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• Cornelis Robertus Tromp († 1998)
• († 1943)
• Anna Margaretha Maria Dagelinckx, Winterswijk († 1921)
• Annetje van Ark, Harderwijk († 1990)
• Adriana van Kan, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2000)
• Adriana Lambertha Maria (Jeanne) Olieslagers († 2013)
• Arijaantje de With, Haarlemmermeer († 2008)
• Ankeliena Slagter, Emmen, Drenthe, Netherlands († 1995)
• Arie Koppelaar, Sliedrecht († 1980)
• Adrianus Vrijhof († 1999)

• Anna Hoogeboom (91), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Voermans (81), Asten,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Antonius Adrianus Rekkers, Capelle, Nederland
• Anna van Osta (81), Tholen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna Theodorus HOOGEBOOM (91), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Antje van Rossum (33), Geeuwenbrug, Diever
• Wessel, Coevorden
• Anna Gerarda Jansen (0), Honselersdijk, Nederland
• Abraham Sibenius Trip (58), Batavia
• Antonius Hendricus Tettero (0), ‘s-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands

• 1911 » Mitchell Sharp, Canadian economist and politician, 23rd Canadian Minister of Finance († 2004)
• 1912 » Saadat Hasan Manto, Indian-Pakistani author and screenwriter († 1955)
• 1916 » Camilo José Cela, Spanish author and politician, Nobel Prize laureate († 2002)
• 1918 » Richard Feynman, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate († 1988)
• 1921 » Hildegard Hamm-Brücher, German politician († 2016)
• 1921 » Robin Barbour, Scottish minister and author († 2014)
• 1924 » Antony Hewish, English astronomer and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1925 » Edward J. King, American football player and politician, 66th Governor of Massachusetts († 2006)
• 1927 » Bernard Fox, British actor († 2016)
• 1927 » Gene Savoy, American explorer, author, and scholar († 2007)

• 1889 » John Cadbury, English businessman and philanthropist, founded the Cadbury Company (b. 1801)
• 1908 » Charles Kingston, Australian politician, 20th Premier of South Australia (b. 1850)
• 1916 » Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer and physicist (b. 1873)
• 1918 » George Elmslie, Australian politician, 25th Premier of Victoria (b. 1861)
• 1920 » James Colosimo, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1878)
• 1920 » William Dean Howells, American novelist, literary critic, and playwright (b. 1837)
• 1927 » Juan Gris, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1887)
• 1929 » Jozef Murgaš, Slovak-American priest, architect, botanist, and painter (b. 1864)
• 1938 » George Lyon, Canadian golfer and cricketer (b. 1858)
• 1955 » Gilbert Jessop, English cricketer (b. 1874)

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.
• February 2 » The Tartu Peace Treaty is signed between Estonia and Russia.
• February 10 » Józef Haller de Hallenburg performs symbolic wedding of Poland to the sea, celebrating restitution of Polish access to open sea.
• February 24 » Nancy Astor becomes the first woman to speak in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom following her election as a Member of Parliament (MP) three months earlier.
• March 19 » The United States Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles for the second time (the first time was on November 19, 1919).
• May 7 » Treaty of Moscow: Soviet Russia recognizes the independence of the Democratic Republic of Georgia only to invade the country six months later.
• November 15 » First assembly of the League of Nations is held in Geneva, Switzerland.

The temperature on May 11, 1920 was between 3.2 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 11.6 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.