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• Åke* Fritiof Oskar Dagh, Göteborgs Annedal (O) († 1997)
• Aart van de Beek, Heerde († 1983)
• Bernardina Sewüster, Steenwijksmoer, Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland († 1991)
• Bernard Simeon Bleeker, Hamlin County (South Dakota) († 1993)
• Arnoldus Huis in 't Veld, Vaassen († 2001)
• Arendje van ECK († 1953)
• (16m)Johannes Ludovicus Petrus(Jan) van Besouw, Tilburg († 1976)
• Anna Veenstra, Emmen,Drenthe,Niederlande († 2009)
• Bernardus Petrus Nederstigt, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1916)
• Boene Nuus, Midwolda († 1995)

• Cornelis Joosse (71), Middelburg, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Antonia Joanna Maria Druijts (26), Tilburg
• Cornelia van Vliet (46), Bleiswijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Addie Lee Russell (20), South Carolina
• Anthony Weinlein (20), Bronx, Bronx, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Arie van der ZWAAL (6), Rotterdam (Z.-H.), Neth
• Bertha Wildeman (0), Renkum
• Bernardus Rijsdijk (28), Rotterdam
• Arent de Roo (69), Den Haag
• Auke AKKERMANS (81), Ferwerderadiel, Friesland, Netherlands

• 1912 » Erich Bagge, German physicist and academic († 1996)
• 1912 » Hugh Griffith, Welsh actor († 1980)
• 1912 » Julius Axelrod, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2004)
• 1914 » Akinoumi Setsuo, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 37th Yokozuna († 1979)
• 1915 » Len Carney, English footballer and soldier († 1996)
• 1916 » Justin Catayée, French soldier and politician († 1962)
• 1916 » Mort Meskin, American illustrator († 1995)
• 1918 » Bob Evans, American businessman, founded Bob Evans Restaurants († 2007)
• 1918 » Pita Amor, Mexican poet and author († 2000)
• 1919 » René Barrientos, Bolivian general and politician, 55th President of Bolivia († 1969)

• 1892 » Mary Hannah Gray Clarke, American author, correspondent, and poet (b. 1835)
• 1901 » Victor D'Hondt, Belgian mathematician, lawyer, and jurist (b. 1841)
• 1911 » Milton Bradley, American businessman, founded the Milton Bradley Company (b. 1836)
• 1912 » Wilbur Wright, American pilot and businessman, co-founded the Wright Company (b. 1867)
• 1918 » Georgi Plekhanov, Russian philosopher and theorist (b. 1856)
• 1925 » Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, German historian and author (b. 1876)
• 1926 » Vladimir Steklov, Russian mathematician and physicist (b. 1864)
• 1934 » Tōgō Heihachirō, Japanese admiral (b. 1848)
• 1939 » Floyd Roberts, American race car driver (b. 1904)
• 1941 » Prajadhipok, Thai king (b. 1893)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Hendrika
8. Catharina
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Aaltje
13. Geertruida
14. Grietje
15. Helena
16. Neeltje

• 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 6.4 million citizens.
• March 15 » United States President Woodrow Wilson sends 4,800 United States troops over the U.S.–Mexico border to pursue Pancho Villa.
• April 25 » Anzac Day is commemorated for the first time on the first anniversary of the landing at ANZAC Cove.
• June 5 » Louis Brandeis is sworn in as a Justice of the United States Supreme Court; he is the first American Jew to hold such a position.
• July 15 » In Seattle, Washington, William Boeing and George Conrad Westervelt incorporate Pacific Aero Products (later renamed Boeing).
• October 7 » Georgia Tech defeats Cumberland University 222–0 in the most lopsided college football game in American history.
• November 1 » In Russia, Pavel Milyukov delivers in the State Duma the famous "stupidity or treason" speech, precipitating the downfall of the government of Boris Stürmer.

The temperature on May 30, 1916 was between 10.5 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.