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• Anna, Maria Höppener, Ubach († 1998)
• Catharina Henriëtta de KOCK, Amsterdam († 1923)
• Anna Cornelia de Jong, Halsteren († 1923)
• Agnes Moe, Volga, Brookings, South Dakota, Verenigde Staten († 2017)
• Divera Maria de Haan, Hoogkarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2002)
• Anna Klazina den Boer, Alblasserdam († 2007)
• Antonia Johanna Groenendijk († 2005)
• * Wilhelmina (Mina) Glimmerveen, Dordrecht († 2012)
• Bernice Ruth Risseeuw, Springfield, South Dakota, Verenigde Staten († 2009)
• Berendina Tichelman, Almen († 2014)

• Bankeres Beentjes (69), Heemstede
• Anna VERKOOIJEN (76)
• Angélique BONHOMME (76), Longèves, Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle Aquitaine, FRANCE
• Adriana Hendrika Couvée (39), 's-Gravenhage
• Anna Verkooijen (76), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe, Nederland
• Adrianus van Dongen (0), IJsselmonde
• Apolonia van Veen (0), 's Gravenhage
• Bancras (Bankeres Bank) BEENTJES (69), Heemstede
• Anna Theodora RIBBENS (51), Terneuzen
• Ambrose Macdonald Poynter (55)

• 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)
• 1923 » Rainier III, Prince of Monaco († 2005)
• 1925 » Julian Beck, American actor and director († 1986)
• 1927 » James Eberle, English admiral († 2018)

• 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. Adrianus
10. Jacob
11. Jacobus
12. Gerardus
13. Wilhelmus
14. Dirk
15. Antonius
16. Hendrikus

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

• 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.
• March 20 » The Arts Club of Chicago hosts the opening of Pablo Picasso's first United States showing, entitled Original Drawings by Pablo Picasso, becoming an early proponent of modern art in the United States.
• September 1 » The Great Kantō earthquake devastates Tokyo and Yokohama, killing about 105,000 people.
• September 8 » Honda Point disaster: Nine US Navy destroyers run aground off the California coast. Seven are lost, and twenty-three sailors killed.
• September 12 » Southern Rhodesia, today called Zimbabwe, is annexed by the United Kingdom.
• November 11 » Adolf Hitler was arrested in Munich for high treason for his role in the Beer Hall Putsch.
• December 21 » United Kingdom and Nepal formally signed an agreement of friendship, called the Nepal–Britain Treaty of 1923, which superseded the Treaty of Sugauli signed in 1816.

The temperature on May 31, 1923 was between 8.5 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.