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• Albertus Martinus Vercauteren, Sint-Niklaas († 1996)
• Arend Noordam, Rozenburg (Zuid-Holland)
• Abraham van den Ouden, Bruinisse
• Andries VAN DE MEER, Delft (NL/ZH) († 1992)
• Meijeringh, Rijswijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Meyer, Kammerforst (Thüringen) († 1999)
• Antonie van der Lugt, Vlaardinger-Ambacht, Vlaardngen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1974)
• Arie Fielemon, Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Kloeze, Diever, Drenthe (NL) († 1911)
• Albert Wellinghoff, Cincinnati, Ohio, Verenigde Staten

• Catharina Elisabeth Vanderhallen (50), Maastricht
• Christina Catharina Berenink (0), Losser Enschede Overijssel Nederland
• Alfred Shoup (58), Tulare, California, Verenigde Staten
• Christoffel Lobbezoo (61), Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Charles Ensign Fortner (70), McClure, Broome Co, NY
• Amelberga Maes (81), Bazel
• Berendina Hakkert (40), Vorden, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alice May GUSTIN (43), Warren County
• Cornelia Janna Nelisse van der Werf (84), Nieuwerkerk (84jr)
• Alexandre Jean-Baptiste Duprez (70), Dour,, Hainaut, Belgique

• 1910 » Oronzo Pugliese, Italian football manager († 1990)
• 1910 » Sven Andersson, Swedish politician († 1987)
• 1911 » Hedi Amara Nouira, Tunisian politician († 1993)
• 1911 » Johnny Revolta, American golfer († 1991)
• 1912 » Antonio Ferri, Italian scientist († 1975)
• 1912 » Carlos Guastavino, Argentine composer († 2000)
• 1912 » Habib Elghanian, Iranian businessman († 1979)
• 1912 » Jehan Buhan, French fencer († 1999)
• 1912 » John Le Mesurier, English actor († 1983)
• 1912 » Makar Honcharenko, Ukrainian footballer and manager († 1997)

• 1901 » Angelo Messedaglia, Italian social scientist and statistician (b. 1820)
• 1902 » Hans Ernst August Buchner, German bacteriologist (b. 1850)
• 1904 » Ernst Leopold, 4th Prince of Leiningen (b. 1830)
• 1904 » Frances Power Cobbe, Irish writer (b. 1822)
• 1906 » Eastman Johnson, American painter (b. 1824)
• 1914 » Bernard Borggreve, German forestry scientist (b. 1836)
• 1916 » Maksim Kovalevsky, Russian sociologist (b. 1851)
• 1918 » George Tupou II, King of Tonga (b. 1874)
• 1918 » Paul Vidal de La Blache, French geographer (b. 1845)
• 1920 » Laurent Marqueste, French sculptor (b. 1848)

• 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.
• 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).
• May 19 » Parks Canada, the world's first national park service, is established as the Dominion Parks Branch under the Department of the Interior.
• July 1 » Germany despatches the gunship SMSPanther to Morocco, sparking the Agadir Crisis.
• July 24 » Hiram Bingham III re-discovers Machu Picchu, "the Lost City of the Incas".
• August 29 » The Canadian Naval Service becomes the Royal Canadian Navy.
• 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 April 5, 1911 was between -5.5 °C and 1.7 °C and averaged -2.2 °C. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (58%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.