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• Abraham Hendrikus Jacobus Lotgering, Amsterdam († 1978)
• 'n Levenloos geboren zoon van de Waard, Ter Aar (Aardam) († 1913)
• Agatha Fredrica Soeters, Schiedam, Z-H, NL († 2003)
• Aartje Hardeman, Ede († 1913)
• Ijzermans, Etten-Leur, Nederland († 1913)
• Adam Schattenkerk, Saskatchewan, Canada
• Aaltje Snijders, Gees, Nederland († 2007)
• Aaltje Blokzijl, Hoogeveen († 1913)
• Alberdina Elizabeth Groeneweg, Schiedam († 1943)
• Alberdina Maria van den Heuvel, Utrecht († 1918)

• Albertus Jacobus Haar (28), Rotterdam
• Annechien Lukkien (77), Veendam, Groningen, Nederland
• Albregdina Johanna Bol (70), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Ijzermans (0), Etten-Leur, Nederland
• Albertus Jakobus Haar (28), Avereest, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aart Ligt (64), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Maartje Krouwel (70), 's-Gravenzande
• Anthony Herman Rave (1), Hamilton County, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus Laurens de Winter (0), Bloemendaal, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aart Ligt (64), Brink en Orden (Apeldoorn)

• 1908 » Marie Baron, Dutch swimmer and diver († 1948)
• 1909 » Grażyna Bacewicz, Polish violinist and composer († 1969)
• 1910 » Charles Philippe Leblond, French-Canadian biologist and academic († 2007)
• 1910 » Francisco Varallo, Argentinian footballer († 2010)
• 1911 » Jussi Björling, Swedish tenor († 1960)
• 1914 » Alan Lloyd Hodgkin, English physiologist, biophysicist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1998)
• 1914 » William S. Burroughs, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist († 1997)
• 1915 » Robert Hofstadter, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1990)
• 1917 » Edward J. Mortola, American academic and president of Pace University († 2002)
• 1917 » Isuzu Yamada, Japanese actress († 2012)

• 1892 » Emilie Flygare-Carlén, Swedish author (b. 1807)
• 1915 » Ross Barnes, American baseball player and manager (b. 1850)
• 1917 » Jaber II Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1860)
• 1922 » Christiaan de Wet, South African general and politician, State President of the Orange Free State (b. 1854)
• 1922 » Slavoljub Eduard Penkala, Croatian engineer, invented the mechanical pencil (b. 1871)
• 1927 » Inayat Khan, Indian mystic and educator (b. 1882)
• 1931 » Athanasios Eftaxias, Greek politician, 118th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1849)
• 1933 » Josiah Thomas, English-Australian miner and politician (b. 1863)
• 1937 » Lou Andreas-Salomé, Russian-German psychoanalyst and author (b. 1861)
• 1938 » Hans Litten, German lawyer and jurist (b. 1903)

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 3 » An Atlantic coast storm sets the lowest confirmed barometric pressure reading for a non-tropical system in the continental United States.
• March 22 » Mystic Phan Xích Long, the self-proclaimed Emperor of Vietnam, was arrested for organising a revolt against the colonial rule of French Indochina, which was nevertheless carried out by his supporters the following day.
• April 4 » First Balkan War: Greek aviator Emmanouil Argyropoulos becomes the first pilot to die in the Hellenic Air Force when his plane crashes.
• August 16 » Tōhoku Imperial University of Japan (modern day Tohoku University) becomes the first university in Japan to admit female students.
• October 10 » U.S. President Wilson triggers the explosion of the Gamboa Dike, completing major construction on the Panama Canal.
• December 1 » Ford Motor Company introduces the first moving assembly line.

The temperature on February 5, 1913 was between 5.9 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.