Troost (86), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaldert Gooshouwer (0), Dordrecht
• Adrianus Isaac KUIJER (60), Watergraafsmeer
• Adriana Bekers (84), Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arie van der Ham (78), Rotterdam
• Aaltje Pees (74), Blokzijl
• (Stillborn) VAN DER LEI (0), Emmen Drenthe Netherlands
• Adriana Wilhelmina Pappelendam
• Adrianus Noorlander (84), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1911 » Guy des Cars, French journalist and author († 1993)
• 1913 » Carmen Cavallaro, American pianist († 1989)
• 1913 » Stewart Granger, English-American actor († 1993)
• 1915 » Orson Welles, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1985)
• 1915 » Theodore H. White, American historian, journalist, and author († 1986)
• 1916 » Robert H. Dicke, American physicist and astronomer († 1997)
• 1917 » Kal Mann, American songwriter († 2001)
• 1918 » Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, emir of Abu Dhabi and first president of the United Arab Emirates († 2004)
• 1919 » André Guelfi, French race car driver († 2016)
• 1920 » Kamisese Mara, Fijian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Fiji († 2004)

• 1877 » Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Swedish-Finnish poet and hymn-writer (b. 1804)
• 1882 » Lord Frederick Cavendish, British politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (b. 1836)
• 1882 » Thomas Henry Burke, Irish civil servant (b. 1829)
• 1902 » Bret Harte, American author and poet (b. 1836)
• 1905 » Robert Herbert, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Queensland (b. 1831)
• 1907 » Emanuele Luigi Galizia, Maltese architect and civil engineer (b. 1830)
• 1910 » Edward VII of the United Kingdom (b. 1841)
• 1919 » L. Frank Baum, American novelist (b. 1856)
• 1939 » Konstantin Somov, Russian-French painter and illustrator (b. 1869)
• 1949 » Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian-French poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)

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. Arie
15. Wilhelmus
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 1 » The SPT Airboat Line becomes the world's first scheduled airline to use a winged aircraft.
• May 25 » The House of Commons of the United Kingdom passes the Home Rule Bill for devolution in Ireland.
• August 25 » World War I: Japan declares war on Austria-Hungary.
• September 13 » World War I: The Battle of Aisne begins between Germany and France.
• October 29 » Ottoman entry into World War I.
• November 1 » World War I: The Australian Imperial Force (AIF) departed by ship in a single convoy from Albany, Western Australia bound for Egypt.

The temperature on May 6, 1914 was between 9.3 °C and 14.1 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.