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• Aagje Grippeling, Sijbekarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• "Claude" Marie Adrien de Loynes de Fumichon, Bourges, Cher, France († 1994)
• Anthonie Joseph Maria Ghislain Baron Kervyn de Volkaersbeke, Gent, Vlaanderen († 2000)
• Stijsiger, Leerdam, Utrecht, Nederland
• Afke Boersma, Echten, Lemsterland, Friesland, Nederland († 2008)
• Adrianus Van Herk, Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aarnout Korstanje, Goes
• Alvin Lester Leonard, Milfay, Lncln., Oklh († 1924)
• Aaltje van Dalen, Hoogeveen († 2000)
• Adriana van den Heuvel, St. Michielsgestel

• Antje Aalbertsdr. Groenendijk (de Lange) (51), Pernis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Korteweg (79), Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Kamst (1), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Groenendijk (51), Pernis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Groenendijk (51)
• Antoon Hubert Hilgers (78), Roermond, Limburg, Nederland
• Alžbeta Auřadová Ouřadová (54)
• Anna Maria Melchers (75), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Agatha Petronella CORNELISSEN (82), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Melchers (76), 's-Gravenhage

• 1905 » Catherine Bauer Wurster, American architect and public housing advocate († 1964)
• 1905 » Lise de Baissac, Mauritian-born SOE agent, war hero († 2004)
• 1907 » Rip Sewell, American baseball player and coach († 1989)
• 1911 » Mitchell Sharp, Canadian economist and politician, 23rd Canadian Minister of Finance († 2004)
• 1911 » Phil Silvers, American actor and comedian († 1985)
• 1912 » Saadat Hasan Manto, Indian-Pakistani author and screenwriter († 1955)
• 1916 » Camilo José Cela, Spanish author and politician, Nobel Prize laureate († 2002)
• 1918 » Richard Feynman, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate († 1988)
• 1921 » Hildegard Hamm-Brücher, German politician († 2016)
• 1921 » Robin Barbour, Scottish minister and author († 2014)

• 1882 » Frederick Innes, Scottish-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1816)
• 1889 » John Cadbury, English businessman and philanthropist, founded the Cadbury Company (b. 1801)
• 1908 » Charles Kingston, Australian politician, 20th Premier of South Australia (b. 1850)
• 1916 » Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer and physicist (b. 1873)
• 1918 » George Elmslie, Australian politician, 25th Premier of Victoria (b. 1861)
• 1920 » James Colosimo, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1878)
• 1920 » William Dean Howells, American novelist, literary critic, and playwright (b. 1837)
• 1927 » Juan Gris, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1887)
• 1929 » Jozef Murgaš, Slovak-American priest, architect, botanist, and painter (b. 1864)
• 1938 » George Lyon, Canadian golfer and cricketer (b. 1858)

• 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 20 » Nineteen men, women, and children die in the Ludlow Massacre during a Colorado coal-miners' strike.
• August 4 » In response to the German invasion of Belgium, Belgium and the British Empire declare war on Germany. The United States declares its neutrality.
• August 15 » The Panama Canal opens to traffic with the transit of the cargo ship SSAncon.
• September 3 » William, Prince of Albania leaves the country after just six months due to opposition to his rule.
• October 9 » World War I: The Siege of Antwerp comes to an end.
• October 27 » First World War: The new British battleship HMS Audacious is sunk by a minefield laid by the armed German merchant-cruiser Berlin.

The temperature on May 11, 1914 was between 6.1 °C and 13.5 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.