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• Cornelia Catharina Oosterbos, Roosendaal en Nispen, Noord-Brabant, NL († 2008)
• Cornelia Naaktgeboren (Ongehuwd), Dubbeldam (Zuid-Holland) († 2010)
• Catharina Margaretha Bols, Musselkanaal († 1995)
• Catharina Margaretha "Catrien" Bols, Musselkanaal, Nederland († 1995)
• Aaltje Wiegman, Stadskanaal (Onstwedde) († 2008)
• Anne Postema, Oldekerk († 2010)
• Albert Triemstra, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan († 2011)
• Adriana van Dingenen, Hoogeloon, Hapert en Casteren († 1992)
• Bernard Kaijser, Horsten gem. Onstwedde
• Andrea Maria Colpaert, Lichtervelde, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium († 1986)

• Willem Zijlmans (87), Geertruidenberg
• Agatha Lieshout (39), Uitgeest
• Antonius Johannes Petersen (3), Ulft, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alijda van de Pol (74), Nijkerk
• Anna Maria Frederika van de Pas (27), Stratum
• Anna Houtenbos (26), Alkmaar
• Ariaantje Groen (58), Landsmeer
• Albert Strampel (77), Avereest
• Abraham Horree (75), Delft, Nederland
• Anna Gertrud Kempen (62), Ubach over Worms (Waubach)

• 1915 » Gyula Zsengellér, Hungarian-Cypriot footballer and manager († 1999)
• 1915 » William Masters, American gynecologist, author, and academic († 2001)
• 1916 » Cathy Lewis, American actress († 1968)
• 1916 » Werner Baumbach, German pilot († 1953)
• 1917 » Buddy Boudreaux, American saxophonist and clarinet player († 2015)
• 1917 » Onni Palaste, Finnish soldier and author († 2009)
• 1917 » T. Nadaraja, Sri Lankan lawyer and academic († 2004)
• 1918 » John Celardo, American captain and illustrator († 2012)
• 1919 » Charles Sweeney, American general and pilot († 2004)
• 1920 » Bruce Hobbs, American jockey and trainer († 2005)

• 1900 » William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, English engineer and businessman, founded Armstrong Whitworth (b. 1810)
• 1914 » Charles Martin Hall, American chemist and engineer (b. 1863)
• 1919 » Achilles Alferaki, Russian-Greek composer and politician, Governor of Taganrog (b. 1846)
• 1923 » Gustave Eiffel, French architect and engineer, co-designed the Eiffel Tower (b. 1832)
• 1924 » Agda Meyerson, Swedish nurse and healthcare activist (b. 1866)
• 1936 » Mehmet Akif Ersoy, Turkish poet, academic, and politician (b. 1873)
• 1938 » Calvin Bridges, American geneticist and academic (b. 1889)
• 1938 » Osip Mandelstam, Polish-Russian poet and critic (b. 1891)
• 1938 » Zona Gale, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1874)
• 1939 » Rinaldo Cuneo, American painter (b. 1877)

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. 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.
• March 21 » World War I: The first phase of the German Spring Offensive, Operation Michael, begins.
• July 12 » The Imperial Japanese Navy battleship Kawachi blows up at Shunan, western Honshu, Japan, killing at least 621.
• October 1 » Sayid Abdullah becomes the last Khan of Khiva.
• November 14 » Czechoslovakia becomes a republic.
• November 27 » The Free Territory of Ukraine is established in Huliaipole.
• December 4 » U.S. President Woodrow Wilson sails for the World War I peace talks in Versailles, becoming the first US president to travel to Europe while in office.

The temperature on December 27, 1918 was between 0.4 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 3.0 °C. There was 6.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.