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• Adrianus Johannes van Uden, Oss († 1969)
• Arlene Lorraine Halseth, Madison, Lake, South Dakota († 2002)
• Anna (Annie) Nekeman, Rotterdam († 1991)
• Cornelia Anna Maria van Roessel, Tilburg († 1919)
• Agnes Johanna Sterkenburg, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1999)
• arie adriaan VISSER, 's-gravendeel († 1969)
• Adriana Niks, Stadskanaal {Onstwedde), Groningen, Nederland († 2002)
• Alke Luikens, Onstwedde († 1999)
• Berendina Maria Ellenbroek, Lemelerveld († 2013)
• Anna Maria van de Leur, Drunen († 1915)

• Barbara Ameel (69), Paris France
• Anna Theresia Baken (33), Helmond
• Bastiaan Trouw (49), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Barend Hoeven van der (67), Waddinxveen Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Duizer (Huizer Duiser Duijzer) (78), Hardinxveld
• Aleida Kalthoff (70), Steenwijk
• Anna Maria Duizer (79), Hardinxveld,Gemeente Hardinxveld-Giessendam,South Holland,Netherlands
• Antonius Kouters, Oudenbosch
• Alvin May (24), Colquitt County, Georgia
• Aleida Hillen (11), Brandlecht

• 1908 » Loulou Gasté, French composer († 1995)
• 1909 » C. Walter Hodges, English author and illustrator († 2004)
• 1909 » Ernest Gallo, American businessman, co-founded the E & J Gallo Winery († 2007)
• 1911 » Smiley Burnette, American singer-songwriter and actor († 1967)
• 1912 » Art Gilmore, American voice actor and announcer († 2010)
• 1913 » René Clément, French director and screenwriter († 1996)
• 1913 » Werner Mölders, German colonel and pilot († 1941)
• 1915 » Richard Condon, American author and screenwriter († 1996)
• 1922 » Egon Bahr, German journalist and politician, Federal Minister for Special Affairs of Germany († 2015)
• 1922 » Seymour Martin Lipset, American sociologist and academic († 2006)

• 1898 » Matilda Joslyn Gage, American author and activist (b. 1826)
• 1900 » Hjalmar Kiærskou, Danish botanist (b. 1835)
• 1907 » Marcellin Berthelot, French chemist and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1827)
• 1913 » George I of Greece (b. 1845)
• 1918 » Henry Janeway Hardenbergh, American architect, designed the Plaza Hotel (b. 1847)
• 1930 » Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, American painter (b. 1863)
• 1936 » Eleftherios Venizelos, Greek journalist, lawyer, and politician, 93rd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1864)
• 1939 » Henry Simpson Lunn, English businessman, founded Lunn Poly (b. 1859)
• 1941 » Henri Cornet, French cyclist (b. 1884)
• 1947 » William C. Durant, American businessman, co-founded General Motors and Chevrolet (b. 1861)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Geertruida
13. Grietje
14. Neeltje
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 6.3 million citizens.
• January 13 » The 6.7 M_w  Avezzano earthquake shakes the Province of L'Aquila in Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 29,978–32,610.
• January 24 » World War I: British Grand Fleet battle cruisers under Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty engage Rear-Admiral Franz von Hipper's battle cruisers in the Battle of Dogger Bank.
• February 19 » World War I: The first naval attack on the Dardanelles begins when a strong Anglo-French task force bombards Ottoman artillery along the coast of Gallipoli.
• April 22 » The use of poison gas in World War I escalates when chlorine gas is released as a chemical weapon in the Second Battle of Ypres.
• May 9 » World War I: Second Battle of Artois between German and French forces.
• July 24 » The passenger ship SSEastland capsizes while tied to a dock in the Chicago River. A total of 844 passengers and crew are killed in the largest loss of life disaster from a single shipwreck on the Great Lakes.

The temperature on March 18, 1915 was between 1.6 °C and 4.5 °C and averaged 3.0 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.