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• Anna Maria Schoenmakers, Groesbeek († 2005)
• Adrianus Johannes de Craen, Ginneken en Bavel, Gemeente Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1992)
• Anna Margaretha Roelfes, Sellingerbeetse gem. Vlagtwedde († 2001)
• Adriana Bool, Capelle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1916)
• Alida de Wit, Beverwijk († 2001)
• Bote Botes van der Wal, Birdaard († 1981)
• Blanka Amalaswintha Knapp, Biberach († 1943)
• Baukje van der Heide, Surhuizum, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriaan Antoon Willem Klerks, Waspik, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1924)
• Blanche Knapp, Biberach aan de Riss, Baden-Württemberg († 1943)

• Adriana Kruijs Voorberge (80), Kloetinge
• Anthonius Franciscus Sorel (82), Oost-en West-Souburg
• Catharina NOteboom (61), Schiebroek(Ovs)
• Antje Riemersma (74), Lemmer, Friesland, Nederland
• Berendtje Kooistra (37), Surhuizum, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Catharina Nooteboom (61), Schiebroek, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aafje Groenland (1892)
• Berendje Hendriks Kooistra (37), Surhuizum, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Bernardus Johannes Hulscher (27)
• Antje Andriesd Riemersma (74), Lemmer, lemsterland.fr.nld

• 1909 » Wilbur Mills, American banker and politician († 1992)
• 1910 » Jimmy Demaret, American golfer († 1983)
• 1913 » Joe Abreu, American baseball player and soldier († 1993)
• 1914 » Lilli Palmer, German-American actress († 1986)
• 1916 » Roden Cutler, Australian lieutenant and politician, 32nd Governor of New South Wales († 2002)
• 1917 » Alan Campbell, Baron Campbell of Alloway, English lawyer and judge († 2013)
• 1918 » Coleman Young, American politician, 66th Mayor of Detroit († 1997)
• 1923 » Siobhán McKenna, Irish actress († 1986)
• 1924 » Philip Pearlstein, American soldier and painter
• 1925 » Carmine Infantino, American illustrator and educator († 2013)

• 1901 » Louis-Zéphirin Moreau, Canadian bishop (b. 1824)
• 1908 » Old Tom Morris, Scottish golfer and architect (b. 1821)
• 1915 » John Condon, Irish-English soldier (b. 1896)
• 1919 » Amado Nervo, Mexican poet, journalist, and educator (b. 1870)
• 1929 » Nikolai von Meck, Russian engineer (b. 1863)
• 1941 » Lancelot Holland, English admiral (b. 1887)
• 1945 » Robert Ritter von Greim, German field marshal and pilot (b. 1892)
• 1948 » Jacques Feyder, Belgian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Alexey Shchusev, Russian architect, designed Lenin's Mausoleum and Moscow Kazanskaya railway station (b. 1873)
• 1950 » Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, English field marshal and politician, 43rd Governor-General of India (b. 1883)

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.
• January 24 » In Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad Co., the Supreme Court of the United States declares the federal income tax constitutional.
• May 6 » Twenty-one Lebanese nationalists are executed in Martyrs' Square, Beirut by Djemal Pasha.
• August 2 » World War I: Austrian sabotage causes the sinking of the Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci in Taranto.
• August 14 » Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary.
• August 27 » World War I: The Kingdom of Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary, entering the war as one of the Allied nations.
• September 7 » US federal employees win the right to Workers' compensation by Federal Employers Liability Act (39 Stat. 742; 5 U.S.C. 751)

The temperature on May 24, 1916 was between 4.6 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.