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• Albertus Cornelis SWINKELS, Nuenen († 1980)
• Adriaan de Nooijer, Arnemuiden, Zeeland, Nederland († 1914)
• Alberta Petronella van Leur, Utrecht
• Aaltje Hendrikje de Roos, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Julia Louisa Berrier, Amsterdam,,Nederland
• Adam G Walters, Michigan (USA) († 1949)
• (Stillborn) VAN DER LEI, Emmen Drenthe Netherlands († 1914)
• Adrianus Jacobus Hulst, Gouda († 1915)
• * Christina Zutt, Enigerburg († 2002)
• Alida Ann Byers, Griffin Township, Conway, Arkansas, United States († 2005)

• Adriana BEKERS (84), Roosendaal en Nispen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• * Lucia van Schijndel (79), Drunen
• Aaltje Jacobs Pees (73), Blokzijl
• Aletta Wiggerina Slingerland (36), Rotterdam
• Adriana Troost (86), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Pees (73), Blokzijl, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aaltje Alberts Vissia (46), Holland, Allegan, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Albertina Johanna Stemberg (57), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alice P Shank (17)
• Adriana Haans (50), Loon op Zand

• 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)
• 1918 » Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, emir of Abu Dhabi and first president of the United Arab Emirates († 2004)
• 1919 » André Guelfi, French race car driver († 2016)
• 1920 » Kamisese Mara, Fijian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Fiji († 2004)

• 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)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacobus
10. Adrianus
11. Jacob
12. Gerardus
13. Antonius
14. Arie
15. Wilhelmus
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. Grietje
13. Geertruida
14. Aaltje
15. Helena
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 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 6.2 million citizens.
• January 9 » The Phi Beta Sigma fraternity is founded by African-American students at Howard University in Washington D.C., United States.
• May 15 » During a poker game at the Gaiety Theatre in Galesburg, Illinois, comedian Art Fisher nicknames Chicko, Harpo, Groucho, and Gummo Marx.
• July 23 » Austria-Hungary issues a series of demands in an ultimatum to the Kingdom of Serbia demanding Serbia to allow the Austrians to determine who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Serbia accepts all but one of those demands and Austria declares war on July 28.
• August 23 » World War I: The British Expeditionary Force and the French Fifth Army begin their Great Retreat before the German Army.
• December 15 » A gas explosion at Mitsubishi Hōjō coal mine, in Kyushu, Japan, kills 687.
• December 23 » World War I: Australian and New Zealand troops arrive in Cairo, Egypt.

The temperature on May 6, 1914 was between 9.3 °C and 14.1 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.