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• Adriana Anna SMITS, Tilburg (Noord-Brabant), Nederland († 1987)
• Cornelia Catrina Lansdorp, Batavia, Java, Nederlands Indië († 1981)
• Carolus Johanna van Gogh, Asten, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1998)
• Arendje Koole, Pernis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1991)
• Bernardina Theodora Aalders, Gemeente Gendringen, Nederland († 2001)
• Coba Tressa Schut, Hudsonville, Ottawa County, Michigan († 1920)
• Channing Williams Daniel Jr, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 2010)
• Arthur Sefton, Ashton, Lancashire, England († 1961)
• Alene Larsen, Huntington, Emery, Emery County, Utah, United States († 2002)
• Antje Laanstra, Drachten († 1998)

• Aafke Prummel (2), Veendam (NL)
• Zaaijer (0), Tiel
• Abraham de Haan (34), Doezum, gem. Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland
• de Boer (42)
• "Jo" Josie M Daly (33), Louisiana
• Agnes Storcken (0), Geleen, Nederland
• Adrianus Bartholomeus Aloisius van Putten (33), Amsterdam (Sloten) Noord-Holland
• * Cornelis Hendrikus Johannes van den Berg (72), Delft
• Albert Veldhuis (58), Voorst
• (83), Tilburg, Nederland

• 1914 » Alton Tobey, American painter and illustrator († 2005)
• 1917 » Banarsi Das Gupta, Indian activist and politician, 4th Chief Minister of Haryana († 2007)
• 1917 » Jacqueline Auriol, French pilot († 2000)
• 1917 » James Lawton Collins Jr., American brigadier general († 2002)
• 1919 » Hasan Askari, Pakistani linguist, scholar, and critic († 1978)
• 1919 » Myron Floren, American accordion player and pianist († 2005)
• 1920 » Douglass North, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2015)
• 1920 » Tommy Godwin, American-English cyclist and coach († 2012)
• 1921 » Fawzia Fuad of Egypt († 2013)
• 1921 » Georges Cziffra, Hungarian pianist and composer († 1994)

• 1923 » Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, French author and poet (b. 1880)
• 1928 » Vlasios Tsirogiannis, Greek general (b. 1872)
• 1930 » Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)
• 1930 » Luigi Facta, Italian politician, journalist and Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1861)
• 1931 » Konrad Stäheli, Swiss target shooter (b. 1866)
• 1933 » Texas Guinan, American actress and businesswoman (b. 1884)
• 1933 » Walther von Dyck, German mathematician and academic (b. 1856)
• 1938 » Thomas Dewing, American painter and educator (b. 1851)
• 1939 » Mary W. Bacheler, American physician and Baptist medical missionary (b. 1860)
• 1941 » Arndt Pekurinen, Finnish activist (b. 1905)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacob
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Wilhelmus
13. Albert
14. Gerardus
15. Hendrikus
16. Johan

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Petronella
11. Aaltje
12. Jacoba
13. Helena
14. Geertruida
15. Margaretha
16. Grietje

• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
• March 16 » Finnish Civil War: Battle of Länkipohja is infamous for its bloody aftermath as the Whites executed 70–100 capitulated Reds.
• July 15 » World War I: The Second Battle of the Marne begins near the River Marne with a German attack.
• October 4 » World War I: An explosion kills more than 100 people and destroys a Shell Loading Plant in New Jersey.
• October 9 » The Finnish Parliament offers to Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse the throne of a short-lived Kingdom of Finland.
• November 26 » The Montenegran Podgorica Assembly votes for a "union of the people", declaring assimilation into the Kingdom of Serbia.
• December 27 » The Great Poland Uprising against the Germans begins.

The temperature on November 5, 1918 was between 6.6 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 4.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.