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• Anthonie Johannes Maarschalkerweerd, Utrecht († 1961)
• Arie Maarten de Jong († 1995)
• Alvin Clayton († 1933)
• Angelie Maria van Bommel, Moergestel († 2016)
• Arthur Joseph McHugh, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, Verenigde Staten († 1918)
• Griek
• Antonie Stroom, Rotterdam. (Zuid-Holland) († 1995)
• Alvin H. Clayton, Pickens County, South Carolina († 1933)
• Angelie Maria van Bommel, Moergestel († 2016)
• Aleida Hendrika ten Thije, Haaksbergen († 1919)

• AGATHA JOHANNA VELDHEER (39), VLAARDINGEN
• Arend Noordhoek (64), Rotterdam
• Anna Maria Develing (42), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Christiaanse (41), Utrecht
• Bareld Wybes (Wiebes) Kootstra (84), Grootegast, Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Pretorius (72), MUIDEN (Gooise Meren), Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Andries Hendricus Nisman (51), Amsterdam
• Bareld Wiebes Kootstra (84), Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriaan Petri (1), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aafke Rosendal (87), Leeuwarden

• 1915 » Mary Innes-Ker, Duchess of Roxburghe († 2014)
• 1915 » Vasily Zaytsev, Russian captain († 1991)
• 1917 » Harry Cranbrook Allen, English historian († 1998)
• 1918 » Helene Hale, American politician († 2013)
• 1918 » Naoki Kazu, Japanese football player (d.1940s)
• 1918 » Stanley Armour Dunham, American sergeant († 1992)
• 1919 » Carl Graffunder, American architect and educator († 2013)
• 1920 » Neal Edward Smith, American pilot, lawyer and politician
• 1920 » Tetsuharu Kawakami, Japanese baseball player and manager († 2013)
• 1921 » Donald Campbell, English race car driver († 1967)

• 1883 » Arthur Macalister, Scottish-Australian politician, 2nd Premier of Queensland (b. 1818)
• 1884 » Henry C. Lord, American businessman (b. 1824)
• 1910 » Nadar, French photographer, journalist, and author (b. 1820)
• 1914 » Rafqa Pietra Choboq Ar-Rayès, Lebanese saint (b. 1832)
• 1923 » Hovhannes Tumanyan, Armenian poet and author (b. 1869)
• 1927 » Paul César Helleu, French painter and etcher (b. 1859)
• 1931 » Bhagat Singh, Indian activist (b. 1907)
• 1931 » Shivaram Rajguru, Indian activist (b. 1908)
• 1931 » Sukhdev Thapar, Indian activist (b. 1907)
• 1953 » Raoul Dufy, French painter and illustrator (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.
• February 1 » Russia adopts the Gregorian calendar.
• February 3 » The Twin Peaks Tunnel in San Francisco, California begins service as the longest streetcar tunnel in the world at 11,920 feet (3,633 meters) long.
• July 15 » World War I: The Second Battle of the Marne begins near the River Marne with a German attack.
• July 17 » The RMSCarpathia, the ship that rescued the 705 survivors from the RMSTitanic, is sunk off Ireland by the German SMU-55; five lives are lost.
• November 4 » World War I: The Armistice of Villa Giusti between Italy and Austria-Hungary is implemented.
• November 11 » World War I: Germany signs an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car in the forest of Compiègne.

The temperature on March 23, 1918 was between -1.5 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.