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• Albert Falise, Aalst-bij-Sint-Truiden, België († 1918)
• Beelen Elisabeth Beelen († 1994)
• Carolina Jeanne Swart, Paré, Oost Java, Indonesië († 2005)
• Cornelus Maria Rovers, Sint-Oedenrode, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1998)
• Alfons Jan Francken († 1991)
• Bernardina Clasina Overvliet, Leidschendam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2006)
• Jonker, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1918)
• , Baarle-Nassau, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1919)
• * Aaltje Markensteijn, Papendrecht († 1999)
• Derk Coenraads, Musselkanaal († 1918)

• Alfred HIBON (29), Vouziers (FRA)
• Albertus Baldewijns (0), Borgloon, België
• Adrianus Maria Swaanen (0), Tilburg
• Antonetta Smeets (67), Kessel
• Annigje van der Wenden (78), Paasloo
• Anna Maria Merklin (76)
• Alice van Bergen (36), Cook County (Illinois, USA)
• Anna Gesina Catharina - Maria Gesina Catharina Dreijer (33), Versen, Meppen, Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• * Gerrit van Genderen (66), Leerbroek
• Albertus Rouwenhorst (27), Warnsveld

• 1913 » Joe Simon, American author and illustrator († 2011)
• 1915 » T. Llew Jones, Welsh author and poet († 2009)
• 1916 » Nanaji Deshmukh, Indian educator and activist († 2010)
• 1918 » Fred Bodsworth, Canadian journalist and author († 2012)
• 1918 » Jerome Robbins, American director, producer, and choreographer († 1998)
• 1919 » Art Blakey, American drummer and bandleader († 1990)
• 1919 » Douglas Albert Munro, United States Coast Guard signalman, posthumously awarded Medal of Honor († 1942)
• 1922 » G. C. Edmondson, American soldier and author († 1995)
• 1924 » André Emmerich, German-American art dealer († 2007)
• 1924 » Sammy McCrory, Northern Irish footballer († 2011)

• 1896 » Anton Bruckner, Austrian organist, composer, and educator (b. 1824)
• 1896 » Edward Benson, English archbishop (b. 1829)
• 1897 » Léon Boëllmann, French organist and composer (b. 1862)
• 1904 » Mary Tenney Gray, American editorial writer, club-woman, philanthropist, and suffragette (b. 1833)
• 1908 » Rita Cetina Gutiérrez, Mexican poet, educator, and activist (b. 1846)
• 1932 » William Alden Smith, American lawyer and politician (b. 1859)
• 1935 » Steele Rudd, Australian author (b. 1868)
• 1940 » Vito Volterra, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1860)
• 1941 » Heinrich Gutkin, Estonian businessman and politician (b. 1879)
• 1941 » Mihkel Pung, Estonian politician, 11th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1876)

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.
• January 26 » Finnish Civil War: A group of Red Guards hangs a red lantern atop the tower of Helsinki Workers' Hall to symbolically mark the start of the war.
• February 25 » German forces capture Tallinn to virtually complete the occupation of Estonia.
• April 24 » World War I: First tank-to-tank combat, during the second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux. Three British Mark IVs meet three German A7Vs.
• June 8 » A solar eclipse is observed at Baker City, Oregon by scientists and an artist hired by the United States Navy.
• July 12 » The Imperial Japanese Navy battleship Kawachi blows up at Shunan, western Honshu, Japan, killing at least 621.
• 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.

The temperature on October 11, 1918 was between 6.5 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.