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• Aleida Hendrika Jonker († 1997)
• Albertus van het Hekke, Brummen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1913)
• Adriaan Meerman, Arnemuiden († 1945)
• Andreas Josephus Jacobus Gubbels, Heythuysen († 1992)
• Andreas Wilhelmus Hurkx, Breda
• Adriaan Eland († 1972)
• Andres Wilhelmus Hurkx, Breda († 1987)
• Anna Barbara Stassen, Borgharen, Maastricht
• Albertina Richter, South Dakota, Verenigde Staten († 2003)
• Andrée Marie Joseph Ghislain CHOPPINET, Enghien, 7850, Hainaut, Belgique († 1916)

• Bernardina Brockweber, Horn
• Aagje van Gorkom, Zegveld
• Verwaal (0), Ede
• Albert Epping (56), Tange (Onstwedde, Groningen)
• Wolter De Groote (1), Emmen
• Adrianus van Nijendaal (4), Utrecht
• Anton Kunibert Frericks (Frerichs) (Hagemense) (0), Gronau, 48599, Duitsland
• Derksen (0)
• Antonius Wilhelmus van Erp (0), Berghem (Nbr), Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Agnes Tallulah Akins (4), Bulloch County, Georgia, United States

• 1910 » Abraham Polonsky, American director and screenwriter († 1999)
• 1911 » Władysław Szpilman, Polish pianist and composer († 2000)
• 1912 » Kate Simon, American travel writer († 1990)
• 1912 » Sonny Boy Williamson II, American singer-songwriter and harmonica player († 1965)
• 1913 » Esther Borja, Cuban soprano and actress († 2013)
• 1914 » Hans Hellmut Kirst, German lieutenant and author († 1989)
• 1916 » Hilary Koprowski, Polish-American virologist and immunologist, created the world's first effective live polio vaccine († 2013)
• 1916 » Walt McPherson, American basketball player and coach († 2013)
• 1917 » Ken Downing, English race car driver († 2004)
• 1918 » Charity Adams Earley, Black American Army officer († 2002)

• 1887 » Eliza R. Snow, American poet and songwriter (b. 1804)
• 1891 » Pedro II of Brazil (b. 1825)
• 1917 » Jean Sandberg(b.1952)
• 1918 » Schalk Willem Burger, South African commander, lawyer, and politician, 6th President of the South African Republic (b. 1852)
• 1925 » Władysław Reymont, Polish novelist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
• 1926 » Claude Monet, French painter (b. 1840)
• 1931 » Vachel Lindsay, American poet (b. 1879)
• 1940 » Jan Kubelík, Czech violinist and composer (b. 1880)
• 1941 » Amrita Sher-Gil, Hungarian-Pakistani painter (b. 1913)
• 1942 » Jock Delves Broughton, English captain (b. 1883)

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.
• February 3 » The Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, authorizing the Federal government to impose and collect an income tax.
• June 1 » The Greek–Serbian Treaty of Alliance is signed, paving the way for the Second Balkan War.
• July 3 » Confederate veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913 reenact Pickett's Charge; upon reaching the high-water mark of the Confederacy they are met by the outstretched hands of friendship from Union survivors.
• November 9 » The Great Lakes Storm of 1913, the most destructive natural disaster ever to hit the lakes, reaches its greatest intensity after beginning two days earlier. The storm destroys 19 ships and kills more than 250 people.
• December 21 » Arthur Wynne's "word-cross", the first crossword puzzle, is published in the New York World.

The temperature on December 5, 1913 was between 0.1 °C and 5.7 °C and averaged 2.9 °C. There was 11.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.