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• Andries Boomsma, Oostermeer (Achtkarspelen), Friesland, Nederland († 1985)
• Anna Gesina (Johannes Henderikus (Hain) Loves) Abel, Nieuw-Schoonebeek / NL († 2007)
• Albert Kramer, Rock Valley, Sioux County, Iowa († 1981)
• Anne Siegersma, Nijholtpade († 1999)
• Annigje Mol, Hollandscheveld, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1921)
• Albert-Eugene FOURNIER, Briis-sous-Forges,91640,Essonne,Île-de-France,FRANCE († 1998)
• Anne Catherina Speelmeyer, Schoten, België († 2002)
• Antje de Graaf, Heemstede, 4613, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2005)
• Antonius van Delft, Nieuwkuijk († 2000)
• Anna Marie Vereecken († 2002)

• Aaltje Cornelisdr Halff (70), Egmond, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arend van DER BAN (80), Rockanje, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna van den Boogert (63), Rozenburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Hendrik van Raam (32), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alfred Karel Fredrik Suermondt (83), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Struijk (0), 's Gravenhage
• Bergwerff, Maassluis
• Anna van den Boogert (63), Rozenburg
• Aaltje Cornelisd. Halff (70), Egmond aan Zee
• Anna Maria SMITS (78), Helmond,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1915 » Robert Hofstadter, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1990)
• 1917 » Edward J. Mortola, American academic and president of Pace University († 2002)
• 1917 » Isuzu Yamada, Japanese actress († 2012)
• 1919 » Andreas Papandreou, Greek economist and politician, Prime Minister of Greece († 1996)
• 1919 » Red Buttons, American actor († 2006)
• 1919 » Tim Holt, American actor († 1973)
• 1921 » Ken Adam, German-born English production designer and art director († 2016)
• 1923 » Claude King, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2013)
• 1923 » James E. Bowman, American physician and academic († 2011)
• 1924 » Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy, Indian cardinal († 2014)

• 1915 » Ross Barnes, American baseball player and manager (b. 1850)
• 1917 » Jaber II Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1860)
• 1922 » Christiaan de Wet, South African general and politician, State President of the Orange Free State (b. 1854)
• 1922 » Slavoljub Eduard Penkala, Croatian engineer, invented the mechanical pencil (b. 1871)
• 1927 » Inayat Khan, Indian mystic and educator (b. 1882)
• 1931 » Athanasios Eftaxias, Greek politician, 118th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1849)
• 1933 » Josiah Thomas, English-Australian miner and politician (b. 1863)
• 1937 » Lou Andreas-Salomé, Russian-German psychoanalyst and author (b. 1861)
• 1938 » Hans Litten, German lawyer and jurist (b. 1903)
• 1941 » Banjo Paterson, Australian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1864)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Adrianus
10. Jacobus
11. Jacob
12. Wilhelmus
13. Dirk
14. Albert
15. Gerardus
16. Antonius

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Catharina
8. Hendrika
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Aaltje
13. Geertruida
14. Grietje
15. Helena
16. Margaretha

• 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 6.8 million citizens.
• January 19 » The United States Senate votes against joining the League of Nations.
• February 29 » Czechoslovak National Assembly adopts the Constitution.
• May 3 » A Bolshevik coup fails in the Democratic Republic of Georgia.
• August 16 » Polish–Soviet War: The Battle of Radzymin concludes; the Soviet Red Army is forced to turn away from Warsaw.
• October 25 » After 74 days on hunger strike in Brixton Prison, England, the Sinn Féin Lord Mayor of Cork, Terence MacSwiney dies.
• November 1 » American fishing schooner Esperanto defeats the Canadian fishing schooner Delawana in the First International Fishing Schooner Championship Races in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

The temperature on February 5, 1920 was between -1.8 °C and 6.6 °C and averaged 1.6 °C. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.