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• Albert Oort, Giethoorn († 2004)
• Adrianus Maria van Liempt, Woensel, Eindhoven († 1987)
• Aaltje MAZENIER, Emmen († 2007)
• Albertje Hommes, Delfzijl, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1966)
• Charles Abel Killingsworth, Collins, St.Clair County, Missouri, Verenigde Staten († 1921)
• Aaltje Mazenier, Emmen († 2007)
• Antonius Hemel, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1943)
• Alida Duym, Appels († 1998)
• Anna Maria Ruijs, Oss († 2008)
• Anne Gerbens Stenekes († 2001)

• Adriaan Brenkman (1), Gouda
• Adrianus van Herk (63), Berkel en Rodenrijs, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Jacoba Rijnhoud (71), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Schreurs (89), Thorn
• Alberdina Maria verhoeff (80), Arnhem
• Adriana Johanna Drees (30), Rotterdam
• Alida Hendrika van Westening (86), Rhenen
• Adriaan Veenhoven (72), Veendam, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Peeters (81), Noorderwijk, Herentals, België
• Adriana Moens (43), Middelburg, Nederland

• 1916 » Antoni Bazaniak, Polish sprint canoeist († 1979)
• 1917 » Ahron Soloveichik, Russian rabbi and scholar († 2001)
• 1917 » Danielle Darrieux, French actress and singer († 2017)
• 1917 » John Beradino, American baseball player and actor († 1996)
• 1917 » Ulric Cross, Trinidadian navigator, judge, and diplomat († 2013)
• 1918 » Gersh Budker, Ukrainian-Russian physicist and academic († 1977)
• 1918 » Jack Paar, American comedian, author and talk show host († 2004)
• 1919 » Dan O'Herlihy, Irish-American actor († 2005)
• 1919 » Manna Dey, Indian singer and composer († 2013)
• 1919 » Mohammed Karim Lamrani, Moroccan businessman and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Morocco († 2018)

• 1899 » Ludwig Büchner, German physiologist and physician (b. 1824)
• 1904 » Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer and academic (b. 1841)
• 1913 » John Barclay Armstrong, American lieutenant (b. 1850)
• 1920 » Princess Margaret of Connaught (b. 1882)
• 1935 » Henri Pélissier, French cyclist (b. 1889)
• 1943 » Johan Oscar Smith, Norwegian religious leader, founded the Brunstad Christian Church (b. 1871)
• 1945 » Joseph Goebbels, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1897)
• 1945 » Magda Goebbels, German wife of Joseph Goebbels (b. 1901)
• 1953 » Everett Shinn, American painter and illustrator (b. 1876)
• 1956 » LeRoy Samse, American pole vaulter (b. 1883)

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.
• July 4 » Bolsheviks kill Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his family (Julian calendar date).
• July 4 » World War I: The Battle of Hamel, a successful attack by the Australian Corps against German positions near the town of Le Hamel on the Western Front.
• August 30 » Fanni Kaplan shoots and seriously injures Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin, which along with the assassination of Bolshevik senior official Moisei Uritsky days earlier, prompts the decree for Red Terror.
• October 1 » Sayid Abdullah becomes the last Khan of Khiva.
• 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 3 » Austria-Hungary enters into the Armistice of Villa Giusti with the Allies, and the Habsburg-ruled empire dissolves.

The temperature on May 1, 1918 was between 3.5 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.