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• Adriaan Pieter Broeders, Rotterdam
• Andries Koning, Barneveld
• Aaltje Schoonhoven, Hierden, Nederland († 2002)
• Adriana Theodora (Sjaan) Kuiters, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1969)
• Alderdiena Wilhelmina Lensina van Urk, Assen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1998)
• Adrianus Korteland, Oud-Alblas, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Hendriks Rinzema († 1998)
• Albertha Hendrika Germers, Slagharen († 1922)
• André Vanduynslaeger, Nieuwpoort († 1982)
• Aagje Meijdam, goudriaan (zuid holland) († 2011)

• Alexander Jozef Voss (32), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Jacobs Brouwers (74), Vrouwenparochie
• Alexander Jozef Voss (32), Amsterdam, NH, Nederland
• Aart van Dijk (56), Veenendaal, Nederland
• Antonijus Gerritsen (82), Lemelerveld
• Akke Sybes van Houten (50), Garijp
• Charles Fox Brown (73), Nashville Davidson Tennessee
• Konst, Mirns en Bakhuizen
• Anna Timmermans (80), Bladel en Netersel
• Aart Dool, van den (74), Noordeloos

• 1912 » Antonio Ferri, Italian scientist († 1975)
• 1912 » Carlos Guastavino, Argentine composer († 2000)
• 1912 » Habib Elghanian, Iranian businessman († 1979)
• 1912 » Jehan Buhan, French fencer († 1999)
• 1912 » John Le Mesurier, English actor († 1983)
• 1912 » Makar Honcharenko, Ukrainian footballer and manager († 1997)
• 1913 » Antoni Clavé, Catalan artist († 2005)
• 1913 » Nicolas Grunitzky, 2nd President of Togo († 1969)
• 1913 » Ruth Smith, Faroese artist († 1958)
• 1914 » Felice Borel, Italian footballer († 1993)

• 1904 » Ernst Leopold, 4th Prince of Leiningen (b. 1830)
• 1906 » Eastman Johnson, American painter (b. 1824)
• 1914 » Bernard Borggreve, German forestry scientist (b. 1836)
• 1916 » Maksim Kovalevsky, Russian sociologist (b. 1851)
• 1918 » George Tupou II, King of Tonga (b. 1874)
• 1918 » Paul Vidal de La Blache, French geographer (b. 1845)
• 1920 » Laurent Marqueste, French sculptor (b. 1848)
• 1921 » Alphons Diepenbrock, Dutch composer (b. 1862)
• 1921 » Sophie Elkan, Swedish-Jewish writer and translator (b. 1853)
• 1923 » George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, English archaeologist and businessman (b. 1866)

• 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.
• March 8 » First flights (for the Royal Thai Air Force) at Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok.
• April 20 » Nineteen men, women, and children die in the Ludlow Massacre during a Colorado coal-miners' strike.
• August 15 » World War I: Beginning of the Battle of Cer, the first Allied victory of World War I.
• September 1 » St. Petersburg, Russia, changes its name to Petrograd.
• September 5 » World War I: First Battle of the Marne begins. Northeast of Paris, the French attack and defeat German forces who are advancing on the capital.
• November 28 » World War I: Following a war-induced closure in July, the New York Stock Exchange re-opens for bond trading.

The temperature on April 5, 1914 was between 3.8 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.