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• Anna Maria Franken, Heerlem († 1994)
• Adriana Zwart, Wervershoof, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1995)
• Charles Nathan Kresge, Pennsylvania († 1988)
• Adolph A Ave, Indiana, Verenigde Staten († 1979)
• Anna Maria den Brok, Schaijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1917)
• Bernadine Mary Meier, Clinton, Illinois († 1998)
• Anna Metke Kuiken, Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2001)
• Adrianus Leering, Akersloot, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Adolf Ludoris Steinmeier, Waterloweg 2, Ede († 1964)
• Anthonia Maria van Bergen, Rotterdam († 1981)

• Antonetta Agnes Malleé (58), Rotterdam
• Catharina Elisabeth Louise Sloet van Zwanenberg (72), Vogelenzang, Nederland
• Carolina Wilhelmina Louisa Dekker (0), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederlabd
• Albartus van Toorn (75), Echteld
• Catharina Elisabeth Louise barones Sloet (72), Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Antje Bruin (88), Den Helder, Noord Holland, Netherlands
• Antonius Johannes Freriks (29), Arnhem, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus Hermans (0), Bergen op Zoom
• Catharina Elisabeth Louise Sloet (72), Vogelenzang, Bloemendaal, Pays-Bas
• Abondius Benedictus Sciarone (61), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1912 » Hilda Nickson, English author († 1977)
• 1912 » Vic Hey, Australian rugby league player and coach († 1995)
• 1913 » Endre Rozsda, Hungarian-French painter and illustrator († 1999)
• 1914 » Haguroyama Masaji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 36th Yokozuna († 1969)
• 1915 » Ken Burkhart, American baseball player and umpire († 2004)
• 1917 » Beebe Steven Lynk, African-American chemist and author († 1948)
• 1917 » Pedro Infante, Mexican actor and singer († 1957)
• 1918 » İlhan Berk, Turkish poet and author († 2008)
• 1918 » Tasker Watkins, Welsh soldier, judge, and politician, Victoria Cross recipient († 2007)
• 1919 » Jocelyn Brando, American actress († 2005)

• 1886 » Chester A. Arthur, American general, lawyer, and politician, 21st President of the United States (b. 1829)
• 1889 » William Allingham, Irish-English poet and scholar (b. 1824)
• 1909 » Renée Vivien, English-French poet (b. 1877)
• 1922 » Marcel Proust, French author and critic (b. 1871)
• 1927 » Scipione Borghese, 10th Prince of Sulmona Italian race car driver, explorer, and politician (b. 1871)
• 1936 » V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1872)
• 1940 » Ivane Javakhishvili, Georgian historian and academic (b. 1876)
• 1941 » Émile Nelligan, Canadian poet and author (b. 1879)
• 1941 » Chris Watson, Chilean-Australian journalist and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1867)
• 1941 » Walther Nernst, German chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)

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

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

• 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 6.4 million citizens.
• January 24 » In Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad Co., the Supreme Court of the United States declares the federal income tax constitutional.
• April 29 » World War I: The UK's 6th Indian Division surrenders to Ottoman Forces at the Siege of Kut in one of the largest surrenders of British forces up to that point.
• September 15 » World War I: Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme.
• September 19 » World War I: During the East African Campaign, colonial forces of the Belgian Congo (Force Publique) under the command of Charles Tombeur capture the town of Tabora after heavy fighting.
• December 18 » World War I: The Battle of Verdun ends when German forces under Chief of staff Erich von Falkenhayn are defeated by the French, and suffer 337,000 casualties.
• December 30 » Russian mystic and advisor to the Tsar Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin was murdered by a loyalist group led by Prince Felix Yusupov. His frozen, partially-trussed body was discovered in a Moscow river three days later.

The temperature on November 18, 1916 was between -2.2 °C and 1.3 °C and averaged -0.5 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.