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• Arie Van der Stelt, Beverwijk († 1984)
• Barbera (Bets) den Dunnen, Werkendam († 2008)
• Aloijsius Cijrillus de Vos, Aardenburg, Zeeland, Nederland († 2010)
• Auke van der Giezen, Zwartemeer, Emmen († 1992)
• Barbara Maria Geeven, Mierlo († 1995)
• Anny ZON van, Eindhoven ( Tongelre) († 2005)
• Barbara Maria Geeven, Mierlo, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1995)
• Catharina Maria Seijsener, Hillegom († 2006)
• Agnes Karoline Varnvatn, Varnvatn, Hattfjelldal († 2019)
• Arendje Johanna Thijsse, Nieuwenhoorn († 1989)

• Adrianus CASSEE (62), Bloemendaal, 4488, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Weeler (69), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Weeler (69), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Adriana van Fraassen (88), Kruiningen
• Bonger (62), Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Andries FEIJT (57), Harderwijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Klever (25), Benschop, Utrecht, Nederland
• Gorter (0), Emmen
• Adriana Dieleman (39), Terneuzen, Terneuzen, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Aart Barte Kooijman (61), Vianen, Zuid Holland, Netherlands

• 1917 » Francis L. Kellogg, American businessman and diplomat († 2006)
• 1917 » Jane Wyman, American actress († 2007)
• 1917 » Wieland Wagner, German director and producer († 1966)
• 1919 » Hector Abhayavardhana, Sri Lankan theorist and politician († 2012)
• 1919 » Severino Gazzelloni, Italian flute player († 1992)
• 1920 » Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Italian pianist and educator († 1995)
• 1921 » Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Swiss author and playwright († 1990)
• 1921 » Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Luxembourgish soldier and aristocrat († 2019)
• 1921 » John H. Reed, American politician and diplomat, 67th Governor of Maine († 2012)
• 1922 » Anthony Synnot, Australian admiral († 2001)

• 1888 » Henri Herz, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1803)
• 1899 » Ezra Otis Kendall, American professor, astronomer and mathematician (b. 1818)
• 1904 » Karl Alfred von Zittel, German paleontologist and geologist (b. 1839)
• 1910 » Léon Walras, French-Swiss economist and academic (b. 1834)
• 1917 » Isobel Lilian Gloag, English painter (b. 1865)
• 1922 » Ernest Shackleton, Anglo-Irish sailor and explorer (b. 1874)
• 1933 » Calvin Coolidge, American lawyer and politician, 30th President of the United States (b. 1872)
• 1942 » Tina Modotti, Italian photographer, model, actress, and activist (b. 1896)
• 1943 » George Washington Carver, American botanist, educator, and inventor (b. 1864)
• 1951 » Soh Jaipil, South Korean-American journalist and activist (b. 1864)

• 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 16 » Nebraska becomes the 36th state to approve the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. With the necessary three-quarters of the states approving the amendment, Prohibition is constitutionally mandated in the United States one year later.
• March 1 » March 1st Movement begins in Korea under Japanese rule.
• March 2 » The first Communist International meets in Moscow.
• April 16 » Polish–Soviet War: The Polish army launches the Vilna offensive to capture Vilnius in modern Lithuania.
• June 28 » The Treaty of Versailles is signed, ending the state of war between Germany and the Allies of World War I.
• July 21 » The dirigible Wingfoot Air Express crashes into the Illinois Trust and Savings Building in Chicago, killing 12 people.

The temperature on January 5, 1919 was between 5.9 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.