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• Aaltje Engels, Oosterhesselen († 1961)
• Alida Pauline Severson, Juneau Co., Wisconsin († 1918)
• Bonne Pals, Emmen († 1978)
• Areke (Aartje) van Dam, Meerkerk, Utrecht, The Netherlands († 2013)
• Albert E. Abell († 1996)
• Pinkster, Musselkanaal (Onstwedde) († 1918)
• Anna Hendrika RADSTAKE († 1984)
• Andries VAN ES, Melissant († 2000)
• Antonius Mathijs Heerkens, Den Haag, S-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1944)
• Albert Leonard Goodman, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 1989)

• Aart Slingerland (91), Berkenwoude
• Anje Koning (76), Slochteren, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Worst (7), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Andrika Jansdr de Graaff (4), Rotterdam
• Albert Joseph Borgt (0), Stoppeldijk, Vogelwaarde, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Alfred DUBOIS (78), Le Tréport, 76711, Seine Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
• Aalbert WESTBROEK (90), Krimpen aan de Lek
• Aagje Breukhoven (53), Rotterdam
• Barbara Brigitha Willemse, Bloemendaal, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Buitelaar (61), Delft

• 1916 » Jane Jacobs, American-Canadian journalist, author, and activist († 2006)
• 1916 » Richard Proenneke, American soldier, carpenter, and meteorologist († 2003)
• 1917 » Edward T. Cone, American pianist and composer († 2004)
• 1917 » Nick Joaquin, Filipino writer, journalist and historian († 2004)
• 1918 » Kakuei Tanaka, Japanese soldier and politician, 64th Prime Minister of Japan († 1993)
• 1918 » Tom Mead, Australian journalist and politician († 2004)
• 1919 » Basil Yamey, South African-English economist and academic
• 1919 » Dory Funk, American wrestler and trainer († 1973)
• 1921 » John van Kesteren, Dutch-American tenor and actor († 2008)
• 1921 » Patsy Garrett, American actress and singer († 2015)

• 1903 » Gotse Delchev, Macedonian Bulgarian revolutionary IMRO (b. 1872)
• 1912 » Nettie Stevens, American geneticist credited with discovering sex chromosomes (b. 1861)
• 1916 » Ned Daly, Irish rebel commander (Easter Rising) (b. 1891)
• 1916 » John Murray, Australian politician, 23rd Premier of Victoria (b. 1851)
• 1916 » Joseph Plunkett, Irish rebel and writer (b. 1887)
• 1916 » Willie Pearse, Irish rebel (b. 1891)
• 1919 » Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Slovak general and politician (b. 1880)
• 1922 » Viktor Kingissepp, Estonian politician (b. 1888)
• 1923 » Ralph McKittrick, American golfer and tennis player (b. 1877)
• 1924 » E. Nesbit, English author and poet (b. 1858)

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 17 » Finnish Civil War: The first serious battles take place between the Red Guards and the White Guard.
• March 3 » Russia signs the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, agreeing to withdraw from World War I, and conceding German control of the Baltic States, Belarus and Ukraine. It also conceded Turkish control of Ardahan, Kars and Batumi.
• 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 8 » World War I: Corporal Alvin C. York kills 28 German soldiers and captures 132 for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor.
• November 9 » Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany abdicates after the German Revolution, and Germany is proclaimed a Republic.
• December 28 » Constance Markievicz, while detained in Holloway prison, became the first woman to be elected MP to the British House of Commons.

The temperature on May 4, 1918 was between 9.2 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.