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• Bernardus DE BOER, Workum Friesland Netherlands
• Aaldert Timmerman, Emmer-Erfscheidenveen, Emmen († 1988)
• Adriaan Wabeke, Wemeldinge, Nederland († 2000)
• Anthonie du Sart, arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Agatha Anna van Bemmel, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Nederland († 1964)
• Antonia Maria Verheijen, Nijmegen († 2009)
• Antonia Maria (Tony) Verheijen, Nijmegen († 2009)
• Berendina Bos, Exloermond, Odoorn († 1955)
• , Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan († 1992)
• Bernard De Boer, Workum, Friesland, Netherlands

• Bella Windmüller (65), Almelo
• Anna Maria Mutsaers (72), Tilburg
• Adrianus Laurentius Horst van der (0), Oud en nieuw Gastel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Mutsaers (72), Tilburg
• Anna Elisabetha Jägers (86), Kerkrade, Limburg, Niederlande
• Aaltje van Veen (72), Waddinxveen
• Antonia Lubbers (77), Raalte, Overijssel, Nederland
• Augustinus Brys (33), Bornem
• Catharina Wilhelmina Snoep (41), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus Laurentius van der Horst (0), Oud en Nieuw Gastel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1911 » Hubert Humphrey, American journalist and politician, 38th Vice President of the United States († 1978)
• 1911 » Teddy Kollek, Hungarian-Israeli politician, Mayor of Jerusalem († 2007)
• 1911 » Vincent Price, American actor († 1993)
• 1912 » John Cheever, American novelist and short story writer († 1982)
• 1912 » Sam Snead, American golfer and sportscaster († 2002)
• 1912 » Terry Moore, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1995)
• 1915 » Ester Soré, Chilean singer-songwriter († 1996)
• 1915 » Herman Wouk, American novelist († 2019)
• 1917 » Harry Webster, English engineer († 2007)
• 1918 » Yasuhiro Nakasone, Japanese commander and politician, 45th Prime Minister of Japan († 2019)

• 1896 » Aleksandr Stoletov, Russian physicist, engineer, and academic (b. 1839)
• 1910 » Robert Koch, German physician and microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1843)
• 1918 » Ōzutsu Man'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 18th Yokozuna (b. 1869)
• 1919 » Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Indian author and activist (b. 1848)
• 1933 » Achille Paroche, French target shooter (b. 1868)
• 1939 » Joseph Roth, Austrian-French journalist and author (b. 1894)
• 1941 » Ernst Lindemann, German captain (b. 1894)
• 1941 » Günther Lütjens, German admiral (b. 1889)
• 1942 » Muhammed Hamdi Yazır, Turkish theologian, logician, and translator (b. 1878)
• 1943 » Gordon Coates, New Zealand soldier and politician, 21st Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1878)

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. 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.
• August 3 » World War I: Germany declares war against France, while Romania declares its neutrality.
• August 24 » World War I: The Battle of Cer ends as the first Allied victory in the war.
• August 27 » World War I: Battle of Étreux: A British rearguard action by the Royal Munster Fusiliers during the Great Retreat.
• September 1 » St. Petersburg, Russia, changes its name to Petrograd.
• November 2 » World War I: The Russian Empire declares war on the Ottoman Empire and the Dardanelles are subsequently closed.
• 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 May 27, 1914 was between 4.6 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.