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• Alida Johanna Groenhoff, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1995)
• Charles Cornelis Roovers, Rijsbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1997)
• Anna Cornelia Ouwelant, Rotterdam († 1984)
• Albert Gritter, Ruinen († 2006)
• Angèle Barbiaux († 2002)
• Bernardus Hendrikus Schepers, Didam, Gelderland, Nederland († 2003)
• Kerkhof, Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Augusta Frieda Gretha Naamann, Berlin,, Berlin, Duitsland
• Adriana Cornelia Korteweg, Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Nederland († 2014)
• Anita Rose Klave, Plymouth County, Iowa († 2010)

• Adrianus Jacobus Verkleij (0), Reeuwijk
• Antonie Petrus Simonis (71), Raamsdonk
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• Aaltje Bodegraven (13), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Arie Evertsz Lanphen (57), Blaricum
• Catharina Krul (78), Venhuizen
• Alfred John PALMER (35), USA
• Claus Möller (39)
• Bernardus Navis (77), aalten
• Antonius Bakx (88), Roosendaal en Nispen, Nederland

• 1915 » Arnold Alexander Hall, English engineer, academic, and businessman († 2000)
• 1916 » Sinah Estelle Kelley, American chemist († 1982)
• 1916 » Yiannis Moralis, Greek painter and educator († 2009)
• 1917 » Dorian Leigh, American model († 2008)
• 1917 » Tony Lupien, American baseball player and coach († 2004)
• 1918 » Maurice Druon, French author and screenwriter († 2009)
• 1919 » Oleg Penkovsky, Russian colonel († 1963)
• 1920 » Eric Grant Yarrow, 3rd Baronet, English businessman († 2018)
• 1921 » Cleto Bellucci, Italian archbishop († 2013)
• 1921 » Judy Agnew, Second Lady of the United States († 2012)

• 1889 » Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly, French author and critic (b. 1808)
• 1895 » Carl Ludwig, German physician and physiologist (b. 1815)
• 1905 » Gédéon Ouimet, Canadian politician, 2nd Premier of Quebec (b. 1823)
• 1907 » Alferd Packer, American prospector (b. 1842)
• 1915 » Rupert Brooke, English poet (b. 1887)
• 1936 » Teresa de la Parra, French-Venezuelan author (b. 1889)
• 1951 » Charles G. Dawes, American banker and politician, 30th Vice President of the United States, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1951 » Jules Berry, French actor and director (b. 1883)
• 1959 » Bak Jungyang, Korean politician
• 1965 » George Adamski, Polish-American ufologist and author (b. 1891)

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.
• January 31 » A series of accidental collisions on a misty Scottish night leads to the loss of two Royal Navy submarines with over a hundred lives, and damage to another five British warships.
• March 25 » The Belarusian People's Republic is established.
• June 1 » World War I: Western Front: Battle of Belleau Wood: Allied Forces under John J. Pershing and James Harbord engage Imperial German Forces under Wilhelm, German Crown Prince.
• July 4 » Bolsheviks kill Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his family (Julian calendar date).
• September 15 » World War I: Allied troops break through the Bulgarian defenses on the Macedonian front.
• October 9 » The Finnish Parliament offers to Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse the throne of a short-lived Kingdom of Finland.

The temperature on April 23, 1918 was between 4.5 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.