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• Carmine T. Giantini († 2002)
• Bernhard Leonhard Jansema, Boele († 2001)
• Aaltje Sloot, Bergentheim († 1990)
• Carolina Maria Petronella van de Sande, Tilburg († 2009)
• Stuut, Groningen († 1918)
• Aaltje van de Visch, Barneveld, Gelderland, Nederland († 1918)
• Albert Ap Kruijer, Beilen,Drenthe,Niederlande († 1989)
• Alida Louise Huhnholz, Salatiga, Java, Ned. Indie
• Catherine Holzer, Hague, Emmons, North Dakota, Verenigde Staten († 2013)
• Adriana Kroes, Dordrecht († 1996)

• Adolphe Henri Adolphe de Macar (70), Brussel
• Baukje Sietes de Boer (63), Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Baukje de Boer (63), Drachten
• Dikkers (0), Ede
• Annetta Meeuwissen (43), Ulestraten (Meerssen), Limburg, Nederland
• Hendrik Hartman (0), Vreeswijk
• Antonia Elisabeth SCHMAND
• Berend Jan ten Brinke (56), Beerzerveld (Ommen, Ambt), Overijssel, Nederland
• Baukjen de Boer (63)
• Aaltje Beute (0), Steenwijk

• 1914 » Angus MacLean, Canadian farmer and politician, 25th Premier of Prince Edward Island († 2000)
• 1914 » Turk Broda, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 1972)
• 1915 » Henrik Sandberg, Danish production manager and producer († 1993)
• 1915 » Hilda Bernstein, English-South African author and activist († 2006)
• 1915 » Paul Samuelson, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2009)
• 1916 » Vera Gebuhr, Danish actress († 2014)
• 1918 » Arthur Jackson, American lieutenant and target shooter († 2015)
• 1918 » Eddy Arnold, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor († 2008)
• 1918 » Joseph Wiseman, Canadian-American actor († 2009)
• 1920 » Michel Audiard, French director and screenwriter († 1985)

• 1914 » Ida Freund, Austrian-born chemist and educator (b. 1863)
• 1919 » Hasan Tahsin, Turkish journalist (b. 1888)
• 1924 » Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant, French diplomat and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1926 » Joseph James Fletcher, Australian biologist (b. 1850)
• 1928 » Umegatani Tōtarō I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 15th Yokozuna (b. 1845)
• 1935 » Kazimir Malevich, Ukrainian-Russian painter and theoretician (b. 1878)
• 1937 » Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1864)
• 1945 » Charles Williams, English author, poet, and critic (b. 1886)
• 1945 » Kenneth J. Alford, English soldier, bandmaster, and composer (b. 1881)
• 1948 » Edward J. Flanagan, Irish-American priest, founded Boys Town (b. 1886)

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.
• March 12 » Moscow becomes the capital of Russia again after Saint Petersburg held this status for most of the period since 1713.
• July 6 » The Left SR uprising in Russia starts with the assassination of German ambassador Wilhelm von Mirbach by Cheka members.
• July 17 » Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his immediate family and retainers are executed by Bolshevik Chekists at the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg, Russia.
• August 21 » World War I: The Second Battle of the Somme begins.
• October 26 » Erich Ludendorff, quartermaster-general of the Imperial German Army, is dismissed by Kaiser Wilhelm II for refusing to cooperate in peace negotiations.
• November 7 » Kurt Eisner overthrows the Wittelsbach dynasty in the Kingdom of Bavaria.

The temperature on May 15, 1918 was between 4.5 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.