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• Aleida Maria FRAZER, Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland (NL) († 1919)
• Bradley Everett "Dillon" Ludlum, Ash, Waccamaw Twp., Brunswick County, North Carolina († 1948)
• Arie de Graaf, Langerak († 1979)
• Arend Eising († 1975)
• Adrianus Petrus Marius Verzuu, Utrecht († 2000)
• Clara Mary Ebben († 1996)
• Antje Dijkshoorn, Vlaardinger-Ambacht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1916)
• Koorneef, Vrijenban
• Arnold Petrus van der Werf, Leeuwarden († 2006)
• Antonius Martinus Overmars, Zwolle († 2023)

• Adrianus Anthonius Quirinus Groenewegen (1), Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arend Swijgman (43), Parkersburg, Butler County, Iowa
• Aaltje Diepeveen, Rhenen
• Coenradus Ruivenkamp (0), Den Haag
• Antonetta van de Linden (50), Someren
• Catherina Louisa Neubronner (44)
• Arie Vis (56), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Filippo (55), Leiden
• Alice Harrison, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
• Abraham Filippo (55), Leiden

• 1911 » Bel Kaufman, American author and educator († 2014)
• 1915 » Denis Thatcher, English soldier and businessman, Spouse of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 2003)
• 1916 » Milton Babbitt, American composer and educator († 2011)
• 1918 » Desmond MacNamara, Irish painter, sculptor, and author († 2008)
• 1918 » T. Berry Brazelton, American pediatrician and author († 2018)
• 1919 » Ella T. Grasso, Governor of Connecticut († 1981)
• 1920 » Basil Kelly, Northern Irish barrister, judge and politician († 2008)
• 1920 » Bert Weedon, English guitarist († 2012)
• 1922 » David Azrieli, Polish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist († 2014)
• 1922 » Nancy Walker, American actress, singer, and director († 1992)

• 1868 » Henry Bennett, American lawyer and politician (b. 1808)
• 1889 » Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, Russian journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1826)
• 1891 » Carl Nägeli, Swiss botanist and mycologist (b. 1817)
• 1897 » Andrés Bonifacio, Filipino soldier and politician, President of the Philippines (b. 1863)
• 1910 » Stanislao Cannizzaro, Italian chemist and academic (b. 1826)
• 1945 » Konrad Henlein, Czech soldier and politician (b. 1898)
• 1945 » Richard Glücks, German SS officer (b. 1889)
• 1950 » Belle da Costa Greene, American librarian and bibliographer (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Yury Olesha, Russian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1899)
• 1964 » Mikhail Larionov, Russian painter, illustrator, and set designer (b. 1881)

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.
• 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.
• May 6 » Twenty-one Lebanese nationalists are executed in Martyrs' Square, Beirut by Djemal Pasha.
• June 15 » United States President Woodrow Wilson signs a bill incorporating the Boy Scouts of America, making them the only American youth organization with a federal charter.
• August 14 » Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary.
• November 13 » World War I: Prime Minister of Australia Billy Hughes is expelled from the Labor Party over his support for conscription.

The temperature on May 10, 1916 was between 1.9 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.