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• Adrianus Cornelis Johannes Broers, Goirle († 1911)
• Antje Kloosterman, Twijzel, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1989)
• Antje Douwes Doornbos, Klazienaveen († 2003)
• Ittman, Amersfoort, U. NL
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Harte, Sloterdijk
• Angèle De Geyter, Munkzwalm († 2006)
• Anna Maria Petronella Lous, Breda,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1986)
• Alida Johanna BAREL, Scheveningen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Doornbos, Emmen
• Ankje Riekeles van der Veen, Harkema Opeinde († 1994)

• Alida Johanna van Groenigen (1), Haarlemmermeer, Noord Holland, The Netherlands
• Albert Turksma (1), Emmen
• Alfred Emile Rambaldo (31), Blora
• Anna Catharina Wouters (63), Kerkrade (L
• Annechien Jongman (74), Sappermeer, Groningen, Nederland
• Anthonia Burger (16), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Benjamin SANDERS (66), Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Turksema (Turksma) (1), Emmen
• Andrew Thompson Douthett (48)
• Albertus Wilhelmus Oremus (35), Venray

• 1906 » Joan Hickson, English actress († 1998)
• 1906 » John Huston, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 1987)
• 1906 » Wassily Leontief, German-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1999)
• 1908 » Harold Holt, Australian lawyer and politician, 17th Prime Minister of Australia († 1967)
• 1908 » Jose Garcia Villa, Filipino short story writer and poet († 1997)
• 1910 » Bruno Coquatrix, French songwriter and manager († 1979)
• 1910 » Herminio Masantonio, Argentinian footballer († 1956)
• 1911 » Robert Taylor, American actor and singer († 1969)
• 1912 » Abbé Pierre, French priest and humanitarian († 2007)
• 1914 » Parley Baer, American actor († 2002)

• 1895 » Friedrich Engels, German philosopher (b. 1820)
• 1901 » Victoria, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom (b. 1840)
• 1904 » George Dibbs, Australian politician, 10th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1834)
• 1911 » Bob Caruthers, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1864)
• 1916 » George Butterworth, British composer, killed at the Battle of the Somme (b. 1885)
• 1921 » Dimitrios Rallis, Greek lawyer and politician, 78th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1844)
• 1929 » Millicent Fawcett, English trade union leader and activist (b. 1847)
• 1933 » Charles Harold Davis, American painter and academic (b. 1856)
• 1935 » David Townsend, American art director and set designer (b. 1891)
• 1939 » Béla Jankovich, Hungarian economist and politician, Minister of Education of Hungary (b. 1865)

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.
• March 25 » In New York City, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire kills 146 garment workers.
• April 6 » During the Battle of Deçiq, Dedë Gjon Luli Dedvukaj, leader of the Malësori Albanians, raises the Albanian flag in the town of Tuzi, Montenegro, for the first time after George Kastrioti (Skanderbeg).
• September 1 » The armored cruiser Georgios Averof is commissioned into the Greek Navy. It now serves as a museum ship.
• September 25 » An explosion of badly degraded propellant charges on board the French battleship Liberté detonates the forward ammunition magazines and destroys the ship.
• September 29 » Italy declares war on the Ottoman Empire.
• December 29 » Sun Yat-sen becomes the provisional President of the Republic of China; he formally takes office on January 1, 1912.

The temperature on August 5, 1911 was between 9.9 °C and 24.7 °C and averaged 18.6 °C. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (60%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.