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• Andrina Volkers, Harderwijk
• Anthonius Adrianus Obdam, Lisse († 1993)
• Antje Wijzenbroek, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andrée PINT, La Bouverie,7080,Hainaut,Wallonie,BELGIQUE
• Amelia May Gibbs, McCammon, Bannock, Idaho, United States († 1996)
• Adriaan Meerman, Vlissingen, zl († 1972)
• Anna Margaretha Lucia Verdegaal, Noordwijkerhout († 2004)
• Adrianus Johannes (Adriaan) van Mierlo, Hanselaar († 1951)
• Andries van der Rijt, Wijmbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Aldert Kuiper, Winschoten, Groningen, Netherlands

• Cornelia Lagendijk (74), Ridderkerk
• Adriaan Zandijk (80), Terschelling
• Arie van Eijkelenburg (1), Amersfoort
• Antje Jans Mellema- (76), Zwaagwesteinde, Nederland
• Catharina Dijkhuis (70), Hoogezand, Groningen, Nederland
• Peters (0), Megen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelia Schuit (78), Grootebroek
• Arie Slob (82), Noordeloos, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Bonkenburg (40), Velsen, Nederland
• Antje Mellema (76), Zwaagwesteinde

• 1908 » Don Ameche, American actor († 1993)
• 1909 » Art Coulter, Canadian-American ice hockey player († 2000)
• 1911 » Maurice Allais, French economist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate († 2010)
• 1912 » Chien-Shiung Wu, Chinese-American experimental physicist († 1997)
• 1914 » Akira Ifukube, Japanese composer and educator († 2006)
• 1916 » Bert Haanstra, Dutch director, producer, and screenwriter († 1997)
• 1918 » Lloyd Quarterman, African American chemist († 1982)
• 1918 » Robert Osterloh, American actor († 2001)
• 1919 » Robie Macauley, American editor, novelist and critic († 1995)
• 1921 » Edna Doré, English actress († 2014)

• 1899 » Stefanos Koumanoudis, Greek archaeologist, teacher and writer (b. 1818)
• 1908 » Louis-Honoré Fréchette, Canadian author, poet, and politician (b. 1839)
• 1909 » Thomas Price, Welsh-Australian politician, 24th Premier of South Australia (b. 1852)
• 1910 » Elizabeth Blackwell, English-American physician and educator (b. 1821)
• 1931 » Felix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau, Canadian cardinal (b. 1866)
• 1931 » Willy Stöwer, German author and illustrator (b. 1864)
• 1945 » Odilo Globocnik, Italian-Austrian SS officer (b. 1904)
• 1954 » Antonis Benakis, Greek art collector and philanthropist, founded the Benaki Museum (b. 1873)
• 1957 » Leopold Staff, Polish poet and academic (b. 1878)
• 1957 » Stefanos Sarafis, Greek general and politician (b. 1890)

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.
• March 7 » Prince William of Wied arrives in Albania to begin his reign as King.
• August 23 » World War I: Japan declares war on Germany.
• September 1 » The last known passenger pigeon, a female named Martha, dies in captivity in the Cincinnati Zoo.
• November 2 » World War I: The Russian Empire declares war on the Ottoman Empire and the Dardanelles are subsequently closed.
• November 13 » Zaian War: Berber tribesmen inflict the heaviest defeat of French forces in Morocco at the Battle of El Herri.
• December 14 » Lisandro de la Torre and others found the Democratic Progressive Party (Partido Demócrata Progresista, PDP) at the Hotel Savoy, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The temperature on May 31, 1914 was between 4.4 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.