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• Aaldert Cornelis Dirk van der Linden, Lienden († 1959)
• Antje Donker, Monnickendam († 1995)
• Duisters, Heeze, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida Maria Meyer († 1983)
• Augustinus Bartolomeus Hooglucht, Amsterdam († 1982)
• Adrianus Jacobus Maria Schmit, Amsterdam († 1975)
• Albertus Middelveld, De Rijp, Nederland († 1990)
• Annie Maria Klarenberg, Den Haag († 2006)
• Arthur Willem (Didi) Lamaison, Malang, Nederlands Oost-Indië († 1945)
• Anna van der Poel, Schiedam († 2011)

• Aukje Andries Postma (68), Zwaagwesteinde, gem. Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Antonia Johanna DIRVEN (80), Dongen, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Bardina Catharina van OOIJEN (71), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertina (Martina) van den Bussche (93), Zuidzande
• Amanda Melvina EASTERWOOD (88)
• Bardina Catharina van Oijen (71), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bernhard Dünhöft (76), Rhede
• Adriana Petronella de Critter (79), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bastiaantje Dirkje Struycken (0), Leerdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Antje Annes de Groot (46), Hijlaard, Baarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland

• 1917 » Albert Castelyns, Belgian water polo player and bobsledder
• 1917 » Văn Tiến Dũng, Vietnamese general and politician, 6th Minister of Defence for Vietnam († 2002)
• 1920 » Guinn Smith, American pole vaulter, soldier, and pilot († 2004)
• 1920 » Jacob Gilboa, Israeli composer († 2007)
• 1920 » Jean-Marie Auberson, Swiss violinist and conductor († 2004)
• 1920 » Otto Buchsbaum, Austrian-Brazilian journalist and activist († 2000)
• 1920 » Vasantrao Deshpande, Indian singer and sitar player († 1983)
• 1921 » B. B. Lal, Indian archaeologist
• 1921 » Satyajit Ray, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter († 1992)
• 1922 » Roscoe Lee Browne, American actor and director († 2007)

• 1915 » Clara Immerwahr, German chemist (b. 1870)
• 1918 » Jüri Vilms, Estonian lawyer and politician (b. 1889)
• 1925 » Antun Branko Šimić, Croatian and Bosnian-Herzegovinian poet (b. 1898)
• 1925 » Johann Palisa, Austrian astronomer (b. 1848)
• 1927 » Ernest Starling, English physiologist and academic (b. 1866)
• 1929 » Charalambos Tseroulis, Greek general and politician, Greek Minister for Military Affairs (b. 1879)
• 1941 » Penelope Delta, Greek author (b. 1874)
• 1945 » Joe Corbett, American baseball player and journalist (b. 1875)
• 1945 » Martin Bormann, German politician (b. 1900)
• 1947 » Dorothea Binz, German SS officer (b. 1920)

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

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

• 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 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 6.7 million citizens.
• January 21 » A revolutionary Irish parliament is founded and declares the independence of the Irish Republic. One of the first engagements of the Irish War of Independence takes place.
• March 1 » March 1st Movement begins in Korea under Japanese rule.
• June 11 » Sir Barton wins the Belmont Stakes, becoming the first horse to win the U.S. Triple Crown.
• September 10 » Austria and the Allies sign the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye recognizing the independence of Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia.
• November 11 » Latvian forces defeat the West Russian Volunteer Army at Riga in the Latvian War of Independence.
• December 21 » American anarchist Emma Goldman is deported to Russia.

The temperature on May 2, 1919 was between 5.2 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 14.6 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.