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• Anna Cornelia Gijsberta Pellekoorne, Maassluis († 2000)
• Adrianus Marinus Lauentius Antonius Vermeer, Loon op Zand († 1924)
• anne gutman, leeuwarden († 1975)
• Alida Moll, Bussum († 1919)
• Bernardus Stoffels, Halsteren, N-Br, NL († 1918)
• Bettie Maritz, Burton-on-Trent, Derby, England († 2002)
• Andrina van As, Dordrecht († 2005)
• Adriana van Roosmalen, Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1993)
• Bruce Frederick LITTLEJOHN, Nile, Tasmania, Australia († 1990)
• Braulina Grah, Anitápolis, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1997)

• Anna Maria Klerx (0), Baardwijk
• Anna Geertruida Knobbout (55), Zutphen (GL)
• Anna Petronella Centen (0), Wanroij
• Antje Jansd de Boer (78), edam
• Ada Jane Ralston **** (84), Jefferson, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Wilhelmina Baan (31), Gouda
• Adriaan Ballemans (75), Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Nuijten (4), Halsteren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Petronella++++ CENTEN (0), Wanroij(N-Br.)
• Annigje Santing (0), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1915 » Christopher Mayhew, English soldier and politician († 1997)
• 1915 » Priscilla Lane, American actress († 1995)
• 1916 » Irwin Allen, American director and producer († 1991)
• 1916 » Raúl Héctor Castro, Mexican-American politician and diplomat, 14th Governor of Arizona († 2015)
• 1918 » Christie Jayaratnam Eliezer, Sri Lankan-Australian mathematician and academic († 2001)
• 1918 » Georgia Louise Harris Brown, American architect († 1999)
• 1918 » Samuel Z. Arkoff, American film producer († 2001)
• 1919 » Uta Hagen, German-American actress and educator († 2004)
• 1920 » Dave Berg, American soldier and cartoonist († 2002)
• 1920 » Peter Jones, English actor and screenwriter († 2000)

• 1900 » Lucretia Peabody Hale, American journalist and author (b. 1820)
• 1904 » Camille of Renesse-Breidbach (b. 1836)
• 1912 » Frédéric Passy, French economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1822)
• 1917 » Teresa Carreño, Venezuelan-American singer-songwriter, pianist, and conductor (b. 1853)
• 1932 » Theo Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1852)
• 1937 » Mikhail Tukhachevsky, Russian general (b. 1893)
• 1944 » Erich Marcks, German general (b. 1891)
• 1946 » Médéric Martin, Canadian politician, mayor of Montreal (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Harry Lawson, Australian politician, 27th Premier of Victoria (b. 1875)
• 1957 » Jimmy Dorsey, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (The Dorsey Brothers and The California Ramblers) (b. 1904)

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 21 » The last Carolina parakeet dies in captivity at the Cincinnati Zoo.
• March 12 » Moscow becomes the capital of Russia again after Saint Petersburg held this status for most of the period since 1713.
• June 24 » First airmail service in Canada from Montreal to Toronto.
• September 28 » World War I: The Fifth Battle of Ypres begins.
• December 17 » Darwin Rebellion: Up to 1,000 demonstrators march on Government House in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.

The temperature on June 12, 1918 was between 7.0 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.