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• Abraham Broeks, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Anna Elisabeth Francisca Machon, Maasbree († 2005)
• Anthonie (Antoon) Petrus Schouten († 1949)
• Agnes Johanna "Anjes" Breedveld, Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia († 2001)
• Adriana Maria Johanna Kooijman, Kamerik († 1916)
• Aldegonde Elisabeth SEGERS, Liedekerke,1770,Brabant Flamand,Bruxelles Capitale,BELGIQUE († 1916)
• Agnes Johanna Breedveld, Semarang, Ned. Indië
• Albertus Alphonsus Johannes van Besouw, Baarle-Hertog (België) († 1965)
• Alberte de LAMINNE de BEX, Bolland, 4653, Liège, Belgique († 2020)
• Anna Maria Dorothea van Zon, Rotterdam († 2003)

• Antje Haaker (74), Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Aldert Buisman (28), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Albert Hendrik van Leer (69)
• ****** Deijkers (0), Fijnaart
• Aize Franzes Bouius Heide (82), Surhuizum, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Aize Franzes Bouius van der Heide (82), Surhuizum, Friesland, Netherlands
• Antje Haaker (74), Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Halm (55), Utrecht
• Aaltje Schoonhoven (73), Renkum
• Aletta Meijers (44), Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland

• 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)
• 1919 » Georgios Papadopoulos, Greek colonel and politician, 169th Prime Minister of Greece († 1999)

• 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. Albert
10. Adrianus
11. Jacobus
12. Jacob
13. Antonius
14. Wilhelmus
15. Arie
16. Dirk

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Geertruida
13. Grietje
14. Neeltje
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 6.3 million citizens.
• January 17 » Russia defeats Ottoman Turkey in the Battle of Sarikamish during the Caucasus Campaign of World War I.
• February 8 » D. W. Griffith's controversial film The Birth of a Nation premieres in Los Angeles.
• August 17 » Jewish American Leo Frank is lynched in Marietta, Georgia after a 13-year-old girl is murdered.
• September 5 » The pacifist Zimmerwald Conference begins.
• September 30 » World War I: Radoje Ljutovac becomes the first soldier in history to shoot down an enemy aircraft with ground-to-air fire.
• November 25 » Albert Einstein presents the field equations of general relativity to the Prussian Academy of Sciences.

The temperature on May 5, 1915 was between 9.2 °C and 22.9 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 20.1 mm of rain. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.