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• Antonia Johanna Maria Heemskerk, Aarlanderveen († 1989)
• Anna Vroegindeweij, Sommelsdijk, Goeree-Overflakkee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1997)
• Carolus Ludovicus VAN BULCK, Uden, Maashorst, Province of North Brabant, Netherlands († 2002)
• Barend Soesan, Amsterdam († 1943)
• Antonia Jacoba Pijnenburg, Tilburg († 1990)
• Anna VROEGINDEWEIJ, Sommelsdijk, ZH, Nederland († 1997)
• Berend Jan Mensinga, groningen († 1995)
• Antonius van den Heuvel, Den Dungen († 1917)
• Beulah Vanderpool († 1918)
• Alfred Kroon, Rotterdam

• Alida Bonekamp (64), Haarlem
• Berendina Overink (87), Deventer, Nederland
• Adriana Kool (1), Loosduinen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Charles Harold Sporle (20), France &, Flanders
• Adriana Roks (0), Den Haag
• Andries Blatter (78), Deurne, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Christiaen Hubert Heuts (83), Heer, Heer en Keer, Limburg, Nl
• Antje Sikkens (82), Groningen,, Groningen, Nederland
• Catharina van der Heijden (69), Oss
• Agatha van der Elst (85), Heemstede

• 1911 » Hubert Humphrey, American journalist and politician, 38th Vice President of the United States († 1978)
• 1911 » Teddy Kollek, Hungarian-Israeli politician, Mayor of Jerusalem († 2007)
• 1911 » Vincent Price, American actor († 1993)
• 1912 » John Cheever, American novelist and short story writer († 1982)
• 1912 » Sam Snead, American golfer and sportscaster († 2002)
• 1912 » Terry Moore, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1995)
• 1915 » Ester Soré, Chilean singer-songwriter († 1996)
• 1915 » Herman Wouk, American novelist († 2019)
• 1917 » Harry Webster, English engineer († 2007)
• 1918 » Yasuhiro Nakasone, Japanese commander and politician, 45th Prime Minister of Japan († 2019)

• 1896 » Aleksandr Stoletov, Russian physicist, engineer, and academic (b. 1839)
• 1910 » Robert Koch, German physician and microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1843)
• 1918 » Ōzutsu Man'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 18th Yokozuna (b. 1869)
• 1919 » Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Indian author and activist (b. 1848)
• 1933 » Achille Paroche, French target shooter (b. 1868)
• 1939 » Joseph Roth, Austrian-French journalist and author (b. 1894)
• 1941 » Ernst Lindemann, German captain (b. 1894)
• 1941 » Günther Lütjens, German admiral (b. 1889)
• 1942 » Muhammed Hamdi Yazır, Turkish theologian, logician, and translator (b. 1878)
• 1943 » Gordon Coates, New Zealand soldier and politician, 21st Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1878)

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 12 » Both Oswald Boelcke and Max Immelmann, for achieving eight aerial victories each over Allied aircraft, receive the German Empire's highest military award, the Pour le Mérite as the first German aviators to earn it.
• July 1 » World War I: First day on the Somme: On the first day of the Battle of the Somme 19,000 soldiers of the British Army are killed and 40,000 wounded.
• August 28 » World War I: Italy declares war on Germany.
• September 6 » The first self-service grocery store Piggly Wiggly was opened in Memphis, Tennessee by Clarence Saunders.
• September 7 » US federal employees win the right to Workers' compensation by Federal Employers Liability Act (39 Stat. 742; 5 U.S.C. 751)
• November 5 » The Everett massacre takes place in Everett, Washington as political differences lead to a shoot-out between the Industrial Workers of the World organizers and local police.

The temperature on May 27, 1916 was between 9.8 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 5.7 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.