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• Adalberto Guimarães de Queiroz, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil († 1998)
• Antenor de Oliveira, Lorena, São Paulo, Brasil († 1963)
• Anna Elisabeth Francisca Machon, Maasbree († 2005)
• Anna Margaretha Maria van der Linden, Nieuw-Vennep,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1994)
• Annie Henriette Israel, Demak, Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• Anthonie (Antoon) Petrus Schouten († 1949)
• Albertus Alfonsus Johannes (Maria) van Besouw, Baarle-Hertog († 1965)
• Haarman, Baarn, Utrecht, Nederland († 1975)
• ****** Deijkers, Fijnaart († 1915)
• Abraham Broeks, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1942)

• Albert Fokkesz KEUR (16), Franeker, Friesland, Nederland
• Antje Haaker (74), Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alexander Hendrik Knoppert (77), 's-Gravenhage
• Aaltje Hendriks Schoonhoven (77), Renkum,, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Geertruda de Leijer, Boxtel, Nederland
• Abraham Jans Bergsma (79), Hoornsterzwaag
• Antje Haaker (74), Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• (81), Suriname
• Alida Cornelia Zuiderwijk (59), Den Haag
• Anton le Blansch (43), Vrijenban (Delft), Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1911 » Andor Lilienthal, Russian-Hungarian chess player († 2010)
• 1911 » Gilles Grangier, French director and screenwriter († 1996)
• 1911 » Pritilata Waddedar, Indian educator and activist († 1932)
• 1913 » Duane Carter, American race car driver († 1993)
• 1914 » Tyrone Power, American actor († 1958)
• 1915 » Alice Faye, American actress and singer († 1998)
• 1916 » Zail Singh, Indian politician, 7th President of India († 1994)
• 1917 » Pío Leyva, Cuban singer-songwriter († 2006)
• 1918 » Egidio Galea, Maltese Roman Catholic priest († 2005)
• 1919 » Georgios Papadopoulos, Greek colonel and politician, 169th Prime Minister of Greece († 1999)

• 1892 » August Wilhelm von Hofmann, German chemist and academic (b. 1818)
• 1896 » Silas Adams, American lawyer and politician (b. 1839)
• 1902 » Bret Harte, American short story writer and poet (b. 1836)
• 1907 » Şeker Ahmed Pasha, Turkish soldier and painter (b. 1841)
• 1913 » Henry Moret, French painter (b. 1856)
• 1916 » John MacBride, Irish soldier and rebel (b. 1865)
• 1916 » Maurice Raoul-Duval, French polo player (b. 1866)
• 1921 » Alfred Hermann Fried, Austrian journalist and publicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
• 1924 » A. Sabapathy, Sri Lankan journalist and politician (b. 1853)
• 1931 » Glen Kidston, English pilot and race car driver (b. 1899)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Albert
10. Adrianus
11. Jacobus
12. Jacob
13. Wilhelmus
14. Antonius
15. Arie
16. Dirk

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Geertruida
13. Grietje
14. Neeltje
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 6.3 million citizens.
• March 26 » The Vancouver Millionaires win the 1915 Stanley Cup Finals, the first championship played between the Pacific Coast Hockey Association and the National Hockey Association.
• May 7 » The Republic of China accedes to 13 of the 21 Demands, extending the Empire of Japan's control over Manchuria and the Chinese economy.
• May 24 » World War I: Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary, joining the conflict on the side of the Allies.
• July 7 » The First Battle of the Isonzo comes to an end.
• August 6 » World War I: Battle of Sari Bair: The Allies mount a diversionary attack timed to coincide with a major Allied landing of reinforcements at Suvla Bay.
• November 25 » Albert Einstein presents the field equations of general relativity to the Prussian Academy of Sciences.

The temperature on May 5, 1915 was between 9.2 °C and 22.9 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 20.1 mm of rain. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.