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• Alida Hendrika Prins, Leiden († 2008)
• Alois Van Hees, Essen, Antwerpen, België († 1986)
• Albertus Kromhout, Rijnsburg, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1996)
• Alida Adriana Vuijk, Uithoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Antoinetta Kamsteeg, Winterswijk († 1998)
• Antonius Maria Joseph van Van Strien, Raamsdonk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1919)
• Anthonius Gerhardus Joseph Grimberg, Borne († 2023)
• Albertus Kromhout, Rijnsburg († 1996)
• Anton van HALEM, Ridderkerk, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1994)
• Alida Maria Knippenberg, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1969)

• Anje Mulder (61), Den Haag
• Aaltje Lampie (31), Amsterdam, North Holland, The Netherlands
• Agatha Banis (69), Laren N.H.
• Adriana Vonk (1), Gemeente Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Waasdorp (63), 's-Gravenhage, Nederland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Egges Post (64), Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• ... Godbille (4), Wanze
• ANNA DROPPERT (80), VLAARDINGEN
• Auguste Michel SIMON (73), Montbéliard, 25200, Doubs, Franche-Comté, FRANCE
• Albert van der Kaap (0), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1918 » James Tobin, American economist and academic († 2002)
• 1918 » Milt Schmidt, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager († 2017)
• 1918 » Red Storey, Canadian football player, referee, and sportscaster († 2006)
• 1920 » José Aboulker, Algerian surgeon and activist († 2009)
• 1920 » Rachel Gurney, English actress († 2001)
• 1920 » Virginia Christine, American actress († 1996)
• 1920 » Wang Zengqi, Chinese writer († 1997)
• 1921 » Elmer Valo, American baseball player and coach († 1998)
• 1922 » James Noble, American actor († 2016)
• 1922 » Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter († 1975)

• 1895 » Nikolai Leskov, Russian author, playwright, and journalist (b. 1831)
• 1895 » Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet, English general and scholar (b. 1810)
• 1907 » Friedrich Blass, German philologist, scholar, and academic (b. 1843)
• 1925 » Johan Jensen, Danish mathematician and engineer (b. 1859)
• 1927 » Franz Mertens, Polish-Austrian mathematician and academic (b. 1840)
• 1929 » David Dunbar Buick, Scottish-American businessman, founded Buick (b. 1854)
• 1934 » Reşit Galip, Turkish academic and politician, 6th Turkish Minister of National Education (b. 1893)
• 1935 » Roque Ruaño, Spanish priest and engineer (b. 1877)
• 1940 » Cai Yuanpei, Chinese philosopher and academic (b. 1868)
• 1944 » Max Jacob, French poet and author (b. 1876)

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

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

• 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 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 6.7 million citizens.
• January 16 » Nebraska becomes the 36th state to approve the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. With the necessary three-quarters of the states approving the amendment, Prohibition is constitutionally mandated in the United States one year later.
• February 5 » Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D. W. Griffith launch United Artists.
• March 23 » In Milan, Italy, Benito Mussolini founds his Fascist political movement.
• April 13 » Jallianwala Bagh massacre: British Indian Army troops lead by Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer killed approx 379-1000 unarmed demonstrators including men and women in Amritsar, India; and approximately 1,500 injured.
• September 18 » Fritz Pollard becomes the first African American to play professional football for a major team, the Akron Pros.
• October 28 » The U.S. Congress passes the Volstead Act over President Wilson's veto, paving the way for Prohibition to begin the following January.

The temperature on March 5, 1919 was between 6.3 °C and 11.4 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.