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• Cornelia Wilhelmina Maria PAULUSSEN, Chaam, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1996)
• Alexandre Eugène Marie Louis Cruger PATERNOTTE de La VAILLÉE, Bern, Zwitserland († 2014)
• (1) Johanna Wilhelmina (Miep) Botschuijver, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 1995)
• Arnoldus Hendriks IJspeerd, Vollenhove († 1989)
• Bernardus Theodorus Dikhout, Amsterdam († 1986)
• Aaltje Besling († 2012)
• Antje van der Zel, Hoorn († 2006)
• Agnes Juliana Honsbeek, 's-Gravenhage († 1965)
• Antje van der Zel, Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2006)
• August Willi Batram, Wistyten, Litauen († 2009)

• Berend Engelbert Gebbeken (51), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Abraham Eliza Heijstek (66), Roodekop district Rustenburg, R.S.A.
• Geerts, Ginneken en Bavel
• Anthonia Geertruida de Boer (53), Utrecht
• Abraham Petrus Antonius Guillaume Voerman (55), venlo
• Antonius Vroomans (84), Nederweert, NL
• Aaltje Leijssenaar (55), Hoogeveen, Nederland
• Cornelia Agnes Hensbroek (67), Utrecht
• Alexander Louis Nagel (85), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Klazina Goverina Van Der Hout (76), Monster

• 1919 » André Guelfi, French race car driver († 2016)
• 1920 » Kamisese Mara, Fijian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Fiji († 2004)
• 1920 » Marguerite Piazza, American soprano and actress († 2012)
• 1921 » Erich Fried, Austrian-German author, poet, and translator († 1988)
• 1922 » Camille Laurin, Canadian psychiatrist and politician, 7th Deputy Premier of Quebec († 1999)
• 1923 » Harry Watson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 2002)
• 1924 » Denny Wright, English guitarist, composer, and producer († 1992)
• 1924 » Nestor Basterretxea, Spanish painter and sculptor († 2014)
• 1924 » Patricia Helen Kennedy, American socialite, activist, and author († 2006)
• 1926 » Gilles Grégoire, Canadian politician, co-founded the Parti Québécois († 2006)

• 1902 » Bret Harte, American author and poet (b. 1836)
• 1905 » Robert Herbert, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Queensland (b. 1831)
• 1907 » Emanuele Luigi Galizia, Maltese architect and civil engineer (b. 1830)
• 1910 » Edward VII of the United Kingdom (b. 1841)
• 1919 » L. Frank Baum, American novelist (b. 1856)
• 1939 » Konstantin Somov, Russian-French painter and illustrator (b. 1869)
• 1949 » Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian-French poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1951 » Élie Cartan, French mathematician and physicist (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Maria Montessori, Italian-Dutch physician and educator (b. 1870)
• 1959 » Maria Dulęba, Polish actress (b. 1881)

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.
• June 9 » Bulgaria's military takes over the government in a coup.
• July 24 » The Treaty of Lausanne, settling the boundaries of modern Turkey, is signed in Switzerland by Greece, Bulgaria and other countries that fought in World War I.
• September 7 » The International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) is formed.
• September 12 » Southern Rhodesia, today called Zimbabwe, is annexed by the United Kingdom.
• October 6 » The Turkish National Movement enters Constantinople.
• November 11 » Adolf Hitler was arrested in Munich for high treason for his role in the Beer Hall Putsch.

The temperature on May 6, 1923 was between 9.6 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.