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• Aleida Johanna van Rossum, Kamerik († 2009)
• Carolina Haussler de Anca, Santurce (Puerto Rico) († 1995)
• Annigje Van Der Torre, Schiedam († 1919)
• Audrie Shake († 1978)
• Berendina Menkveld, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 2002)
• Benjamin Mack Arp, Madisonville, Monroe, Tennessee, United States († 2003)
• Berendje Middel, Emmen, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2011)
• Camille Louise Baudry, Paris, 75011, France († 1927)
• Aleida Johanna van Rossum, Kamerik († 2009)
• Alfons VERNIERS, Gent († 1973)

• Allert Koster (75), Gemeente Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Albert (Allert) Koster (75), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aaltje van Zeldert (71), Stad Delden, Overijssel, Nederland
• "Zoé" Charlotte Alice Droz des Villars (61), Beaune, Côte-d'Or, France
• Anne Jans Bruinsma (65), Menaldumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Antonie Gelderman (71), Nieuwveen
• Aldert de Vries (50), Kooten, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Albert Koster (75), Gemeente Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriana SCHOOLMEESTER (78), Nieuw-en Sint Joosland, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adriaan Barentsen (95), Koudekerke

• 1915 » Alice Faye, American actress and singer († 1998)
• 1916 » Zail Singh, Indian politician, 7th President of India († 1994)
• 1917 » Pío Leyva, Cuban singer-songwriter († 2006)
• 1918 » Egidio Galea, Maltese Roman Catholic priest († 2005)
• 1919 » Georgios Papadopoulos, Greek colonel and politician, 169th Prime Minister of Greece († 1999)
• 1921 » Arthur Leonard Schawlow, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1999)
• 1922 » Irene Gut Opdyke, Polish nurse and humanitarian († 2003)
• 1923 » Cathleen Synge Morawetz, Canadian mathematician († 2017)
• 1923 » James Gilbert, Scottish television producer and director († 2016)
• 1923 » William C. Campbell, American golfer († 2013)

• 1896 » Silas Adams, American lawyer and politician (b. 1839)
• 1902 » Bret Harte, American short story writer and poet (b. 1836)
• 1907 » Şeker Ahmed Pasha, Turkish soldier and painter (b. 1841)
• 1913 » Henry Moret, French painter (b. 1856)
• 1916 » John MacBride, Irish soldier and rebel (b. 1865)
• 1916 » Maurice Raoul-Duval, French polo player (b. 1866)
• 1921 » Alfred Hermann Fried, Austrian journalist and publicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
• 1924 » A. Sabapathy, Sri Lankan journalist and politician (b. 1853)
• 1931 » Glen Kidston, English pilot and race car driver (b. 1899)
• 1942 » Qemal Stafa, Albanian politician (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.
• February 6 » The five-day Seattle General Strike begins, as more than 65,000 workers in the city of Seattle, Washington, walk off the job.
• May 29 » Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity is tested (later confirmed) by Arthur Eddington and Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin
• 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.
• November 11 » Latvian forces defeat the West Russian Volunteer Army at Riga in the Latvian War of Independence.
• December 17 » Uruguay becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.

The temperature on May 5, 1919 was between 7.0 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 12.8 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.