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• Adriana Antonia Maria Sterkenburg, Odijk
• Albertus Jacobus Knijff, Harmelen, Woerden, Utrecht, Nederland († 1925)
• Angela Maria Louisa van Dorsselaer, Sint Jansteen,, Zeeland, Nederland († 1992)
• Adrianus, Jacobus Hartman, Amsterdam, Gemeente Amsterdam, North Holland, Nederland († 1983)
• Aafke van Lune, Niekerk
• Arend Bast, Slagharen († 1913)
• Antje Jellesd Visser, Heeg, wynbritseradeel.fr.nld
• Anton Freijee, Nieuwveen († 1982)
• Antje Detmar, Twijzel (Twizel), Friesland, Nederland († 1914)
• Adrianus Petrus Schalke, Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1940)

• Abraham IJpkemeule (66), Enschede, Overijssel, Netherlands
• (Maria) Elisabeth Staals (84), Stevensweert
• Arend Jan Neerken (93), Allegan, Michigan
• Alexander Peijnenburg (55), Eindhoven
• Augusta Catherine HARVEY (42), Blenheim, Marlborough, New Zealand
• Abraham Stikkel (65)
• Akse (2), Zuidveen
• Bertus Buis (0), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands
• Abraham Stikkel (65), Djember, Java, Indonesia
• Anna N Googe (79), Baxley, Appling, Georgia, Verenigde Staten

• 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.
• March 25 » In New York City, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire kills 146 garment workers.
• April 27 » Following the resignation and death of William P. Frye, a compromise is reached to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the United States Senate.
• June 22 » George V and Mary of Teck are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
• November 1 » World's first combat aerial bombing mission takes place in Libya during the Italo-Turkish War. Second Lieutenant Giulio Gavotti of Italy drops several small bombs.
• December 9 » A mine explosion near Briceville, Tennessee, kills 84 miners despite rescue efforts led by the United States Bureau of Mines.
• December 14 » Roald Amundsen's team, comprising himself, Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel, and Oscar Wisting, becomes the first to reach the South Pole.

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.