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• Anna Wilhelmina Helena Klaverdijk, Rotterdam († 2010)
• Andries Everts van Benthem, Ambt Vollenhove, Nederland († 1992)
• Antonius Lambertus. Mol, Amersfoort († 2006)
• Andreas Joannes Versluijs, Roelofarendsveen, Alkemade, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1986)
• Beverly Sheets († 1987)
• Catharina Johanna Mes, Leerdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1998)
• Arie van Eijk, Gouda († 2005)
• Alta Mae Good († 2006)
• Bernardus Henderikus Scherpen-, Nieuw-Schoonebeek, Nederland († 1997)
• Aren Hoek, van den, Dirksland († 1992)

• Adriana van den Boom, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nl
• Aafje [Willemsd] Bark (65), Beets, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adolf Goldschmidt (80), London
• Adolphe Bénédict Goldschmidt (80), London, England
• Anna Barbara Hubertina Simons (69), Rotterdam
• anna catharina van oijen (72), helden
• Adrianus Versteeg (76), Wijk en Aalburg
• Aaltje Hogenes (88), Utrecht
• Aaltje van VLAANDEREN (92), Volendam, Edam-Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alfred James Eggins (27), aged 26 years, KIA, France

• 1915 » Tadeusz Kantor, Polish director, painter, and set designer († 1990)
• 1916 » Phil Leeds, American actor († 1998)
• 1916 » Vincent Ellis McKelvey, American geologist and author († 1987)
• 1917 » Leonora Carrington, English-Mexican painter and author († 2011)
• 1918 » Alfredo Ovando Candía, Bolivian general and politician, 56th President of Bolivia († 1982)
• 1919 » Georgios Mylonas, Greek politician, 11th Greek Minister of Culture († 1998)
• 1920 » Edmond H. Fischer, Swiss-American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1920 » Jack Cover, American pilot and physicist, invented the Taser gun († 2009)
• 1921 » Wilbur Thompson, American shot putter († 2013)
• 1922 » Gordon Chater, English-Australian comedian and actor († 1999)

• 1886 » William Edward Forster, English businessman, philanthropist, and politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (b. 1818)
• 1899 » Alvan Wentworth Chapman, American physician and botanist (b. 1809)
• 1906 » Alexander Kielland, Norwegian author, playwright, and politician, 6th County Governor of Møre og Romsdal (b. 1849)
• 1913 » Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore (b. 1835)
• 1923 » Kabalega, King of Bunyoro (b.1853)
• 1927 » Florence Earle Coates, American poet (b. 1850)
• 1935 » Edwin Arlington Robinson, American poet and playwright (b. 1869)
• 1944 » Rose O'Neill, American cartoonist, illustrator, artist, and writer (b. 1874)
• 1947 » Herbert Backe, German agronomist and politician (b. 1896)
• 1950 » Louis Wilkins, American pole vaulter (b. 1882)

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

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

• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
• February 24 » Estonian Declaration of Independence.
• July 6 » The Left SR uprising in Russia starts with the assassination of German ambassador Wilhelm von Mirbach by Cheka members.
• July 15 » World War I: The Second Battle of the Marne begins near the River Marne with a German attack.
• November 3 » The German Revolution of 1918–19 begins when 40,000 sailors take over the port in Kiel.
• November 14 » Czechoslovakia becomes a republic.
• November 25 » Vojvodina, formerly Austro-Hungarian crown land, proclaims its secession from Austria–Hungary to join the Kingdom of Serbia.

The temperature on April 6, 1918 was between 4.4 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.