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• Arnoldine Josephina Maria Elisabeth SEGERS, Lanaken,3620,Limbourg,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1976)
• Alice Tjaarda, Whitinsville, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten († 2007)
• Anna Maria Redegeld, Oudshoorn, Alphen aan den Rijn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1935)
• Alfred Vernon van Deest, Minnesota († 1992)
• Bernardus Bakker, Munsterscheveld († 2007)
• Albert MULDERIJ, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 1945)
• Anna Maria Dorothea Graaf, Texel († 2006)
• Adrianus Bogers, Oudenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1916)
• Antonius Maria Regina van Pruissen, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1986)
• Carolus Bernardus Borking, Breda († 1984)

• Clemens August Maria Hubert Vrijheer van Twickel Heer van Havixbeck (54), Münster, Nordrhein-Westfalen
• Bertha Woestenenk (2), Vorden
• Adriana Maria van Loenen (85), Amsterdam
• Antoinette Maria Tetteroo (50), Schipluiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arnald (Orland) Virtrees Davenport [Wk |||] (0)
• Claire Joséphine Sophie Baudry, Paris, 75018, France
• Amalia Wilhelmina Koster (66), Doornspijk, Gld, The Netherlands
• Cornelis Van Der Heijden (32), Klundert, Noord-Brabant,Netherlands
• Barend Teunis Albertus Veldhuizen (5), Scherpenzeel
• Claudius BESASSIER (39), Bourg-de-Thizy,69240,Rhône,Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes,FRANCE

• 1913 » Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, Indian lawyer and politician, 6th President of India († 1996)
• 1914 » Alex Shibicky, Canadian ice hockey player († 2005)
• 1914 » John Vachon, American photographer and journalist († 1975)
• 1914 » Max Perutz, Austrian-English biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2002)
• 1915 » Renée Asherson, English actress († 2014)
• 1918 » Abraham Pais, Dutch-American physicist, historian, and academic († 2000)
• 1919 » Georgie Auld, Canadian-American saxophonist, clarinet player, and bandleader († 1990)
• 1919 » Mitja Ribičič, Italian-Slovenian soldier and politician, 25th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia († 2013)
• 1920 » Tina Strobos, Dutch psychiatrist known for rescuing Jews during World War II († 2012)
• 1921 » Leslie Broderick, English lieutenant and pilot († 2013)

• 1898 » William Ewart Gladstone, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1809)
• 1901 » Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, South African general and politician, 1st President of the South African Republic (b. 1819)
• 1903 » Arthur Shrewsbury, English cricketer (b. 1856)
• 1904 » Auguste Molinier, French librarian and historian (b. 1851)
• 1904 » Jamsetji Tata, Indian businessman, founded Tata Group (b. 1839)
• 1906 » Gabriel Dumont, Canadian Métis leader (b. 1837)
• 1907 » Benjamin Baker, English engineer, designed the Forth Bridge (b. 1840)
• 1912 » Bolesław Prus, Polish journalist and author (b. 1847)
• 1915 » John Simpson Kirkpatrick, English-Australian soldier (b. 1892)
• 1918 » Gervais Raoul Lufbery, French-American soldier and pilot (b. 1885)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacob
10. Albert
11. Adrianus
12. Jacobus
13. Wilhelmus
14. Gerardus
15. Dirk
16. Marinus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Hendrika
8. Catharina
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Aaltje
13. Grietje
14. Geertruida
15. Helena
16. Neeltje

• 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 6.4 million citizens.
• February 27 » Ocean liner SS Maloja strikes a mine near Dover and sinks with the loss of 155 lives.
• February 29 » Tokelau is annexed by the United Kingdom.
• April 24 » Easter Rising: Irish rebels, led by Patrick Pearse and James Connolly, launch an uprising in Dublin against British rule and proclaim an Irish Republic.
• June 1 » Louis Brandeis becomes the first Jew appointed to the United States Supreme Court.
• June 5 » World War I: The Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire breaks out.
• July 15 » In Seattle, Washington, William Boeing and George Conrad Westervelt incorporate Pacific Aero Products (later renamed Boeing).

The temperature on May 19, 1916 was between 6.7 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 13.1 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.