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• Abraham (Bram) Lesterhuis, Groningen
• Albert Loosman, Velsen († 1967)
• Antonius de Boer († 1998)
• Alida van Harten, Vreeland, Utrecht, Nederland († 1991)
• Adriana Gesink, Katwijk
• Annigje de Kamper, Reeuwijk,Bodegraven-Reeuwijk,South Holland,Nederland († 1994)
• Algère (Alger) Albert Govaert, Westdorpe, Nederland († 1997)
• Andries van der Veen, Recklinghausen
• Abraham Sentse Faasse, St. Philipsland, Zeeland, Nederland († 1997)
• Alice Morene Strickland, Saspamco, Wilson, Texas, United States († 1996)

• Anna Ter Horst (0), Emmen, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Aartje van de Kerk (15), Westereinde (Oldebroek), Gld, The Netherlands
• Aagje Vermeulen (0), Rotterdam
• Bartel Elshout (77), Heenvliet
• Albert Alexander Denninghoff Stelling (46)
• Arendje TROMMEL (32), Stad aan 't Haringvliet,, Pays-Bas
• Auke Osinga (47), Rotterdam
• Anton Hendricks (70), Herwen en Aerdt
• Ann Ellem (84), Coramba, New South Wales, Australia
• Adrianus Camphorst (0), Haarlemmermeer

• 1911 » Brinsley Le Poer Trench, 8th Earl of Clancarty, Irish ufologist and politician († 1995)
• 1911 » Syd Howe, Canadian ice hockey player († 1976)
• 1912 » María de la Cruz, Chilean journalist and activist († 1995)
• 1914 » Jack Cardiff, English director, cinematographer, and photographer († 2009)
• 1916 » Frank Bell, English soldier and educator († 1989)
• 1916 » John Jacob Rhodes, American lawyer and politician († 2003)
• 1916 » Rossano Brazzi, Italian actor († 1994)
• 1917 » Francis Parker Yockey, American lawyer and philosopher († 1960)
• 1917 » June Foray, American actress and voice artist († 2017)
• 1917 » Phil Taylor, English footballer and manager († 2012)

• 1890 » Dion Boucicault, Irish-American actor and playwright (b. 1820)
• 1896 » Hippolyte Fizeau, French physicist and academic (b. 1819)
• 1905 » George MacDonald, Scottish minister, author, and poet (b. 1824)
• 1909 » Grigore Tocilescu, Romanian archaeologist and historian (b. 1850)
• 1911 » Pyotr Stolypin, Russian lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Russia (b. 1862)
• 1915 » Susan La Flesche Picotte, doctor, teacher, and social reformer, first Native American to earn a medical degree
• 1924 » F. H. Bradley, English philosopher and author (b. 1846)
• 1939 » Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish author, painter, and photographer (b. 1885)
• 1941 » Fred Karno, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1866)
• 1944 » Robert G. Cole, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1915)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Hendrika
8. Adriana
9. Catharina
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Grietje
13. Geertruida
14. Aaltje
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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
• August 3 » World War I: Germany declares war against France, while Romania declares its neutrality.
• August 12 » World War I: The United Kingdom declares war on Austria-Hungary; the countries of the British Empire follow suit.
• August 15 » A servant of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright murders seven people and sets fire to the living quarters of Wright's Wisconsin home, Taliesin.
• August 26 » World War I: The German colony of Togoland surrenders to French and British forces after a 20-day campaign.
• September 22 » A German submarine sinks three British cruisers over a seventy-minute period, killing almost 1500 sailors.
• December 16 » World War I: Admiral Franz von Hipper commands a raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby.

The temperature on September 18, 1914 was between 9.9 °C and 15.7 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 4.7 mm of rain. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.