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• Antje van der Weck, Rotterdam († 1918)
• Andries Vrieswijk († 1993)
• Anna Grietje Kikkert, Den Burg (Texel, NH) († 1998)
• Aletta Adriaantje Keuris, Anna Paulowna († 1998)
• Alphonsus van de Molengraft, 's-Hertogenbosch († 1996)
• Anna Maria Alberta van Bers, Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1918)
• August Verelst, Koningshooikt († 1991)
• Antoinette Nena Varisco Court, Brazos Co., Texas, Verenigde Staten († 1999)
• Adriana van der Kant, Noordeloos († 1988)
• Albertus Hendrik Huisken, Heerlen († 1979)

• Aafje DE ROO (58), Krommenie, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Agnes van Schaaik, Berghem, NoordBrabent, Nederland
• Adriana Frederika de Boer (0), Amsterdam, NH, The Netherlands
• ten Holt (0), Rheden
• Adelbartus Stephanus van den Hoek (58), Den Haag
• Anna Maria Hoppe (80), Harlingen, Friesland, Nederland
• Adaline Bogert (93), Westwood, Bergen County, New Jersey
• Aafje de ROO (58)
• Arnoldus de Cort (76), Oisterwijk, Nederland
• Aafje Aldertsd de Roo (58), Krommenie, North Holland, Netherlands

• 1913 » Jane Birdwood, Baroness Birdwood, Canadian-English publisher and politician († 2000)
• 1914 » Boris Christoff, Bulgarian-Italian opera singer († 1993)
• 1914 » Pierre Balmain, French fashion designer, founded Balmain († 1982)
• 1917 » Bill Everett, American author and illustrator († 1973)
• 1919 » Margot Fonteyn, British ballerina († 1991)
• 1920 » Pope John Paul II († 2005)
• 1921 » Michael A. Epstein, English pathologist and academic
• 1922 » Bill Macy, American actor († 2019)
• 1922 » Kai Winding, Danish-American trombonist and composer († 1983)
• 1923 » Jean-Louis Roux, Canadian actor and politician, 34th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec († 2013)

• 1900 » Félix Ravaisson-Mollien, French archaeologist and philosopher (b. 1813)
• 1908 » Louis-Napoléon Casault, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1823)
• 1909 » George Meredith, English novelist and poet (b. 1828)
• 1909 » Isaac Albéniz, Spanish pianist and composer (b. 1860)
• 1910 » Eliza Orzeszkowa, Polish author and publisher (b. 1841)
• 1910 » Pauline Viardot, French soprano and composer (b. 1821)
• 1911 » Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1860)
• 1922 » Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, French physician and parasitologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)
• 1941 » Werner Sombart, German economist and sociologist (b. 1863)
• 1943 » Ōnishiki Daigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 28th Yokozuna (b. 1883)

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.
• April 21 » World War I: German fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen, better known as "The Red Baron", is shot down and killed over Vaux-sur-Somme in France.
• July 26 » Emmy Noether's paper, which became known as Noether's theorem was presented at Göttingen, Germany, from which conservation laws are deduced for symmetries of angular momentum, linear momentum, and energy.
• October 28 » First World War: A new Polish government in western Galicia is established, triggering the Polish–Ukrainian War.
• November 4 » World War I: The Armistice of Villa Giusti between Italy and Austria-Hungary is implemented.
• November 26 » The Montenegran Podgorica Assembly votes for a "union of the people", declaring assimilation into the Kingdom of Serbia.
• December 17 » Darwin Rebellion: Up to 1,000 demonstrators march on Government House in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.

The temperature on May 18, 1918 was between 11.7 °C and 26.0 °C and averaged 18.6 °C. There was 12.1 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.