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• Antonia Adriana van der Maade, Gilze en Rijen († 1984)
• Albert Petrus SEGHERS, Dworp,1653,Brabant Flamand,Bruxelles Capitale,BELGIQUE († 1998)
• Aaltje Veerman, Volendam († 2015)
• Albert (Bert) HAANSTRA, Espelo († 1997)
• Adriaan Dirk Kakebeeke, Rotterdam († 1990)
• Arie Peter Boote, Kedichem (Leerdam), Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1997)
• Anno Bruintjes, Alteveer, Groningen, Nederland († 1916)
• August Albert COPERMANS, Hasselt, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie († 2001)
• Anna Maria de Graaf (22.1.1.10), Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland († 1949)
• Albert Schutters, Hamont (Bel) († 1980)

• Barbera Monster (33), Giessendam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, Nederland
• Andries Notelaers (37), Nerem, Belgie
• Aaltje Brammer (86), Uitgeest, NH, Nederland
• Andreas Jakobus Muller (34)
• Antje Reinders ZIELMA (81), Nieuwe Pekela Groningen Netherlands
• Arie van Weelden (0), (GL) Herwijnen
• Allegonda van den Bosch (75), Rosmalen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arthur Germonpré (25), Harderwijk
• Anje Jantina Engels (56), Groningen
• Alida Brammer (86), Uitgeest

• 1911 » Maurice Allais, French economist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate († 2010)
• 1912 » Chien-Shiung Wu, Chinese-American experimental physicist († 1997)
• 1914 » Akira Ifukube, Japanese composer and educator († 2006)
• 1916 » Bert Haanstra, Dutch director, producer, and screenwriter († 1997)
• 1918 » Lloyd Quarterman, African American chemist († 1982)
• 1918 » Robert Osterloh, American actor († 2001)
• 1919 » Robie Macauley, American editor, novelist and critic († 1995)
• 1921 » Andrew Grima, Anglo-Italian jewellery designer († 2007)
• 1921 » Edna Doré, English actress († 2014)
• 1921 » Howard Reig, American radio and television announcer († 2008)

• 1899 » Stefanos Koumanoudis, Greek archaeologist, teacher and writer (b. 1818)
• 1908 » Louis-Honoré Fréchette, Canadian author, poet, and politician (b. 1839)
• 1909 » Thomas Price, Welsh-Australian politician, 24th Premier of South Australia (b. 1852)
• 1910 » Elizabeth Blackwell, English-American physician and educator (b. 1821)
• 1931 » Felix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau, Canadian cardinal (b. 1866)
• 1931 » Willy Stöwer, German author and illustrator (b. 1864)
• 1945 » Odilo Globocnik, Italian-Austrian SS officer (b. 1904)
• 1954 » Antonis Benakis, Greek art collector and philanthropist, founded the Benaki Museum (b. 1873)
• 1957 » Leopold Staff, Polish poet and academic (b. 1878)
• 1957 » Stefanos Sarafis, Greek general and politician (b. 1890)

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. Grietje
14. Geertruida
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.
• February 29 » Tokelau is annexed by the United Kingdom.
• April 24 » Ernest Shackleton and five men of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition launch a lifeboat from uninhabited Elephant Island in the Southern Ocean to organise a rescue for the crew of the sunken Endurance.
• July 1 » World War I: First day on the Somme: On the first day of the Battle of the Somme 19,000 soldiers of the British Army are killed and 40,000 wounded.
• September 19 » World War I: During the East African Campaign, colonial forces of the Belgian Congo (Force Publique) under the command of Charles Tombeur capture the town of Tabora after heavy fighting.
• October 7 » Georgia Tech defeats Cumberland University 222–0 in the most lopsided college football game in American history.
• November 7 » Woodrow Wilson is reelected as President of the United States.

The temperature on May 31, 1916 was between 8.9 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.