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• Antonius Leonardus Klerx, Vlijmen († 1996)
• Anna Antonia Wilhelmina (Annie) Luiken, Groenlo († 1985)
• Alberta van de Scheur, Rhenen († 1919)
• Albert Marinus Philipsen, Holthees, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1938)
• Arie BOOGERMAN Jzn, Rotterdam, NL-ZH († 1920)
• Arie koorneef († 1995)
• Arnold (Arnold Franciscus Gerhard) Jeucken, Holzheim-Minkel (D), Allemagne († 1998)
• Aaltje Koopstra († 2001)
• Albert van Hoorn, Ellersinghuizen, Vlagtwedde, Groningen, Netherlands († 1998)
• Antje de Bruin, Kollumerzwaag, gem. Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland († 1994)

• Aaltje Adriana Mourik (1904), Oudewater
• Anna Maria Rijnfrank (90), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Bernardus ter Borg (51), Enschede
• Adriaan van Drongelen (82), Terneuzen
• Alida Maria van Leeuwen (43), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• * Wilhelmus Johannes Gonlag (88), Schiedam
• Angelus Naeye (84), Harelbeke, België
• Anna Freesemann (15), Butler County, Iowa
• Aaltje ten Elze (89)
• Arie Bal (39), North Sea

• 1913 » Jimmy Hoffa, American trade union leader († 1975)
• 1913 » Mel Allen, American sportscaster († 1996)
• 1913 » Woody Hayes, American football player and coach († 1987)
• 1916 » Edward Platt, American actor († 1974)
• 1916 » Marcel Bigeard, French general († 2010)
• 1916 » Masaki Kobayashi, Japanese director and producer († 1996)
• 1916 » Sally Gray, English actress and singer († 2006)
• 1917 » Herbert A. Hauptman, American mathematician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2011)
• 1921 » Hazel McCallion, Canadian businesswoman and politician, 3rd Mayor of Mississauga
• 1921 » Hugh Downs, American journalist, game show host, and producer

• 1894 » Eugène Charles Catalan, Belgian-French mathematician and academic (b. 1814)
• 1901 » Edward Stafford, Scottish-New Zealand educator and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1819)
• 1910 » Giovanni Passannante, Italian anarchist (b. 1849)
• 1922 » Heikki Ritavuori, Finnish lawyer and politician (b. 1880)
• 1929 » Thomas Burke, American sprinter, coach, and lawyer (b. 1875)
• 1930 » Thomas Mackenzie, Scottish-New Zealand cartographer and politician, 18th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1853)
• 1933 » Carl Correns, German botanist and geneticist (b. 1864)
• 1942 » Adnan Saidi, Malayan lieutenant (b. 1915)
• 1943 » David Hilbert, Russian-German mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1862)
• 1943 » Dora Gerson, German actress and singer (b. 1899)

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.
• March 23 » First World War: On the third day of the German Spring Offensive, the 10th Battalion of the Royal West Kent Regiment is annihilated with many of the men becoming prisoners of war
• March 27 » The National Council of Bessarabia proclaims union with the Kingdom of Romania.
• September 28 » World War I: The Fifth Battle of Ypres begins.
• November 1 » Western Ukraine separates from Austria-Hungary.
• November 13 » World War I: Allied troops occupy Constantinople, the capital of the Ottoman Empire.
• December 14 » The 1918 United Kingdom general election occurs, the first where women were permitted to vote.

The temperature on February 14, 1918 was between -1.6 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 3.2 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.