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• Aafje Verboon, Maasland, Zuid-Holland, Nederlands († 2003)
• Adolph-Marcel Schutyzer, Brussel, Vlaams-Brabant, België († 1990)
• Albert Engelenberg, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1967)
• Arend Booij, Meppel, Drenthe, Netherlands († 1917)
• Aartje van Bodegom, Spaarndam († 1972)
• (Daisy) Margaret Smith, Verden, Grady, Oklahoma, Verenigde Staten († 2006)
• Arie Kreuk, Ouderkerk aan den IJssel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1999)
• Adriaan Briceno († 1992)
• Berend Hendrik Tapken, Jipsingboertange, Vlagtwedde, Groningen, Nederland († 1973)
• Antonius Wilhelmus Josephus van Katwijk, Beers, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1994)

• Aagje Janneke Schilfgaarden van (74), Fijnaart en Heijningen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albertus Antonius Ludovicus Willems (0), Lillo, Provincie Antwerpen
• Aartje Rietveld (0), zevenhuizen (gelderland)
• Albertus Klaassens (40), Borne
• Aagje Janneke van Schilfgaarden (74), Fijnaart en Heijningen
• Adrianus Jacobus LEGET (90), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andries van DIJK (89), Klaaswaal
• Angenieta Riphagen 9 (0), Oene, Nederland
• Aaltje BROEKHUIJZEN (72), Delft
• Aagje Maria van Schilfgaarden (74), Fijnaart en Heijningen

• 1912 » Jack Marshall, New Zealand colonel, lawyer, and politician, 28th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1988)
• 1915 » Henry Hicks, Canadian academic and politician, 16th Premier of Nova Scotia († 1990)
• 1915 » Laurent Schwartz, French mathematician and academic († 2002)
• 1918 » James Tobin, American economist and academic († 2002)
• 1918 » Milt Schmidt, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager († 2017)
• 1918 » Red Storey, Canadian football player, referee, and sportscaster († 2006)
• 1920 » José Aboulker, Algerian surgeon and activist († 2009)
• 1920 » Rachel Gurney, English actress († 2001)
• 1920 » Virginia Christine, American actress († 1996)
• 1920 » Wang Zengqi, Chinese writer († 1997)

• 1893 » Hippolyte Taine, French historian and critic (b. 1828)
• 1895 » Nikolai Leskov, Russian author, playwright, and journalist (b. 1831)
• 1895 » Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet, English general and scholar (b. 1810)
• 1907 » Friedrich Blass, German philologist, scholar, and academic (b. 1843)
• 1925 » Johan Jensen, Danish mathematician and engineer (b. 1859)
• 1927 » Franz Mertens, Polish-Austrian mathematician and academic (b. 1840)
• 1929 » David Dunbar Buick, Scottish-American businessman, founded Buick (b. 1854)
• 1934 » Reşit Galip, Turkish academic and politician, 6th Turkish Minister of National Education (b. 1893)
• 1935 » Roque Ruaño, Spanish priest and engineer (b. 1877)
• 1940 » Cai Yuanpei, Chinese philosopher and academic (b. 1868)

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.
• May 6 » Twenty-one Lebanese nationalists are executed in Martyrs' Square, Beirut by Djemal Pasha.
• July 22 » Preparedness Day Bombing: In San Francisco, a bomb explodes on Market Street during a parade, killing ten and injuring 40.
• September 8 » In a bid to prove that women were capable of serving as military dispatch riders, Augusta and Adeline Van Buren arrive in Los Angeles, completing a 60-day, 5,500 mile cross-country trip on motorcycles.
• September 27 » Iyasu V is proclaimed deposed as ruler of Ethiopia in a palace coup in favor of his aunt Zewditu.
• November 30 » Costa Rica signs the Buenos Aires Convention, a copyright treaty.
• December 30 » The last coronation in Hungary is performed for King Charles IV and Queen Zita.

The temperature on March 5, 1916 was between -2.1 °C and 7.5 °C and averaged 1.7 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.