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• Annie Vreugdenhil, De Lier (Westland), Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2004)
• Celea Florence Battaglia, Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States († 1996)
• Abraham van den BERG, Leiden, ZH. NL († 1920)
• Bernard Bertholée, Haarlem († 1973)
• Albertus Harsevoort, Collendoorn († 1937)
• Baby O'BERT, Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten († 1918)
• Clara G Diebler, Clifton, Passaic, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten († 2015)
• Anita R. Lienhard, Almond, Portage (WI, USA) († 1999)
• Christina Gerdina Willemina Bosch († 1988)
• Aaltje Hendrica Zandstra, Enschede († 1997)

• Aaltje van Weelde(n) (83), Herwijnen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriaan Hendrik Damsteeg (25), Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
• A.M.E. Lormans (39), Ospel
• Adriana Minnaard (77), s-Heer Abtskerke, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aaltje Stoter (1), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Alberdina Blaauw (26), Schildwolde, Groningen, Nederland
• Albert Zwijgers (27), Tonsel (Hardewijk)
• Albertus Alblas (0), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Kamphuis (29), Appingedam, Groningen, Nederland
• Aaltje Klazes Stoter (1), Hollandsche Veldt (Hoogeveen)

• 1913 » Esther Borja, Cuban soprano and actress († 2013)
• 1914 » Hans Hellmut Kirst, German lieutenant and author († 1989)
• 1916 » Hilary Koprowski, Polish-American virologist and immunologist, created the world's first effective live polio vaccine († 2013)
• 1916 » Walt McPherson, American basketball player and coach († 2013)
• 1917 » Ken Downing, English race car driver († 2004)
• 1918 » Charity Adams Earley, Black American Army officer († 2002)
• 1919 » Alun Gwynne Jones, Baron Chalfont, English historian and politician († 2020)
• 1921 » Alvy Moore, American actor and producer († 1997)
• 1922 » Casey Ribicoff, American philanthropist († 2011)
• 1922 » Don Robertson, American songwriter and pianist († 2015)

• 1891 » Pedro II of Brazil (b. 1825)
• 1917 » Jean Sandberg(b.1952)
• 1918 » Schalk Willem Burger, South African commander, lawyer, and politician, 6th President of the South African Republic (b. 1852)
• 1925 » Władysław Reymont, Polish novelist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
• 1926 » Claude Monet, French painter (b. 1840)
• 1931 » Vachel Lindsay, American poet (b. 1879)
• 1940 » Jan Kubelík, Czech violinist and composer (b. 1880)
• 1941 » Amrita Sher-Gil, Hungarian-Pakistani painter (b. 1913)
• 1942 » Jock Delves Broughton, English captain (b. 1883)
• 1946 » Louis Dewis, Belgian-French painter and educator (b. 1872)

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.
• January 4 » The Finnish Declaration of Independence is recognized by Russia, Sweden, Germany and France.
• February 21 » The last Carolina parakeet dies in captivity at the Cincinnati Zoo.
• March 27 » The National Council of Bessarabia proclaims union with the Kingdom of Romania.
• April 1 » The Royal Air Force is created by the merger of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service.
• August 16 » The Battle of Lake Baikal was fought between the Czechoslovak Legion and the Red Army.
• December 14 » Friedrich Karl von Hessen, a German prince elected by the Parliament of Finland to become King Väinö I, renounces the Finnish throne.

The temperature on December 5, 1918 was between 7.3 °C and 10.4 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.