About the day » Wednesday July 5, 1916Calender converter

• Albertje Slagter, Staphorst († 1998)
• Adriaan Joseph Marie Cloin, Dongen,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1967)
• Grootswagers, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Andre Dupon, Ichtegem († 1986)
• Alida Brigitta Maria de Wit, Zijpe († 2000)
• August SEGERS, Arendonk,2370,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 2009)
• Catharina van Oosterhout, Made en Drimmelen, Nederland († 1996)
• Anton Huesken, Wierden, Overijssel, Nederland († 2011)
• Berend Waalkens, Bellingwolde, Groningen, Netherlands († 1957)
• Adriana Gorgonia van Vorstenbosch, Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2006)

• Cornelia Hendrica Wilhelmina Wolbeer (78), Blerick, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Aleida Deiling (61), Uithuizen
• Antonie (Toon) Kolleman (70), IJsselmuiden
• Berend Jan Wichems (38), Rande (Diepenveen), Ov, The Netherlands
• Amy Gridley BUTLER (68)
• Antonie Kolleman (70), IJsselmuiden, Kampen,, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aaltje Kastelijn (65), Zuilen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Maria Chriens (85), Deurne en Liessel
• Annigje Kwast (41), Schoonebeek,Drenthe,Niederlande,Nieuw Schoonebeek
• Adrianus Cornelis van Hal (0), Liempde

• 1914 » Annie Fischer, Hungarian pianist and composer († 1995)
• 1914 » John Thomas Dunlop, American administrator and labor scholar († 2003)
• 1915 » Al Timothy, Trinidadian musician and songwriter († 2000)
• 1915 » Babe Paley, American socialite († 1978)
• 1915 » John Woodruff, American runner and commander († 2007)
• 1916 » Ivor Powell, Welsh footballer († 2012)
• 1916 » Lívia Rév, Hungarian classical pianist († 2018)
• 1918 » Brian James, Australian actor († 2009)
• 1918 » K. Karunakaran, Indian lawyer and politician, 7th Chief Minister of Kerala († 2010)
• 1918 » Zakaria Mohieddin, Egyptian general and politician, 33rd Prime Minister of Egypt († 2012)

• 1908 » Jonas Lie, Norwegian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1833)
• 1920 » Max Klinger, German painter and sculptor (b. 1857)
• 1927 » Albrecht Kossel, German physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
• 1929 » Henry Johnson, American sergeant (b. 1897)
• 1932 » Sasha Chorny, Russian poet and author (b. 1880)
• 1935 » Bernard de Pourtalès, Swiss captain and sailor (b. 1870)
• 1937 » Daniel Sawyer, American golfer (b. 1884)
• 1943 » Karin Swanström, Swedish actress, director, and producer (b. 1873)
• 1943 » Kazimierz Junosza-Stępowski, Polish actor (b. 1880)
• 1945 » John Curtin, Australian journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1885)

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 27 » World War I: The British government passed a legislation that introduced conscription in the United Kingdom.
• July 7 » The New Zealand Labour Party was founded in Wellington.
• August 5 » World War I: Battle of Romani: Allied forces, under the command of Archibald Murray, defeat an attacking Ottoman army under the command of Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein, securing the Suez Canal and beginning the Ottoman retreat from the Sinai Peninsula.
• September 19 » World War I: During the East African Campaign, colonial forces of the Belgian Congo (Force Publique) under the command of Charles Tombeur capture the town of Tabora after heavy fighting.
• November 19 » Samuel Goldwyn and Edgar Selwyn establish Goldwyn Pictures.
• 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 July 5, 1916 was between 12.1 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 9.3 mm of rain. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.