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• Anna de Jonge, Ruinen, Drenthe, Netherlands († 1949)
• Alice Cardinal, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1976)
• Anna Jacoba de Vreede, Utrecht
• Anna Catharina Brakeboer, Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Maria Elisabeth Zikking, Rotterdam († 1990)
• Adriana Maria Mulders, Halsteren, N-Br, NL
• Anthonie Gerardus van Rijn, Wijk bij Duurstede († 1935)
• Albert Bronk, Beusichem († 1997)
• Anna Margaretha Stanneveld, Barnflair gem. Vlagtwedde
• Annie Irene Kennedy, Murray Harbour, Kings, Prince Edward Island, Canada († 1999)

• Berber Jans Portijk (61), Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aleida Hendrika Maria van Brakel (0), Enschede
• Cornelia Hendrika Francisca Hafkenscheid (85), Rotterdam
• Albertina SEGERS (1), Aaigem,9420,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• ARNOLDUS RIBBENS (80), Breda, Nederland
• Catharina Werkhoven (48), Jutphaas
• *** ARNOLDUS Rebbens Ribbens Rubbens (80), Breda, NL
• Cornelia Goudriaan (73), ouderkerk aan den ijssel (zuid holland
• Arend Heiminge (0), Rolde,Drenthe,Niederlande,Deurze
• Aleida Hendrika Maria Brakel van (0), Enschede

• 1910 » Olga Bergholz, Russian poet and author († 1975)
• 1912 » Studs Terkel, American historian and author († 2008)
• 1913 » Gordon Chalk, Australian politician, 30th Premier of Queensland († 1991)
• 1913 » Woody Herman, American singer, saxophonist, and clarinet player († 1987)
• 1914 » Edward T. Hall, American anthropologist and author († 2009)
• 1915 » Mario Monicelli, Italian director and screenwriter († 2010)
• 1916 » Ephraim Katzir, Israeli biophysicist and politician, 4th President of Israel († 2009)
• 1917 » Ben Kuroki, American sergeant and pilot († 2015)
• 1917 » James C. Murray, American lawyer and politician († 1999)
• 1917 » Juan Rulfo, Mexican author and photographer († 1986)

• 1890 » Mihkel Veske, Estonian poet, linguist and theologist (b. 1843)
• 1891 » Ion C. Brătianu, Romanian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1821)
• 1910 » Henri-Edmond Cross, French Neo-Impressionist painter (b. 1856)
• 1913 » Louis Perrier, Swiss architect and politician (b. 1849)
• 1920 » Levi P. Morton, American politician, 22nd United States Vice President (b. 1824)
• 1926 » Mehmed VI, Ottoman sultan (b. 1861)
• 1936 » Leonidas Paraskevopoulos, Greek general and politician (b. 1860)
• 1938 » Joseph Strauss, American engineer, co designed The Golden Gate Bridge (b. 1870)
• 1943 » Alfred Hoche, German psychiatrist and academic (b. 1865)
• 1944 » George Ade, American journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1866)

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. Wilhelmus
15. Arie
16. Hendrikus

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

• 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.
• June 28 » Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie are assassinated in Sarajevo; this is the casus belli of World War I.
• August 1 » The German Empire declares war on the Russian Empire at the opening of World War I. The Swiss Army mobilizes because of World War I.
• September 11 » World War I: Australia invades German New Guinea, defeating a German contingent at the Battle of Bita Paka.
• September 13 » World War I: The Battle of Aisne begins between Germany and France.
• November 16 » The Federal Reserve Bank of the United States officially opens.
• December 16 » World War I: Admiral Franz von Hipper commands a raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby.

The temperature on May 16, 1914 was between 4.8 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 13.7 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.