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• Clara Zondagh, Cape, South Africa († 1954)
• Alphons Camiel Leonard Bonte, Koewacht († 1983)
• Catharina W. de Rooij, Den Helder († 1974)
• Annie Ernestine Hood, Pickens County, South Carolina († 1996)
• Albert M. Elstner († 2002)
• Anna Maria Hubertina (Anna) Stokbroekx, Echt († 2005)
• Arie Baart, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1999)
• Albertus Gerardus Grootelaar, Geesteren († 1992)
• Alvina P Neuharth, ND († 1981)
• Alida van der Tuuk, Barszel (Dtls) († 2006)

• Adrianus Hendrik Camfferman (71), Voorburg
• August Jozef Paul Dauwen (0), Herentals 2200, Antwerpen, Belgie
• Adrianus Hendrik Camfferman (71), voorburg
• Adrianus (Adriaan) van Nieuwenhuize (48), Brouwershaven, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aaltje Meima (65), Bedum, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Maria Heuvens (2), Twisteden, Kevelaer
• Adriana ZUIDIJK (27), Wolphaartsdijk, Zeeland, Nederland
• Berend DROLENGA (1), Groningen Groningen Netherlands
• Aaltje Meima (65), Bedum, Groningen, Netherlands
• Ceel Roseboom (80), Gelders Veenendaal

• 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)
• 1918 » Johnny Mantz, American race car driver († 1972)
• 1919 » Tommy Hunter, American fiddler († 1993)
• 1920 » Jack Warden, American actor († 2006)

• 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. Adrianus
10. Jacobus
11. Jacob
12. Albert
13. Gerardus
14. Dirk
15. Wilhelmus
16. Arie

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

• 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 6.5 million citizens.
• March 1 » The Zimmermann Telegram is reprinted in newspapers across the United States after the U.S. government releases its unencrypted text.
• April 9 » World War I: The Battle of Arras: The battle begins with Canadian Corps executing a massive assault on Vimy Ridge.
• June 11 » King Alexander assumes the throne of Greece after his father, Constantine I, abdicates under pressure from allied armies occupying Athens.
• November 26 » The Manchester Guardian publishes the 1916 secret Sykes-Picot Agreement between the United Kingdom and France.
• December 7 » World War I: The United States declares war on Austria-Hungary.
• December 20 » Cheka, the first Soviet secret police force, is founded.

The temperature on September 18, 1917 was between 14.1 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.