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• Albert Moonen, Rotem, België († 1984)
• Bertha Berendina Johanna Schuurman, Rijssen († 2005)
• Antoon Rozemeijer († 1994)
• Bernard de Haas, Rotterdam († 1953)
• Cornelie Wilhelmina Henriette (Corrie) Butin Bik, Semarang, Java, Indonesia († 1945)
• Cornelia Wilhelmina Henrietta Bik, Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• Christina Maria Leker, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2010)
• Carel Heurkens, Oeffelt († 1986)
• Antoinetta Maria Baars, Nieuwer-Amstel, Amstelveen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1996)
• Anna Maria de Bakker, Rotterdam, Nederland († 2000)

• Adrianus de Jong (24)
• Anna Benedictus Kogenhop (72), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus van Bezooijen (93), Zwijndrecht
• Adrianus Jozef Vekemans (0), Goirle
• Aaltje Pit (48), Noord Esmarke / Enschede
• Aleida te Baaij (64), Ulft, Nederland
• Alida Maria Schikhof (44), Rotterdam
• Anna Keijzer (70), Weesperkarspel, Nederland
• Albertina Adriana Roy, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arnolda van Engelen (76), Goirle

• 1916 » Claude Shannon, American mathematician and engineer († 2001)
• 1916 » Paul Kuusberg, Estonian journalist and author († 2003)
• 1916 » Robert Shaw, American conductor († 1999)
• 1917 » Bea Wain, American singer († 2017)
• 1920 » Duncan Hamilton, Irish-English race car driver and pilot († 1994)
• 1920 » Tom Moore, British army officer and fundraiser
• 1921 » Roger L. Easton, American scientist, co-invented the GPS († 2014)
• 1922 » Anton Murray, South African cricketer († 1995)
• 1923 » Kagamisato Kiyoji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 42nd Yokozuna († 2004)
• 1923 » Percy Heath, American bassist († 2005)

• 1883 » Édouard Manet, French painter (b. 1832)
• 1891 » Joseph Leidy, American paleontologist and author (b. 1823)
• 1900 » Casey Jones, American railroad engineer (b. 1863)
• 1903 » Emily Stowe, Canadian physician and activist (b. 1831)
• 1910 » Jean Moréas, Greek poet and critic (b. 1856)
• 1936 » A. E. Housman, English poet and scholar (b. 1859)
• 1939 » Frank Haller, American boxer (b. 1883)
• 1943 » Beatrice Webb, English sociologist and economist (b. 1858)
• 1943 » Otto Jespersen, Danish linguist and academic (b. 1860)
• 1953 » Jacob Linzbach, Estonian linguist and author (b. 1874)

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.
• April 10 » Mexican Revolution leader Emiliano Zapata is ambushed and shot dead by government forces in Morelos.
• May 15 » The Winnipeg general strike begins. By 11:00, almost the whole working population of Winnipeg had walked off the job.
• July 13 » The British airship R34 lands in Norfolk, England, completing the first airship return journey across the Atlantic in 182 hours of flight.
• August 8 » The Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919 is signed. It establishes peaceful relations between Afghanistan and the UK, and confirms the Durand line as the mutual border. In return, the UK is no longer obligated to subsidize the Afghan government.
• August 11 » Germany's Weimar Constitution is signed into law.
• December 3 » After nearly 20 years of planning and construction, including two collapses causing 89 deaths, the Quebec Bridge opens to traffic.

The temperature on April 30, 1919 was between 2.3 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 9.1 mm of rain. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.