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• Antonia Francisca van Oss, Bergharen, Gelderland, The Netherlands († 2011)
• Amalia Nievelstein, Wittem († 2012)
• Albertus Johannes Maria Logtenberg, Olst († 1978)
• Aaltje Velleman, Rotterdam († 1943)
• Cornelis Cornelisse, Castricum († 1996)
• Cornelis Adriaan Vissers, Antwerpen (Bel) († 2007)
• Cornelis Adriaan Vissers, Antwerpen, België († 2007)
• Anna Theodora van Kessel, Limmen
• Antonius Johannes Kuijten, Waalwijk († 2000)
• Amalie Nievelstein, Wittem († 2012)

• Albert Spijkers (58), Ambt Hardenberg
• Cornelis Verwijs (84), Sint Philipsland
• Ermen, Tilburg
• Adriana Pipping (79), Sint-Maartensdijk, Zeeland, Nederland
• Arie Pijl (15), Rotterdam
• Arie Zebel (37), Loosduinen
• Adriana Pipping (79), St. Maartensdijk
• Agnes Maria Petronella Meulenbroeks (2), Veldhoven
• Andrew M Ragland Dr (73), Pilot Point, Denton, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Catharina Adriana Langeveld (51), Lisse

• 1916 » Bert Haanstra, Dutch director, producer, and screenwriter († 1997)
• 1918 » Lloyd Quarterman, African American chemist († 1982)
• 1918 » Robert Osterloh, American actor († 2001)
• 1919 » Robie Macauley, American editor, novelist and critic († 1995)
• 1921 » Alida Valli, Austrian-Italian actress and singer († 2006)
• 1921 » Andrew Grima, Anglo-Italian jewellery designer († 2007)
• 1921 » Edna Doré, English actress († 2014)
• 1921 » Howard Reig, American radio and television announcer († 2008)
• 1922 » Denholm Elliott, English-Spanish actor († 1992)
• 1923 » Ellsworth Kelly, American painter and sculptor († 2015)

• 1899 » Stefanos Koumanoudis, Greek archaeologist, teacher and writer (b. 1818)
• 1908 » Louis-Honoré Fréchette, Canadian author, poet, and politician (b. 1839)
• 1909 » Thomas Price, Welsh-Australian politician, 24th Premier of South Australia (b. 1852)
• 1910 » Elizabeth Blackwell, English-American physician and educator (b. 1821)
• 1931 » Felix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau, Canadian cardinal (b. 1866)
• 1931 » Willy Stöwer, German author and illustrator (b. 1864)
• 1945 » Odilo Globocnik, Italian-Austrian SS officer (b. 1904)
• 1954 » Antonis Benakis, Greek art collector and philanthropist, founded the Benaki Museum (b. 1873)
• 1957 » Leopold Staff, Polish poet and academic (b. 1878)
• 1957 » Stefanos Sarafis, Greek general and politician (b. 1890)

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.
• 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.
• September 22 » The steel strike of 1919, led by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers, begins in Pennsylvania before spreading across the United States.

The temperature on May 31, 1919 was between 8.2 °C and 23.0 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 12.9 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.