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• Anna Katharina (Annie) Andres, Emden, Duitsland († 1993)
• Ale Tjerks de Jong, oenkerk († 1978)
• Anna Maria Lucia Beckers, Vaals, Limburg, Nederland († 1911)
• Albertus Kleijn (ex Van Velzen), Utrecht
• Alfred Abraham Wijnschenk, Soerabaya, Indonesië († 1981)
• abraham van DIJK, rotterdam († 1987)
• Albert Michiel Pierre Peeters, Maaseik, België († 1988)
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Eilers, Steenwijk, Nederland († 1911)
• Alida Maria Catharina Koop, Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Hoezen, Jipsingboermussel(Vlagtwedde) († 1911)

• Arendina Mensink (28), Borculo
• Albertine Marie Georgette Charlotte des Plancques (66), Paris
• Charles Fremont Focht (13), Bellefontaine, Logan Co.Ohio
• Andries Pieter Vroom (75), Egmond aan Zee Noord-Holland Nederland
• Anna Maria Munnichs (15), Putbroek Echt Echt-Susteren Limburg Nederland
• Arie Schipper (0), Amsterdam
• Angelina VAN DEN SCHOOR (87), Grobbendonk, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
• Albertus Hendrikus Johannes Jansen (72), Lochem
• ARIE BOELEN (68), ALBLASSERDAM
• Anna Poort (62), muskegon (michigan usa)

• 1905 » Philip N. Krasne, American lawyer and producer († 1999)
• 1906 » André Weil, French mathematician and academic († 1998)
• 1907 » Weeb Ewbank, American football player and coach († 1998)
• 1911 » Guy des Cars, French journalist and author († 1993)
• 1913 » Carmen Cavallaro, American pianist († 1989)
• 1913 » Stewart Granger, English-American actor († 1993)
• 1915 » Orson Welles, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1985)
• 1915 » Theodore H. White, American historian, journalist, and author († 1986)
• 1916 » Robert H. Dicke, American physicist and astronomer († 1997)
• 1917 » Kal Mann, American songwriter († 2001)

• 1877 » Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Swedish-Finnish poet and hymn-writer (b. 1804)
• 1882 » Lord Frederick Cavendish, British politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (b. 1836)
• 1882 » Thomas Henry Burke, Irish civil servant (b. 1829)
• 1902 » Bret Harte, American author and poet (b. 1836)
• 1905 » Robert Herbert, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Queensland (b. 1831)
• 1907 » Emanuele Luigi Galizia, Maltese architect and civil engineer (b. 1830)
• 1910 » Edward VII of the United Kingdom (b. 1841)
• 1919 » L. Frank Baum, American novelist (b. 1856)
• 1939 » Konstantin Somov, Russian-French painter and illustrator (b. 1869)
• 1949 » Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian-French poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)

• 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 29 » The M1911 .45 ACP pistol becomes the official U.S. Army side arm.
• 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).
• April 29 » Tsinghua University, one of mainland China's leading universities, is founded.
• July 24 » Hiram Bingham III re-discovers Machu Picchu, "the Lost City of the Incas".
• September 20 » The White Star Line's RMSOlympic collides with the British warship HMSHawke.
• October 9 » An accidental bomb explosion triggers the Wuchang Uprising against the Chinese monarchy.

The temperature on May 6, 1911 was between 2.7 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 12.1 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.