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• Aldegonda Johanna (Gon) Naus, Helden († 2012)
• Arthur Sefton, Ashton, Lancashire, England († 1961)
• Anna Maria Verbüchelen, Didam, Gelderland, Nederland († 1992)
• Antje Laanstra, Drachten († 1998)
• Alie Klomp, Katwoude († 2000)
• Cecil F Harpham, Nebraska († 1992)
• Terlouw, Moordrecht († 1918)
• Coba Tressa Schut, Hudsonville, Ottawa County, Michigan († 1920)
• Aaltje Geertruida Veldman, Oldebroek, Nederland († 1918)
• Alie Klomp, Katwoude († 2000)

• Abraham de Jong (53), Ridderkerk, Zuid-holland, Netherlands
• Aaltje Kruize (39), Dennenoord, Zuidlaren
• Albert Hoogendoorn (36), Moordrecht (Z.-H.), Neth
• Adam Ubben Tammena (0), Loppersum, Groningen, Netherlands
• Agnes Storcken (0), Geleen, Nederland
• Albert Spiegelaar (69), Eeserveen, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Aaltina BOS (24), Mijdrecht Limburg Netherlands
• Hartzema (34), Doezum-gem. Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland
• Abraham Riemers de Haan (34), Doezum
• Abraham Hoos (3), Leerdam

• 1914 » Alton Tobey, American painter and illustrator († 2005)
• 1917 » Banarsi Das Gupta, Indian activist and politician, 4th Chief Minister of Haryana († 2007)
• 1917 » Jacqueline Auriol, French pilot († 2000)
• 1917 » James Lawton Collins Jr., American brigadier general († 2002)
• 1919 » Hasan Askari, Pakistani linguist, scholar, and critic († 1978)
• 1919 » Myron Floren, American accordion player and pianist († 2005)
• 1920 » Douglass North, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2015)
• 1920 » Tommy Godwin, American-English cyclist and coach († 2012)
• 1921 » Fawzia Fuad of Egypt († 2013)
• 1921 » Georges Cziffra, Hungarian pianist and composer († 1994)

• 1923 » Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, French author and poet (b. 1880)
• 1928 » Vlasios Tsirogiannis, Greek general (b. 1872)
• 1930 » Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)
• 1930 » Luigi Facta, Italian politician, journalist and Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1861)
• 1931 » Konrad Stäheli, Swiss target shooter (b. 1866)
• 1933 » Texas Guinan, American actress and businesswoman (b. 1884)
• 1933 » Walther von Dyck, German mathematician and academic (b. 1856)
• 1938 » Thomas Dewing, American painter and educator (b. 1851)
• 1939 » Mary W. Bacheler, American physician and Baptist medical missionary (b. 1860)
• 1941 » Arndt Pekurinen, Finnish activist (b. 1905)

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

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

• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
• January 8 » U.S. President Woodrow Wilson announces his "Fourteen Points" for the aftermath of World War I.
• January 24 » The Gregorian calendar is introduced in Russia by decree of the Council of People's Commissars effective February 14 (New Style).
• April 23 » World War I: The British Royal Navy makes a raid in an attempt to neutralise the Belgian port of Bruges-Zeebrugge.
• May 28 » The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and the First Republic of Armenia declare their independence.
• July 6 » The Left SR uprising in Russia starts with the assassination of German ambassador Wilhelm von Mirbach by Cheka members.
• November 9 » Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany abdicates after the German Revolution, and Germany is proclaimed a Republic.

The temperature on November 5, 1918 was between 6.6 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 4.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.