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• Antonia Maria Dorothea Rutjes, `s gravenhage († 1960)
• Antonie Hubertus BODAAN, Padang Boelan, Sumatra, Indonesië († 1940)
• Alle Dijkstra († 1989)
• Antje Demmer, Nijkerk
• Alfred Alphonse KASS, Stanford,Nebraska († 1982)
• Ann Jane Allen, 15 Bank Street, Tyldesley, Lancashire, England († 1986)
• Andreas Bohmer, Renkum († 1943)
• Aleida Gerharda Maria van Os, Almelo
• Aleida Gerritdina Maria Lankhorst, Rijssen(Ov) († 1990)
• Anna Maria Müter, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2009)

• Adrianus van Mourik (55), Rotterdam
• Agnes Maurissen (73), Bilzen
• Camille de MENTEN de HORNE (43), Plainevaux, Province de Liege, Walloon Region, Belgie
• Aartje Tamboer (76), Dirksland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia HEIMERIKS (60), Uden, 4288, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aart Cooiman (6), Utrecht
• Carolina Angelina DRIES (1)
• Ashton Howard Potter (43)
• Aartje Tamboer (76), dirksland (goeree overflakkee)
• Arie Mallan (65), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1908 » Harold Holt, Australian lawyer and politician, 17th Prime Minister of Australia († 1967)
• 1908 » Jose Garcia Villa, Filipino short story writer and poet († 1997)
• 1910 » Bruno Coquatrix, French songwriter and manager († 1979)
• 1910 » Herminio Masantonio, Argentinian footballer († 1956)
• 1911 » Robert Taylor, American actor and singer († 1969)
• 1912 » Abbé Pierre, French priest and humanitarian († 2007)
• 1914 » Parley Baer, American actor († 2002)
• 1916 » Peter Viereck, American poet and academic († 2006)
• 1918 » Betty Oliphant, English-Canadian ballerina, co-founded Canada's National Ballet School († 2004)
• 1918 » Tom Drake, American actor and singer († 1982)

• 1895 » Friedrich Engels, German philosopher (b. 1820)
• 1901 » Victoria, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom (b. 1840)
• 1904 » George Dibbs, Australian politician, 10th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1834)
• 1911 » Bob Caruthers, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1864)
• 1916 » George Butterworth, British composer, killed at the Battle of the Somme (b. 1885)
• 1921 » Dimitrios Rallis, Greek lawyer and politician, 78th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1844)
• 1929 » Millicent Fawcett, English trade union leader and activist (b. 1847)
• 1933 » Charles Harold Davis, American painter and academic (b. 1856)
• 1935 » David Townsend, American art director and set designer (b. 1891)
• 1939 » Béla Jankovich, Hungarian economist and politician, Minister of Education of Hungary (b. 1865)

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.
• February 26 » HMHSBritannic, sister to the RMSTitanic, is launched at Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.
• May 25 » The House of Commons of the United Kingdom passes the Home Rule Bill for devolution in Ireland.
• August 20 » World War I: Brussels is captured during the German invasion of Belgium.
• September 22 » A German submarine sinks three British cruisers over a seventy-minute period, killing almost 1500 sailors.
• December 8 » World War I: A squadron of Britain's Royal Navy defeats the Imperial German East Asia Squadron in the Battle of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic.
• December 15 » World War I: The Serbian Army recaptures Belgrade from the invading Austro-Hungarian Army.

The temperature on August 5, 1914 was between 9.7 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.