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• Anne Bos († 1936)
• Cornelia Hendrika de Vries de Vries, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1992)
• Cornelis Don, Maassluis († 1995)
• Antje Adriana Advocaat, Rotterdam († 1989)
• Antje Jager, Hoogezand, Groningen, Nederland († 2009)
• Anna Gesina Teiken, Zwartemeer, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Cornelia Johanna Verhagen, Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2003)
• Anne Rinzema, Achtkarspelen († 2007)
• Catharina Goverdina Huiskes, Arnhem
• Antonius Hendrikus Herder, Raalte († 1923)

• Anna Jacoba Bruijn, de (73), Hilversum
• Anton Heimann (86), Glandorf, Niedersachsen, Deutschland
• "Heerke Gerhardus" van Os (81), Bergum
• Antonius van Laar (19), Hoogland
• "Arthur" Wills John Wellington Trumbull Blundell Hill (46)
• Aleida Schipper (27), Ambt Hardenberg
• Antonia van Heesch (47), Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje van de Poll (55), Rhenen
• Arie Stuij (77), Rotterdam
• Alfred BENCE-TROWER (37)

• 1914 » Stacy Keach Sr., American actor († 2003)
• 1914 » Tenzing Norgay, Nepalese-Indian mountaineer († 1986)
• 1915 » Karl Münchinger, German conductor and composer († 1990)
• 1917 » John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States († 1963)
• 1917 » Marcel Trudel, Canadian historian, author, and academic († 2011)
• 1919 » Jacques Genest, Canadian physician and academic († 2018)
• 1920 » Clifton James, American actor († 2017)
• 1920 » John Harsanyi, Hungarian-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2000)
• 1921 » Norman Hetherington, Australian cartoonist and puppeteer († 2010)
• 1922 » Joe Weatherly, American race car driver († 1964)

• 1903 » Bruce Price, American architect, designed the Château Frontenac and American Surety Building (b. 1845)
• 1910 » Mily Balakirev, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1837)
• 1911 » W. S. Gilbert, English playwright and poet (b. 1836)
• 1914 » Henry Seton-Karr, English explorer, hunter, and author (b. 1853)
• 1914 » Laurence Sydney Brodribb Irving, English author and playwright (b. 1871)
• 1917 » Kate Harrington, American poet and educator (b. 1831)
• 1919 » Robert Bacon, American colonel and politician, 39th United States Secretary of State (b. 1860)
• 1920 » Carlos Deltour, French rower (b. 1864)
• 1921 » Abbott Handerson Thayer, American painter and educator (b. 1849)
• 1935 » Josef Suk, Czech violinist and composer (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.
• May 2 » General Motors acquires the Chevrolet Motor Company of Delaware.
• September 29 » The Hindenburg Line is broken by an Allied attack.
• September 29 » World War I: Bulgaria signs the Armistice of Salonica.
• November 7 » The 1918 influenza epidemic spreads to Western Samoa, killing 7,542 (about 20% of the population) by the end of the year.
• November 14 » Czechoslovakia becomes a republic.
• December 14 » The 1918 United Kingdom general election occurs, the first where women were permitted to vote.

The temperature on May 29, 1918 was between 5.2 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 11.9 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.