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• Anna Rosalia Weuts, Herenthout, België
• Albertus Jacobus Knijff, Harmelen, Woerden, Utrecht, Nederland († 1925)
• Anje DIJKEMA, Usquert
• Aleida Antonia Veltien, Raalte († 1911)
• Kruimink, Dalen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1911)
• Aafke van Lune, Niekerk
• * Willem Selst, Enkhuizen († 1971)
• Alida Klazina Maria van Vliet, Hazerswoude, Rijnwoude, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2003)
• Anna Clara PINKSTER, Odoorn Drenthe Netherlands († 1975)
• Antonetta Catharina van den Acker, Uden († 1911)

• Abraham Ypkemeule (66), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Abraham IJpkemeule (66), Enschede, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Berend Pieters Knot (63), De Waarden, gem. Grijpskerk, Groningen, Nederland
• Aukje Steensma (60), Groningen {GR}
• Aleida Profijt (84), Arnhem
• Arie Verboom (64), Den Helder
• Anna N Googe (79), Baxley, Appling, Georgia, Verenigde Staten
• Aukje Steensma (60), Heerenveen
• Aleida Profijt (84), Arnhem
• Alida Margaretha Zuiderduin (1), De Zilk, Noordwijkerhout

• 1910 » Artie Shaw, American clarinet player, composer, and bandleader († 2004)
• 1910 » Franz Kline, American painter and academic († 1962)
• 1910 » Hugh Casson, English architect and academic († 1999)
• 1910 » Margaret Wise Brown, American author and educator († 1952)
• 1910 » Scatman Crothers, American actor and comedian († 1986)
• 1911 » Betty Nuthall, English tennis player († 1983)
• 1911 » Lou Brouillard, Canadian boxer († 1984)
• 1911 » Paul Augustin Mayer, German cardinal († 2010)
• 1912 » Jean Françaix, French pianist and composer († 1997)
• 1912 » John Payne, American actor († 1989)

• 1886 » Leopold von Ranke, German historian and academic (b. 1795)
• 1893 » Anton von Schmerling, Austrian politician (b. 1805)
• 1895 » Franz Ernst Neumann, German mineralogist, physicist, and mathematician (b. 1798)
• 1906 » Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian director, playwright, and poet (b. 1828)
• 1908 » François Coppée, French poet and author (b. 1842)
• 1920 » Svetozar Boroević, Croatian-Austrian field marshal (b. 1856)
• 1921 » August Nilsson, Swedish shot putter and tug of war competitor (b. 1872)
• 1934 » Bonnie Parker, American criminal (b. 1910)
• 1934 » Clyde Barrow, American criminal (b. 1909)
• 1934 » Mihkel Martna, Estonian journalist and politician (b. 1860)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Hendrika
8. Catharina
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Geertruida
13. Grietje
14. Aaltje
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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
• January 18 » Eugene B. Ely lands on the deck of the USSPennsylvania anchored in San Francisco Bay, the first time an aircraft landed on a ship.
• February 18 » The first official flight with airmail takes place from Allahabad, United Provinces, British India (now India), when Henri Pequet, a 23-year-old pilot, delivers 6,500 letters to Naini, about 10 kilometres (6.2mi) away.
• March 29 » The M1911 .45 ACP pistol becomes the official U.S. Army side arm.
• April 2 » The Australian Bureau of Statistics conducts the country's first national census.
• September 1 » The armored cruiser Georgios Averof is commissioned into the Greek Navy. It now serves as a museum ship.
• November 19 » The Doom Bar in Cornwall claimed two ships, Island Maid and Angele, the latter killing the entire crew except the captain.

The temperature on May 23, 1911 was between 3.9 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.