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• Adrianus Nicolaas Droog, Naaldwijk († 1989)
• Clementina Elza Tournel, Alken, België († 1996)
• Alydus Leendert van Wijk, Meteren († 1994)
• Arij Cornelis Scherp († 1998)
• Anna Johanna Maria de Ruijter, Heemskerk († 1923)
• Cil Reijersen, Putten († 1923)
• Catharina Maria Vonk, Hoogvliet († 1923)
• Albert Baas, Assen († 2006)
• Bernardus Johan Dijkstra († 1999)
• Abraham Jan de Smidt, Zevenhuizen (Texel) († 1994)

• Arie (Arij) Griffioen (73), Loosdrecht
• Anna Wilhelmina Rouweler (53), Goor, Nederland
• Annie Helena PAGEL (14), Queensland, Australia
• Arie Jansz Kruijt (64), Katwijk
• Adriana Johanna Hamelink (61), Terneuzen
• Arij (Arie, Aries) Griffioen (73), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Eliza Anderson (67), Blair, Washington, Nebraska, Verenigde Staten
• Arie Kruijt (64), Katwijk
• Agnes Morris
• Adriana Johanna Hamelink (60), Terneuzen

• 1919 » Andreas Papandreou, Greek economist and politician, Prime Minister of Greece († 1996)
• 1919 » Red Buttons, American actor († 2006)
• 1919 » Tim Holt, American actor († 1973)
• 1921 » Ken Adam, German-born English production designer and art director († 2016)
• 1923 » Claude King, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2013)
• 1923 » James E. Bowman, American physician and academic († 2011)
• 1924 » Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy, Indian cardinal († 2014)
• 1927 » Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten, Dutch captain and pilot († 1977)
• 1927 » Robert Allen, American pianist and composer († 2000)
• 1928 » Tage Danielsson, Swedish author, actor, and director († 1985)

• 1915 » Ross Barnes, American baseball player and manager (b. 1850)
• 1917 » Jaber II Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1860)
• 1922 » Christiaan de Wet, South African general and politician, State President of the Orange Free State (b. 1854)
• 1922 » Slavoljub Eduard Penkala, Croatian engineer, invented the mechanical pencil (b. 1871)
• 1927 » Inayat Khan, Indian mystic and educator (b. 1882)
• 1931 » Athanasios Eftaxias, Greek politician, 118th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1849)
• 1933 » Josiah Thomas, English-Australian miner and politician (b. 1863)
• 1937 » Lou Andreas-Salomé, Russian-German psychoanalyst and author (b. 1861)
• 1938 » Hans Litten, German lawyer and jurist (b. 1903)
• 1941 » Banjo Paterson, Australian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1864)

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

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

• 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 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 7.1 million citizens.
• February 16 » Howard Carter unseals the burial chamber of Pharaoh Tutankhamun.
• April 15 » Insulin becomes generally available for use by people with diabetes.
• April 18 » Yankee Stadium: "The House that Ruth Built" opens.
• August 16 » The United Kingdom gives the name "Ross Dependency" to part of its claimed Antarctic territory and makes the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand its administrator.
• October 15 » The German Rentenmark is introduced in Germany to counter hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic.
• November 8 » Beer Hall Putsch: In Munich, Adolf Hitler leads the Nazis in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the German government.

The temperature on February 5, 1923 was between 0.9 °C and 3.6 °C and averaged 2.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.