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• Christiaan Hubertus Knapen, Nederweert († 1953)
• Agatha Francine van Mazijk, Amsterdam († 1994)
• Bernard Wolf, Bornerboek († 1991)
• Anna Olischläger (Willems), Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands († 1942)
• Cornelia Adriana van Rhijn, Noordwijk († 2013)
• Adriaan Ter HORST, Leeuwarden († 1997)
• Bessel van den Hazel, Rotterdam († 1995)
• Beijer, Wageningen († 1923)
• Andreas Bernardus Gerardus Stolwijk, Oudewater Utr († 2005)
• Christiaan Ripmeester, Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Antje Pieters Schaaf, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Nieman (4), Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Karolina Menger (39), Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany
• Aagje Donker (61)
• * Jacobus (1) Nieuwenhuizen (0)
• Adriana Maria Graafmans (1), Bergen op Zoom
• Aafje van der Velden (82), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Beijer (0), Wageningen
• Adriana Maria Graafmans (1), Bergen op Zoom
• Alida (71), Scheveningen

• 1920 » José Aboulker, Algerian surgeon and activist († 2009)
• 1920 » Rachel Gurney, English actress († 2001)
• 1920 » Virginia Christine, American actress († 1996)
• 1920 » Wang Zengqi, Chinese writer († 1997)
• 1921 » Elmer Valo, American baseball player and coach († 1998)
• 1922 » James Noble, American actor († 2016)
• 1922 » Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter († 1975)
• 1923 » Juan A. Rivero, Puerto Rican biologist and academic († 2014)
• 1923 » Laurence Tisch, American businessman, co-founded the Loews Corporation († 2003)
• 1924 » Roger Marche, French footballer († 1997)

• 1907 » Friedrich Blass, German philologist, scholar, and academic (b. 1843)
• 1925 » Johan Jensen, Danish mathematician and engineer (b. 1859)
• 1927 » Franz Mertens, Polish-Austrian mathematician and academic (b. 1840)
• 1929 » David Dunbar Buick, Scottish-American businessman, founded Buick (b. 1854)
• 1934 » Reşit Galip, Turkish academic and politician, 6th Turkish Minister of National Education (b. 1893)
• 1935 » Roque Ruaño, Spanish priest and engineer (b. 1877)
• 1940 » Cai Yuanpei, Chinese philosopher and academic (b. 1868)
• 1944 » Max Jacob, French poet and author (b. 1876)
• 1945 » Lena Baker, African American maid and murderer (b. 1900)
• 1947 » Alfredo Casella, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1883)

• 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 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 7.1 million citizens.
• June 9 » Bulgaria's military takes over the government in a coup.
• August 16 » The United Kingdom gives the name "Ross Dependency" to part of its claimed Antarctic territory and makes the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand its administrator.
• September 13 » Following a military coup in Spain, Miguel Primo de Rivera takes over, setting up a dictatorship.
• September 29 » The British Mandate for Palestine takes effect, creating Mandatory Palestine.
• October 6 » The Turkish National Movement enters Constantinople.
• October 29 » Turkey becomes a republic following the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire.

The temperature on March 5, 1923 was between 1.7 °C and 2.5 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.