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• Clara Harmina Florijn, Ootmarsum († 2004)
• Adrianus (Adriaan) van Pinxteren, Berlicum, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1969)
• Anna Maria Schrijver, Raalte († 1981)
• Antje Hoekstra, Legemeer, Friesland, Nederland († 2009)
• Clara Harmina Florijn, Ootmarsum († 2004)
• Angelina Maria van Mierlo, Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2004)
• Anna Wilhelmina Balemans, Princenhage (NL) († 2013)
• Bertha Onsea, Itegem, Antwerpen, Belgium († 2003)
• Antonius Josephus Maria PATERNOTTE, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1999)
• Berend Hulsing († 2004)

• Bernardus Broekhof (82), Voorst
• Camiel VAN LANCKER (62), Gentbrugge, Oost-Vlaanderen (BE)
• Alfred Peacock (55), San Francisco, California, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Elisabeth Teunissen (56), Groesbeek
• Bontje Rommerts Bijma (76), Drachten, gem. Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Houppermans (59), Schaesberg, Landgraaf
• Alida Martina Zeelenberg (74), Delft
• Andries van Dijk (54), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe, Noord Brabant
• Bernardina Louisa Heerland (27), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aartje Mollevanger (83), Soest

• 1915 » Ester Soré, Chilean singer-songwriter († 1996)
• 1915 » Herman Wouk, American novelist († 2019)
• 1917 » Harry Webster, English engineer († 2007)
• 1918 » Yasuhiro Nakasone, Japanese commander and politician, 45th Prime Minister of Japan († 2019)
• 1921 » Bob Godfrey, Australian-English animator, director, and voice actor († 2013)
• 1922 » Christopher Lee, English actor († 2015)
• 1922 » John D. Vanderhoof, American banker and politician, 37th Governor of Colorado († 2013)
• 1922 » Otto Carius, German lieutenant and pharmacist († 2015)
• 1923 » Henry Kissinger, German-American political scientist and politician, 56th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1923 » Sumner Redstone, American businessman and philanthropist

• 1896 » Aleksandr Stoletov, Russian physicist, engineer, and academic (b. 1839)
• 1910 » Robert Koch, German physician and microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1843)
• 1918 » Ōzutsu Man'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 18th Yokozuna (b. 1869)
• 1919 » Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Indian author and activist (b. 1848)
• 1933 » Achille Paroche, French target shooter (b. 1868)
• 1939 » Joseph Roth, Austrian-French journalist and author (b. 1894)
• 1941 » Ernst Lindemann, German captain (b. 1894)
• 1941 » Günther Lütjens, German admiral (b. 1889)
• 1942 » Muhammed Hamdi Yazır, Turkish theologian, logician, and translator (b. 1878)
• 1943 » Gordon Coates, New Zealand soldier and politician, 21st Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1878)

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.
• February 17 » The Ukrainian People's Republic asks Entente and the US for help fighting the Bolsheviks.
• February 21 » German socialist Kurt Eisner is assassinated. His death results in the establishment of the Bavarian Soviet Republic and parliament and government fleeing Munich, Germany.
• April 16 » Polish–Soviet War: The Polish army launches the Vilna offensive to capture Vilnius in modern Lithuania.
• May 16 » A naval Curtiss NC-4 aircraft commanded by Albert Cushing Read leaves Trepassey, Newfoundland, for Lisbon via the Azores on the first transatlantic flight.
• June 7 » Sette Giugno: Nationalist riots break out in Valletta, the capital of Malta. British soldiers fire into the crowd, killing four people.

The temperature on May 27, 1919 was between 5.5 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 11.7 °C. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (60%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.