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• Andries Johannes Nicolaas Antonius van Buuren, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2001)
• Anna Apolonia Maria Verbakel, Berkel en Rodenrijs († 1995)
• Anna Gustina Willems, Amsterdam
• Adrianus Jan Wols, Oud Beijerland, Nederland († 1998)
• Adrianus van den Beukel, Hees, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Colla, Stokkem, Provincie Limburg, België († 2007)
• Anna Margaretha Wartel, Mollem, Vlaams-Brabant, België († 1914)
• Polman, Renkum
• Albertus van Bakel, Heesch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1913)
• Adriana Cornelia Knape, Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1998)

• Anna Wiesenbach (80), Stadskanaal (Onstwedde)
• Agnes van Leusen (35), Deventer
• Antonius Hubertus Krick (82), Maastricht
• Carry Macklin (29), Brunswick County, Virginia, United States of America
• Aagje van der Syde (77), Chicago,Illinois, United States
• Bibiana Croes (42)
• Catharina Weenk (32)
• Bernard Steggers (59), Berghuizen
• Aaltien KRUIMS (88), Rolde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Dirk de Blank (75), Tiel

• 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)
• 1916 » Peter Viereck, American poet and academic († 2006)
• 1918 » Betty Oliphant, English-Canadian ballerina, co-founded Canada's National Ballet School († 2004)
• 1918 » Tom Drake, American actor and singer († 1982)

• 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. Jacobus
11. Jacob
12. Wilhelmus
13. Gerardus
14. Antonius
15. Dirk
16. Hendrikus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Grietje
13. Aaltje
14. Geertruida
15. Neeltje
16. Trijntje

• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
• January 5 » First Balkan War: The Battle of Lemnos begins; Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it did not venture for the rest of the war.
• March 21 » Over 360 are killed and 20,000 homes destroyed in the Great Dayton Flood in Dayton, Ohio.
• April 4 » First Balkan War: Greek aviator Emmanouil Argyropoulos becomes the first pilot to die in the Hellenic Air Force when his plane crashes.
• May 14 » Governor of New York William Sulzer approves the charter for the Rockefeller Foundation, which begins operations with a $100million donation from John D. Rockefeller.
• December 14 » Haruna, the fourth and last Kongō-class ship, launches, eventually becoming one of the Japanese workhorses during World War I and World War II.
• December 24 » The Italian Hall disaster in Calumet, Michigan results in the deaths of 73 Christmas party participants (including 59 children) when someone falsely yells "fire".

The temperature on August 5, 1913 was between 7.4 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.