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• Arie Uytterlinde, Puttershoek(ZH) († 1947)
• Abraham C Schoon, Indiana, VS († 1939)
• Antonius Johannes de Kort, Ginneken, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1969)
• Adriana Wildeman, Puttershoek († 2008)
• ALEXANDER C NORMAN, Shelby, North Carolina († 1918)
• Adélard Adrien Barrette († 1993)
• Agnes Flecken († 2004)
• Anna Winkens, Vaals, Limburg, Nederland († 1981)
• Arie van Bokkum, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1993)
• Adriaantje Wildeman, Puttershoek Z.H († 2008)

• Eskens (85), Princenhage, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aleida Christina Hesselink (81), Sheboygan County, Wisconsin
• Hendrik Jacobs Krikke (83), Schoterland
• Aafke Datema (45), Enschede
• Agnes Van Osch (72), Driel,, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arie Griffioen (61), Jutphaas, Utrecht, Nederland
• ANNA DE JONG (78), NUMANSDORP
• Adrianus Cornelis de Graaf (81), Rotterdam
• Jacob Schonewille (0), Hoogeveen
• Elisabeth Mandersloot (72), Amerongen

• 1912 » Charles Addams, American cartoonist, created The Addams Family († 1988)
• 1913 » Johnny Mize, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster († 1993)
• 1916 » Babe Pratt, Canadian ice hockey player († 1988)
• 1916 » W. L. Jeyasingham, Sri Lankan geographer and academic († 1989)
• 1920 » Vincent Gardenia, Italian-American actor († 1992)
• 1921 » Chester Kallman, American poet and translator († 1975)
• 1921 » Esmeralda Arboleda Cadavid, Colombian politician († 1997)
• 1922 » Alvin Dark, American baseball player and manager († 2014)
• 1922 » Jean-Pierre Rampal, French flute player († 2000)
• 1923 » Hugh Kenner, Canadian scholar and critic († 2003)

• 1892 » Tewfik Pasha, Egyptian ruler (b. 1852)
• 1893 » Josef Stefan, Slovenian physicist and mathematician (b. 1835)
• 1919 » Henry Ware Eliot, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Washington University in St. Louis (b. 1843)
• 1920 » Edmund Barton, Australian judge and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1849)
• 1927 » Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos, Greek politician, 99th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1851)
• 1931 » Edward Channing, American historian and author (b. 1856)
• 1932 » André Maginot, French sergeant and politician (b. 1877)
• 1936 » Guy d'Hardelot, French pianist and composer (b. 1858)
• 1941 » Charles Finger, English journalist and author (b. 1869)
• 1943 » Nikola Tesla, Serbian-American physicist and engineer (b. 1856)

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.
• May 26 » The Democratic Republic of Georgia is established.
• June 10 » The Austro-Hungarian battleship SMSSzent István sinks off the Croatian coast after being torpedoed by an Italian MAS motorboat; the event is recorded by camera from a nearby vessel.
• August 13 » Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) established as a public company in Germany.
• August 27 » Mexican Revolution: Battle of Ambos Nogales: U.S. Army forces skirmish against Mexican Carrancistas in the only battle of World War I fought on American soil.
• November 18 » Latvia declares its independence from Russia.
• November 21 » The Flag of Estonia, previously used by pro-independence activists, is formally adopted as the national flag of the Republic of Estonia.

The temperature on January 7, 1918 was between -3.6 °C and 3.1 °C and averaged 0.9 °C. There was 6.5 mm of rain. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.