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• "Alain" Henri Marie Charles Guillet de Chatellus († 1987)
• Alberta voor de Poorte, Hoorn (gem. Heerde) († 1910)
• Albert Lawrence Froling, Illinois († 1968)
• Aaltje Klomp, Heerde (buurtschap Hoornerveen) († 1908)
• Adrianus ZANDBERGEN, Leiderdorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Huber, Leeuwarden
• - Vermeeren, Noord Eschmarke (Lonneker) († 1907)
• Akke Kok, Lemmer († 1912)
• Albert van der Laan, Hoogkerk
• Alida Maria de Wind, Schoondijke, Zld, NL

• Antonia (Tona) Pleune (94), Vlissingen
• Bregje de Waal (76), Den Ilp, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Jurjens van der Wijk (31), Hoornsterzwaag
• Adriana Maria van Dun (76), Tilburg
• Aaltjen Reinhards Weerts (83), Dedemsvaart, Ambt Hardenberg
• Albertus Schaller (68), Delft
• Aaltjen Bierman (84), Heelweg (Oude IJsselstreek)
• Albertha G Gelder (20)
• Anna Georges Hunter (84), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Bernardus Renders (60), Geel, 2440, België

• 1902 » Meredith Willson, American playwright and composer († 1984)
• 1904 » Jacob K. Javits, American colonel and politician, 58th New York Attorney General († 1986)
• 1904 » Shunryū Suzuki, Japanese-American monk and educator († 1971)
• 1905 » Hedley Verity, English cricketer and soldier († 1943)
• 1905 » Ruth Alexander, pioneering American pilot († 1930)
• 1907 » Irene Hunt, American author and educator († 2001)
• 1909 » Fred Perry, English-Australian tennis player and academic († 1995)
• 1910 » Ester Boserup, Danish economist and author († 1999)
• 1911 » Big Joe Turner, American blues/R&B singer († 1985)
• 1912 » Richard Brooks, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1992)

• 1889 » Isabella Glyn, Scottish-English actress (b. 1823)
• 1900 » Félix Ravaisson-Mollien, French archaeologist and philosopher (b. 1813)
• 1908 » Louis-Napoléon Casault, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1823)
• 1909 » George Meredith, English novelist and poet (b. 1828)
• 1909 » Isaac Albéniz, Spanish pianist and composer (b. 1860)
• 1910 » Eliza Orzeszkowa, Polish author and publisher (b. 1841)
• 1910 » Pauline Viardot, French soprano and composer (b. 1821)
• 1911 » Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1860)
• 1922 » Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, French physician and parasitologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)
• 1941 » Werner Sombart, German economist and sociologist (b. 1863)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacobus
10. Adrianus
11. Jacob
12. Wilhelmus
13. Dirk
14. Hendrikus
15. Arie
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Jacoba
11. Petronella
12. Aaltje
13. Grietje
14. Geertruida
15. Neeltje
16. Helena

• 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
• May 28 » The first Isle of Man TT race was held.
• October 9 » Las Cruces, New Mexico is incorporated.
• October 22 » A run on the stock of the Knickerbocker Trust Company sets events in motion that will spark the Panic of 1907.
• October 27 » Fifteen people are killed in Hungary when a gunman opens fire on a crowd gathered at a church consecration.
• November 16 » Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory join to form Oklahoma, which is admitted as the 46th U.S. state.
• December 31 » The first New Year's Eve celebration is held in Times Square (then known as Longacre Square) in Manhattan.

The temperature on May 18, 1907 was between 1.8 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 4.6 mm of rain. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.