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• Alice van der Laan, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2015)
• Albert Pullen, Bergentheim († 1988)
• Anne KREISS, Brest,29200,Finistère,Bretagne,FRANCE († 1921)
• Antonius Theodorus Catharina Adrianus Pijnenburg, Tilburg († 1999)
• Koster, Vlaardingen
• Anna Sellis, Oldebroek, Gelderland, Nederland († 1991)
• Alfons Lemsen, Essen (D) († 1979)
• Albert C. Holmes, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten († 1999)
• Anne de Vries, Rotterdam († 2003)
• Alice Henrietta VanderLaan, Chicago Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2015)

• Alida de Vries (56), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Dongelmans (62), Utrecht
• Anna Maria Scholten (54)
• Aaltje van Dieren (78), IJsselmuiden, Ov, The Netherlands
• Antje Riemers Riedstra (52), Birdaard
• Adrianus van de Luijtgaarden (0), Zevenbergen
• Alko de Groot (31), Wedde, Groningen, Netherlands
• Alfred D Brooker, Salonika
• Albertus SCHEEN (38), Dalfsen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antonius Jacobus Ober (1), Leiden

• 1913 » Menachem Begin, Belarusian-Israeli politician, Prime Minister of Israel, Nobel Prize laureate († 1992)
• 1915 » Al Hibbler, American baritone singer († 2001)
• 1916 » Iggy Katona, American race car driver († 2003)
• 1917 » Matt Christopher, American author († 1997)
• 1917 » Roque Cordero, Panamanian composer and educator († 2008)
• 1919 » Karl-Heinz Euling, German captain († 2014)
• 1920 » Charles Bukowski, German-American poet, novelist, and short story writer († 1994)
• 1922 » Ernie Freeman, American pianist and bandleader († 2001)
• 1922 » James Casey, English comedian, radio scriptwriter and producer († 2011)
• 1923 » Millôr Fernandes, Brazilian journalist and playwright († 2012)

• 1899 » Robert Bunsen, German chemist and academic (b. 1811)
• 1900 » José Maria de Eça de Queirós, Portuguese journalist and author (b. 1845)
• 1904 » Prentiss Ingraham, American soldier and author (b. 1843)
• 1911 » Patrick Francis Moran, Irish-Australian cardinal (b. 1830)
• 1914 » Carl Theodor Schulz, German-Norwegian gardener (b. 1835)
• 1916 » George Scott, English footballer (b. 1885)
• 1920 » Henry Daglish, Australian politician, 6th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1866)
• 1921 » Peter I of Serbia (b. 1844)
• 1938 » Andrej Hlinka, Slovak priest, journalist, and politician (b. 1864)
• 1938 » Robert Johnson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1911)

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. Geertruida
14. Helena
15. Grietje
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.
• 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.
• January 8 » U.S. President Woodrow Wilson announces his "Fourteen Points" for the aftermath of World War I.
• February 5 » SSTuscania is torpedoed off the coast of Ireland; it is the first ship carrying American troops to Europe to be torpedoed and sunk.
• June 26 » World War I: Allied forces under John J. Pershing and James Harbord defeat Imperial German forces under Wilhelm, German Crown Prince in the Battle of Belleau Wood.
• August 30 » Fanni Kaplan shoots and seriously injures Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin, which along with the assassination of Bolshevik senior official Moisei Uritsky days earlier, prompts the decree for Red Terror.
• November 11 » Emperor Charles I of Austria relinquishes power.
• December 1 » Transylvania unites with Romania, following the incorporation of Bessarabia (March 27) and Bukovina (November 28), thus concluding the Great Union.

The temperature on August 16, 1918 was between 6.9 °C and 21.6 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.