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• Anna Cornelia van Lil, Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe († 2005)
• Alberta Wilhelmina Smit, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland († 1981)
• Ara Madge Horton Ratchford "Madge", Searcy County, Arkansas († 2005)
• Agnes Francisca Maria Ploegman, Rotterdam († 2016)
• Arthur Paul van Houwelinge, Summit, Marion County, Iowa († 1987)
• Albertus Johannes Veenman, Naaldwijk
• Andries (Theunis) Nicolai († 1999)
• Albertus Maria van Overbeek, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1947)
• Antje Beute, Sebaldeburen, gem. Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland († 1971)
• Adriana Heezen, Bandoeng-Java-Ned.Indie († 1993)

• Cornelis Marinus Michilsen (0), Rotterdam
• Antonia Maria Stuijts (20), Antwerpen (B)
• Abraham Pouwer (69), Koudekerke, Zeeland, NL
• Anthonie Pieter Molenaar (6), Lexmond (Zederik), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Charles Alfred Bagshaw (42), University College Hospital St Pancras London
• Catharina Huberdina Magdalena Maria JATZWEILER (64), Voorst, Nederland
• Berend Rengelink (27), Coevorden, zie overlijdensregister Hardenberg
• Antje Johannes de Jong (72), Ferwerderadeel
• Aleida Johanna Besselink (0), Hengelo
• Antje Johannes de Jong (73), Marrum

• 1912 » Pannalal Patel, Indian author († 1989)
• 1913 » John Spencer Hardy, American general († 2012)
• 1913 » Simon Ramo, American physicist and engineer († 2016)
• 1914 » Arthur Snelling, English civil servant and diplomat. British Ambassador to South Africa († 1996)
• 1916 » Huw Wheldon, Welsh-English broadcaster († 1986)
• 1916 » W. B. Young, Scottish rugby player and physician († 2013)
• 1917 » David Tomlinson, English actor († 2000)
• 1917 » Domenico Bartolucci, Italian cardinal and composer († 2013)
• 1917 » Lenox Hewitt, Australian public servant († 2020)
• 1919 » Eva Perón, Argentinian actress, 25th First Lady of Argentina († 1952)

• 1896 » H. H. Holmes, American serial killer (b. 1861)
• 1902 » Agostino Roscelli, Italian priest and saint (b. 1818)
• 1917 » Albert Ball, English fighter pilot (b. 1896)
• 1922 » Max Wagenknecht, German pianist and composer (b. 1857)
• 1924 » Alluri Sitarama Raju, Indian activist (b. 1897/1898)
• 1925 » William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme, English businessman and politician (b. 1851)
• 1937 » Ernst A. Lehmann, German captain and author (b. 1886)
• 1938 » Octavian Goga, Romanian politician, former Prime Minister (b. 1881)
• 1940 » George Lansbury, English journalist and politician (b. 1859)
• 1941 » James George Frazer, Scottish-English anthropologist and academic (b. 1854)

• 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.
• June 4 » World War I: Russia opens the Brusilov Offensive with an artillery barrage of Austro-Hungarian lines in Galicia.
• July 22 » Preparedness Day Bombing: In San Francisco, a bomb explodes on Market Street during a parade, killing ten and injuring 40.
• August 28 » World War I: Italy declares war on Germany.
• November 7 » Jeannette Rankin is the first woman elected to the United States Congress.
• December 18 » World War I: The Battle of Verdun ends when German forces under Chief of staff Erich von Falkenhayn are defeated by the French, and suffer 337,000 casualties.

The temperature on May 7, 1916 was between 8.3 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 5.6 mm of rain. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.