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• Alida Julia Louisa Berrier, Amsterdam,,Nederland
• Aalt Port, Oldebroek, Nederland († 1989)
• Adrianus Johannes Frans van Driel, Vlissingen († 1914)
• Aart Bosman, Elburg († 2006)
• Aart Bosman, Elburg († 2006)
• Aaltje Hendrikje de Roos, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1992)
• * Carolina Theodora Neuij, Nijmegen († 1979)
• Albertus Spies, Barwoutswaarder, Utrecht, Nederland
• * Karel Albertus Herman, Vlijmen († 1992)
• Adriaan de Nooijer, Arnemuiden, Zeeland, Nederland († 1914)

• Bertha Mathilda Celestina van Dissel (9), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aloysius Huisink (4), Edam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Bekers (84), Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonius Bernardus Steenbergen (0), Moordrecht {ZH}
• Albertina Johanna Stemberg (57), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Pees (73), Blokzijl, Overijssel, Nederland
• (Stillborn) VAN DER LEI (0), Emmen Drenthe Netherlands
• Adriana Haans (50), Loon op Zand
• Adrianus Isaac Kuijjer (60), Watergraafsmeer
• Aletta Wiggerina SLINGERLAND (36), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1911 » Guy des Cars, French journalist and author († 1993)
• 1913 » Carmen Cavallaro, American pianist († 1989)
• 1913 » Stewart Granger, English-American actor († 1993)
• 1915 » Orson Welles, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1985)
• 1915 » Theodore H. White, American historian, journalist, and author († 1986)
• 1916 » Robert H. Dicke, American physicist and astronomer († 1997)
• 1917 » Kal Mann, American songwriter († 2001)
• 1918 » Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, emir of Abu Dhabi and first president of the United Arab Emirates († 2004)
• 1919 » André Guelfi, French race car driver († 2016)
• 1920 » Kamisese Mara, Fijian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Fiji († 2004)

• 1877 » Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Swedish-Finnish poet and hymn-writer (b. 1804)
• 1882 » Lord Frederick Cavendish, British politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (b. 1836)
• 1882 » Thomas Henry Burke, Irish civil servant (b. 1829)
• 1902 » Bret Harte, American author and poet (b. 1836)
• 1905 » Robert Herbert, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Queensland (b. 1831)
• 1907 » Emanuele Luigi Galizia, Maltese architect and civil engineer (b. 1830)
• 1910 » Edward VII of the United Kingdom (b. 1841)
• 1919 » L. Frank Baum, American novelist (b. 1856)
• 1939 » Konstantin Somov, Russian-French painter and illustrator (b. 1869)
• 1949 » Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian-French poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)

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.
• May 29 » The Ocean liner RMSEmpress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with the loss of 1,012 lives.
• August 5 » World War I: The German minelayer SSKönigin Luise lays a minefield about 40 miles (64km) off the Thames Estuary (Lowestoft). She is intercepted and sunk by the British light-cruiser HMSAmphion.
• August 12 » World War I: The Battle of Halen a.k.a. Battle of the Silver Helmets a clash between large Belgian and German cavalry formations at Halen, Belgium.
• August 26 » World War I: The German colony of Togoland surrenders to French and British forces after a 20-day campaign.
• November 7 » The first issue of The New Republic is published.
• December 15 » A gas explosion at Mitsubishi Hōjō coal mine, in Kyushu, Japan, kills 687.

The temperature on May 6, 1914 was between 9.3 °C and 14.1 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.