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• Alida Magdalena Goote, Avereest († 2001)
• Adrianus Aalberts
• Albert Bloembergen, Joure, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Moors, Veldwezelt, Lanaken (B) († 2006)
• "Marie Anne" Dieudonnée Julienne Gertrude Imelda Félicie Maus de Rolley, Longchamps, Bertogne, Belgique († 1982)
• Anna Maria Kwarten, Rotterdam († 1994)
• Anna Maria Paauwe, Amsterdam
• Anna Maria Pluijmaeckers, Maastricht († 1945)
• Allegonda Theodora van den Bergh, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2014)
• Aaltje Hoekstra, Twijzel (Friesland) († 1996)

• Arthur Lodewijk Van Fraeyenhoven (0), Weert (Antw.)
• Anthonie Cornelis Sas (33), Enkhuizen,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Berendina Aleida Gamelkoorn, Velp gem. Rheden Gld. NL
• Adelbertus van den Hadelkamp (73)
• Carolus Livinius Beatrix Jacobs Feitz (70), Leeuwarden
• Adriana Helena SCHILPEROORD Ldr (70), Barendrecht, NL-ZH
• Anthonie Cornelis Sas (33), Enkhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Atje Aans Algra (69), tietjerksteradeel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Stobbe (0), Emmen
• Aletta Geertruida Broekman (73), Hilversum, Nederland

• 1910 » Leo Lionni, American author and illustrator († 1999)
• 1911 » Andor Lilienthal, Russian-Hungarian chess player († 2010)
• 1911 » Gilles Grangier, French director and screenwriter († 1996)
• 1911 » Pritilata Waddedar, Indian educator and activist († 1932)
• 1913 » Duane Carter, American race car driver († 1993)
• 1914 » Tyrone Power, American actor († 1958)
• 1915 » Alice Faye, American actress and singer († 1998)
• 1916 » Zail Singh, Indian politician, 7th President of India († 1994)
• 1917 » Pío Leyva, Cuban singer-songwriter († 2006)
• 1918 » Egidio Galea, Maltese Roman Catholic priest († 2005)

• 1892 » August Wilhelm von Hofmann, German chemist and academic (b. 1818)
• 1896 » Silas Adams, American lawyer and politician (b. 1839)
• 1902 » Bret Harte, American short story writer and poet (b. 1836)
• 1907 » Şeker Ahmed Pasha, Turkish soldier and painter (b. 1841)
• 1913 » Henry Moret, French painter (b. 1856)
• 1916 » John MacBride, Irish soldier and rebel (b. 1865)
• 1916 » Maurice Raoul-Duval, French polo player (b. 1866)
• 1921 » Alfred Hermann Fried, Austrian journalist and publicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
• 1924 » A. Sabapathy, Sri Lankan journalist and politician (b. 1853)
• 1931 » Glen Kidston, English pilot and race car driver (b. 1899)

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. Wilhelmus
15. Arie
16. Hendrikus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Hendrika
8. Adriana
9. Catharina
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.
• January 1 » The SPT Airboat Line becomes the world's first scheduled airline to use a winged aircraft.
• August 6 » World War I: First Battle of the Atlantic: Two days after the United Kingdom had declared war on Germany over the German invasion of Belgium, ten German U-boats leave their base in Heligoland to attack Royal Navy warships in the North Sea.
• September 26 » The United States Federal Trade Commission is established by the Federal Trade Commission Act.
• November 5 » World War I: France and the British Empire declare war on the Ottoman Empire.
• November 15 » Harry Turner becomes the first player to die from game-related injuries in the "Ohio League", the direct predecessor to the National Football League.
• November 23 » Mexican Revolution: The last of U.S. forces withdraw from Veracruz, occupied seven months earlier in response to the Tampico Affair.

The temperature on May 5, 1914 was between 9.4 °C and 15.1 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.