About the day » Saturday May 23, 1914Calender converter

• Albert Venhuizen, New Underwood,, South Dakota, Verenigde Staten († 1955)
• Anna Maas, Aalsmeer
• Albert Dick, Holt, Missouri, Verenigde Staten († 1981)
• Antje Miedema, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1984)
• Aaltje , Alida, Alie vonk, Delfzijl, Groningen, Nederland
• Alphons Hermanus Antonius S Segers, Gilze en Rijen, NB, Nederland († 1962)
• Alice Beatrice Denolf, Lichtervelde († 1991)
• Aleida Susanna Schütz, Borbeck, Noordrijn-Westfalen, Germany († 2008)
• Albert Jans, Jefferson Township, Butler County, Iowa, United States († 2002)
• Antoni Bisschop Wijnveldt, Soerabaja, Oost-Java, Indonesië

• Anthonius Teunis Blom (88), Montfoort
• Aafje KOK (77), Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert van den Broek (2), Soest
• Adriana Hoogland (0), Hoogland
• Albert Boer (31), Dennenoord, Zuidlaren, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Johanna Maria Petronella Kruijssen (1), Tilburg
• Adrianus Gerardus Rubbens (47), Waalwijk, 5140, Nederland
• Alida Huizing (15), Deurne, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Andelia Rodriguez (0), Monclova, Coahuila, México
• Alida Grootveld (0), Utrecht

• 1911 » Betty Nuthall, English tennis player († 1983)
• 1911 » Lou Brouillard, Canadian boxer († 1984)
• 1911 » Paul Augustin Mayer, German cardinal († 2010)
• 1912 » Jean Françaix, French pianist and composer († 1997)
• 1912 » John Payne, American actor († 1989)
• 1914 » Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth, English economist, journalist, and prominent Catholic layperson († 1981)
• 1914 » Celestine Sibley, American journalist and author († 1999)
• 1914 » Harold Hitchcock, English visionary landscape artist († 2009)
• 1915 » S. Donald Stookey, American physicist and chemist, invented CorningWare († 2014)
• 1917 » Edward Norton Lorenz, American mathematician and meteorologist († 2008)

• 1893 » Anton von Schmerling, Austrian politician (b. 1805)
• 1895 » Franz Ernst Neumann, German mineralogist, physicist, and mathematician (b. 1798)
• 1906 » Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian director, playwright, and poet (b. 1828)
• 1908 » François Coppée, French poet and author (b. 1842)
• 1920 » Svetozar Boroević, Croatian-Austrian field marshal (b. 1856)
• 1921 » August Nilsson, Swedish shot putter and tug of war competitor (b. 1872)
• 1934 » Bonnie Parker, American criminal (b. 1910)
• 1934 » Clyde Barrow, American criminal (b. 1909)
• 1934 » Mihkel Martna, Estonian journalist and politician (b. 1860)
• 1937 » John D. Rockefeller, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Standard Oil Company and Rockefeller University (b. 1839)

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.
• 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.
• August 23 » World War I: The British Expeditionary Force and the French Fifth Army begin their Great Retreat before the German Army.
• August 24 » World War I: The Battle of Cer ends as the first Allied victory in the war.
• August 25 » World War I: Japan declares war on Austria-Hungary.
• December 25 » A series of unofficial truces occur across the Western Front to celebrate Christmas.

The temperature on May 23, 1914 was between 11.1 °C and 24.5 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.