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• Adrianus Theodorus Brekelmans, Goirle († 1990)
• Andries Jan Blokland, 's-Gravenhage († 1980)
• Antonie van Steenwijk, Rotterdam († 1940)
• Alida de Jong, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1916)
• Aaltje Hartsuiker, Holten († 1995)
• Antonius Albertus Paus, Hengelo († 1972)
• Antje Kloekhorst, Hardenberg († 1916)
• * Franciscus Verboord, Vlijmen († 1996)
• Agatha Koppes, Wognum, Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1985)
• Anna Ludovica Pauwels, Ekeren, Antwerpen († 2009)

• Aletta Johanna Maria Beemer (0), Utrecht
• Anne Beute (31), Rotterdam
• Aaffien Uiterwijk (8), Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland
• Alexis GAUTIER (66), Poitiers, 86000, France
• Aletta Johanna Maria Beemer (0), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Catharina Petronella Hinten (0), Klundert
• Amanda Blankenship (73), Fishtrap, Pike Co.Kentucky
• Adrianus Kok (63), Amsterdam, Nederland
• * Johanna van Iterson (75), Nijmegen
• Alida de Jong (0), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1911 » Jussi Björling, Swedish tenor († 1960)
• 1914 » Alan Lloyd Hodgkin, English physiologist, biophysicist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1998)
• 1914 » William S. Burroughs, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist († 1997)
• 1915 » Robert Hofstadter, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1990)
• 1917 » Edward J. Mortola, American academic and president of Pace University († 2002)
• 1917 » Isuzu Yamada, Japanese actress († 2012)
• 1919 » Andreas Papandreou, Greek economist and politician, Prime Minister of Greece († 1996)
• 1919 » Red Buttons, American actor († 2006)
• 1919 » Tim Holt, American actor († 1973)
• 1921 » Ken Adam, German-born English production designer and art director († 2016)

• 1892 » Emilie Flygare-Carlén, Swedish author (b. 1807)
• 1915 » Ross Barnes, American baseball player and manager (b. 1850)
• 1917 » Jaber II Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1860)
• 1922 » Christiaan de Wet, South African general and politician, State President of the Orange Free State (b. 1854)
• 1922 » Slavoljub Eduard Penkala, Croatian engineer, invented the mechanical pencil (b. 1871)
• 1927 » Inayat Khan, Indian mystic and educator (b. 1882)
• 1931 » Athanasios Eftaxias, Greek politician, 118th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1849)
• 1933 » Josiah Thomas, English-Australian miner and politician (b. 1863)
• 1937 » Lou Andreas-Salomé, Russian-German psychoanalyst and author (b. 1861)
• 1938 » Hans Litten, German lawyer and jurist (b. 1903)

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. Geertruida
14. Grietje
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.
• June 5 » World War I: The Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire breaks out.
• September 15 » World War I: Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme.
• November 1 » In Russia, Pavel Milyukov delivers in the State Duma the famous "stupidity or treason" speech, precipitating the downfall of the government of Boris Stürmer.
• November 21 » Mines from SM U-73 sink the HMHS Britannic, the largest ship lost in the First World War.
• December 6 » World War I: The Central Powers capture Bucharest.
• December 18 » World War I: The Battle of Verdun ends when German forces under Chief of staff Erich von Falkenhayn are defeated by the French, and suffer 337,000 casualties.

The temperature on February 5, 1916 was between 2.3 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.