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• Arie Kranenburg, Halfweg, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2006)
• Anna Maria Oudt, Amsterdam († 2005)
• Aart Meijles, Eenigenburg, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1984)
• Bernardus Antonius Johannes Maria van Dijk, Tilburg, Nederland († 1995)
• Catharina Maria Peperkamp, Castricum († 1976)
• Bertele Kromhout van der Meer, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1973)
• Cleo Quella McGriff, Redfield, Dallas County, Iowa († 2009)
• Cornelia Galle († 1989)
• Aagje Kweekel, Spijkenisse († 2005)
• Arie Kranenburg, Haarlemmerliede († 2006)

• Adrianus van der Schaft (49), Utrecht
• Aaltje de Graaf (11), Amsterdam
• Arie Post (83), Nootdorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Allegonda Theodora Josephina Horbach (42), Venlo, Limburg, Nederland
• Annechien Sijckman (78), Foxhol (Midden-Groningen)
• Aaltje de Ridder (80), Zwammerdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• ARiaantje Hogewoning (14), Rijnsburg
• Adrianus Van Gogh (66), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Aaltje Goudswaard (65), rotterdam (zuid holland)
• Aaltje Goudswaard (65), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1914 » Charles Beetham, American middle-distance runner († 1997)
• 1914 » Dorival Caymmi, Brazilian singer-songwriter, actor, and painter († 2008)
• 1916 » Claude Shannon, American mathematician and engineer († 2001)
• 1916 » Paul Kuusberg, Estonian journalist and author († 2003)
• 1916 » Robert Shaw, American conductor († 1999)
• 1917 » Bea Wain, American singer († 2017)
• 1920 » Duncan Hamilton, Irish-English race car driver and pilot († 1994)
• 1920 » Tom Moore, British army officer and fundraiser
• 1921 » Roger L. Easton, American scientist, co-invented the GPS († 2014)
• 1922 » Anton Murray, South African cricketer († 1995)

• 1883 » Édouard Manet, French painter (b. 1832)
• 1891 » Joseph Leidy, American paleontologist and author (b. 1823)
• 1900 » Casey Jones, American railroad engineer (b. 1863)
• 1903 » Emily Stowe, Canadian physician and activist (b. 1831)
• 1910 » Jean Moréas, Greek poet and critic (b. 1856)
• 1936 » A. E. Housman, English poet and scholar (b. 1859)
• 1939 » Frank Haller, American boxer (b. 1883)
• 1943 » Beatrice Webb, English sociologist and economist (b. 1858)
• 1943 » Otto Jespersen, Danish linguist and academic (b. 1860)
• 1953 » Jacob Linzbach, Estonian linguist and author (b. 1874)

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.
• February 6 » British women over the age of 30 who meet minimum property qualifications, get the right to vote when Representation of the People Act 1918 is passed by Parliament.
• February 16 » The Council of Lithuania unanimously adopts the Act of Independence, declaring Lithuania an independent state.
• November 1 » Malbone Street Wreck: The worst rapid transit accident in US history occurs under the intersection of Malbone Street and Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, New York City, with at least 102 deaths.
• November 26 » The Montenegran Podgorica Assembly votes for a "union of the people", declaring assimilation into the Kingdom of Serbia.
• December 1 » Transylvania unites with Romania, following the incorporation of Bessarabia (March 27) and Bukovina (November 28), thus concluding the Great Union.
• December 14 » Friedrich Karl von Hessen, a German prince elected by the Parliament of Finland to become King Väinö I, renounces the Finnish throne.

The temperature on April 30, 1918 was between 5.6 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.