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• Alberta Toorn († 1998)
• Adriaantje Jaapje Poot, Kethel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• André René Machu, Denain († 1986)
• Antonia Johanna Adriana Maria Wijtvliet, Dinteloord († 1914)
• Antonius Martinus Maria de Bot, Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, Drenthe, Nederland
• Ernsten, Soest, Utrecht, Netherlands († 1914)
• Andreas Alois (André) COLPAERT, Lichtervelde († 1977)
• Arend Jan Bouhijs, Zwolle
• Adriano Carolus Nicolaï, Breda († 2001)
• Antonius Martinus Maria de Bot, Steenbergen,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1998)

• Adam van Gent (71), willemstad (noord brabant)
• Alle Ausma (85), Marum
• Anne Claus Fruchnich (71), Groningen
• Albert Jacobs van der Ley (84), Bergum, gem. Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Lagendijk
• Abraham (alias: Abraham David) Keizer (86), Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adrianus Petrus Turk (3), Alkemade, Kaag en Braassem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Wytzes van der Zee (59), Uitwellingerga
• Aagtje Doornbos (58), Hoogezand,, Groningen, Nederland
• Anne Fruchnicht (71), Groningen

• 1911 » Marie Osborne Yeats, American actress and costume designer († 2010)
• 1911 » Roy Rogers, American singer, guitarist, and actor († 1998)
• 1912 » W. Allen Wallis, American economist and statistician († 1998)
• 1913 » Guy Green, English-American director, screenwriter, and cinematographer († 2005)
• 1913 » John McGiver, American actor († 1975)
• 1913 » Vivien Leigh, Indian-British actress († 1967)
• 1914 » Alton Tobey, American painter and illustrator († 2005)
• 1917 » Banarsi Das Gupta, Indian activist and politician, 4th Chief Minister of Haryana († 2007)
• 1917 » Jacqueline Auriol, French pilot († 2000)
• 1917 » James Lawton Collins Jr., American brigadier general († 2002)

• 1923 » Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, French author and poet (b. 1880)
• 1928 » Vlasios Tsirogiannis, Greek general (b. 1872)
• 1930 » Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)
• 1930 » Luigi Facta, Italian politician, journalist and Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1861)
• 1931 » Konrad Stäheli, Swiss target shooter (b. 1866)
• 1933 » Texas Guinan, American actress and businesswoman (b. 1884)
• 1933 » Walther von Dyck, German mathematician and academic (b. 1856)
• 1938 » Thomas Dewing, American painter and educator (b. 1851)
• 1939 » Mary W. Bacheler, American physician and Baptist medical missionary (b. 1860)
• 1941 » Arndt Pekurinen, Finnish activist (b. 1905)

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.
• April 23 » First baseball game at Wrigley Field, then known as Weeghman Park, in Chicago.
• August 12 » World War I: The United Kingdom declares war on Austria-Hungary; the countries of the British Empire follow suit.
• August 15 » World War I: The First Russian Army, led by Paul von Rennenkampf, enters East Prussia.
• September 3 » French composer Albéric Magnard is killed defending his estate against invading German soldiers.
• November 16 » The Federal Reserve Bank of the United States officially opens.
• December 8 » World War I: A squadron of Britain's Royal Navy defeats the Imperial German East Asia Squadron in the Battle of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic.

The temperature on November 5, 1914 was between 6.3 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.