About the day » Thursday May 11, 1916Calender converter

• Arend Eising, Oosterhesselen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1975)
• Bertha Van den Brande, Olen, Antwerpen, België († 1999)
• Andreas Lambertus Theunissen, Beesel,, Limburg, Nederland († 1976)
• Albert John (Ab) Messelink, Neerlandia (Whitecourt), AB, Canada († 2011)
• Arnold Albert Billen, Wellen, België († 1993)
• Booije Huizinga, Ten Post, Groningen, Nederland († 1995)
• Anna Ran, Den Helder († 1996)
• Anne Maria Kloosterhof, Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1917)
• Bote Miedema, Winsum († 1984)
• Aaltje Bosma, Valthermond, Odoorn († 2015)

• Adrianus Roelen (79), Princenhage, Netherlands
• Albert van Hummel (59), Warnsveld
• Adrianus Jongenelen (60), Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Geertruij BREUER (81), Helmond, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• "Charles" Jean Baptiste Marie de Tricornot (39), Villemontoire, Aisne, France
• Antje Reitzes Dijkstra (84), Zeeland, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Antje Dijt (78), Texel
• Anna Maria Agnes+ Brouwers+ (58), Kerkrade, LI, Netherlands
• Antje Pijpker, Zevenhuizen
• Adriaan Dirven (81), Etten-Leur, Noord-Brabant, Nl

• 1907 » Rip Sewell, American baseball player and coach († 1989)
• 1911 » Mitchell Sharp, Canadian economist and politician, 23rd Canadian Minister of Finance († 2004)
• 1911 » Phil Silvers, American actor and comedian († 1985)
• 1912 » Saadat Hasan Manto, Indian-Pakistani author and screenwriter († 1955)
• 1916 » Camilo José Cela, Spanish author and politician, Nobel Prize laureate († 2002)
• 1918 » Richard Feynman, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate († 1988)
• 1921 » Hildegard Hamm-Brücher, German politician († 2016)
• 1921 » Robin Barbour, Scottish minister and author († 2014)
• 1924 » Antony Hewish, English astronomer and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1925 » Edward J. King, American football player and politician, 66th Governor of Massachusetts († 2006)

• 1882 » Frederick Innes, Scottish-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1816)
• 1889 » John Cadbury, English businessman and philanthropist, founded the Cadbury Company (b. 1801)
• 1908 » Charles Kingston, Australian politician, 20th Premier of South Australia (b. 1850)
• 1916 » Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer and physicist (b. 1873)
• 1918 » George Elmslie, Australian politician, 25th Premier of Victoria (b. 1861)
• 1920 » James Colosimo, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1878)
• 1920 » William Dean Howells, American novelist, literary critic, and playwright (b. 1837)
• 1927 » Juan Gris, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1887)
• 1929 » Jozef Murgaš, Slovak-American priest, architect, botanist, and painter (b. 1864)
• 1938 » George Lyon, Canadian golfer and cricketer (b. 1858)

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.
• January 9 » World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli concludes with an Ottoman Empire victory when the last Allied forces are evacuated from the peninsula.
• May 6 » Twenty-one Lebanese nationalists are executed in Martyrs' Square, Beirut by Djemal Pasha.
• May 6 » Vietnamese Emperor Duy Tân is captured while calling upon the people to rise up against the French, and is later deposed and exiled to Réunion island.
• June 1 » Louis Brandeis becomes the first Jew appointed to the United States Supreme Court.
• August 28 » World War I: Italy declares war on Germany.
• November 7 » Boston Elevated Railway Company's streetcar No. 393 smashes through the warning gates of the open Summer Street drawbridge in Boston, Massachusetts, plunging into the frigid waters of Fort Point Channel, killing 46 people.

The temperature on May 11, 1916 was between 1.9 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.