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• Aloijsius de Bakker, Hontenisse,, Zeeland, Nederland († 2002)
• "Anton" Ludwig Karl Maria Egbert Richard Adam Pius Balthasar von Aretin, München, Bayern, Allemagne († 1981)
• Ariejan Tabak († 1984)
• Alouisius de Bakker, Hontenisse, Zeeland, Nederland († 2002)
• Alfons de Maat (Maet), Hengstdijk († 1975)
• Aaltje Wouda, Huizen († 2008)
• Barbara Vos, Chandler, Murray County, Minnesota († 1978)
• Anton, Freiherr von Arentin († 1981)
• Anna Maria Esther van der Kreeft, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2007)
• Anna May Helfrich, Odessa,NORT, Verenigde Staten († 2005)

• Ary Zonneveld (64), Kethel en Spaland
• Camillus D'havé (56), Knesselare
• Bartolomeus Harms OTTEN (84), Echten
• Arie Boom (70), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bastiaan de Groot (54), Groot-Ammers, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arend van Dijk (63), Zalk, Nederland
• Aaltien Woelderink (42), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Hendrica Helena Kloos (57), Schiedam
• Berend Westerhof (0), Dwingeloo
• Arie Goud (81), Strijen

• 1914 » Paul Rand, American graphic designer and art director († 1996)
• 1915 » Signe Hasso, Swedish-American actress († 2002)
• 1916 » Aleks Çaçi, Albanian journalist and author († 1989)
• 1917 » Óscar Romero, Salvadoran archbishop († 1980)
• 1917 » Jack Lynch, Irish footballer and politician, 5th Taoiseach of Ireland († 1999)
• 1919 » Benedict Kiely, Irish journalist and author († 2007)
• 1919 » Huntz Hall, American actor († 1999)
• 1920 » Judy Cassab, Austrian-Australian painter († 2008)
• 1921 » August Kowalczyk, Polish actor and director († 2012)
• 1922 » Leonard Baskin, American sculptor and illustrator († 2000)

• 1907 » Joseph Joachim, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1831)
• 1909 » Euclides da Cunha, Brazilian sociologist and journalist (b. 1866)
• 1917 » Thomas J. Higgins, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1831)
• 1925 » Konrad Mägi, Estonian painter and educator (b. 1878)
• 1928 » Anatole von Hügel, Italian ethnologist and academic, co-founded St Edmund's College, Cambridge (b. 1854)
• 1935 » Paul Signac, French painter and author (b. 1863)
• 1935 » Wiley Post, American pilot (b. 1898)
• 1935 » Will Rogers, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (b. 1879)
• 1936 » Grazia Deledda, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)
• 1942 » Mahadev Desai, Indian activist and author (b. 1892)

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 12 » The Imperial Japanese Navy battleship Kawachi blows up at Shunan, western Honshu, Japan, killing at least 621.
• August 13 » Women enlist in the United States Marine Corps for the first time. Opha May Johnson is the first woman to enlist.
• October 10 » RMS Leinster is torpedoed and sunk by UB-123, killing 564, the worst-ever on the Irish Sea.
• November 3 » Austria-Hungary enters into the Armistice of Villa Giusti with the Allies, and the Habsburg-ruled empire dissolves.
• November 11 » World War I: Germany signs an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car in the forest of Compiègne.
• November 27 » The Free Territory of Ukraine is established in Huliaipole.

The temperature on August 15, 1918 was between 7.9 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 11.9 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.