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• Aaltje Meems, Exloermond, Odoorn († 1917)
• Andri Grootoonk, Dedemsvaart
• Anna Elise Brandau, Heimboldshausen, Philippsthal, Hessen, Deutschland († 2003)
• * Meijer, Rhenen, Utrecht, NL († 1919)
• Anna Cauveren, Amsterdam, Nederland († 1943)
• Anna Maria van Heijnsbergen, Beek en Donk, NL († 1913)
• Andreas Aurel Jaecques, Klerken
• Aaltje Bos, Urk
• Aloysius Lambertus Hendricus Maria van Tol, Amsterdam, Noord Holland Nederland († 1978)
• Gerritje Berkhof, Renswoude

• Angenieta Kwaadland (65), Goedereede
• Aaltje Koning (0), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Tiggelman (0), Ooltgensplaat, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Casper Rickerl (56), Haverhill, Marshall, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Adriaan de Jong (90), Steenbergen
• Anje Krijf (76), Wildervank
• Aart Mekking (82), Bennekom, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albert Putman (79)
• Apollonia Bouwens (80), Graauw en Langendam, Zeeland, Nederland
• Albertina Margaretha van Spreeuwenburg (85), Malang, Indonesie

• 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 » Perry Como, American singer and television host († 2001)
• 1912 » Richard Brooks, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1992)
• 1912 » Walter Sisulu, South African politician († 2003)
• 1913 » Jane Birdwood, Baroness Birdwood, Canadian-English publisher and politician († 2000)
• 1914 » Boris Christoff, Bulgarian-Italian opera singer († 1993)
• 1914 » Pierre Balmain, French fashion designer, founded Balmain († 1982)
• 1917 » Bill Everett, American author and illustrator († 1973)

• 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. Adrianus
10. Jacobus
11. Jacob
12. Wilhelmus
13. Gerardus
14. Antonius
15. Dirk
16. Hendrikus

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

• 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• 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.
• The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
• February 19 » Pedro Lascuráin becomes President of Mexico for 45 minutes; this is the shortest term to date of any person as president of any country.
• February 20 » King O'Malley drives in the first survey peg to mark commencement of work on the construction of Canberra.
• March 4 » First Balkan War: The Greek army engages the Turks at Bizani, resulting in victory two days later.
• March 20 » Sung Chiao-jen, a founder of the Chinese Nationalist Party, is wounded in an assassination attempt and dies 2 days later.
• March 31 » The Vienna Concert Society rioted during a performance of modernist music by Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, Alexander von Zemlinsky, and Anton von Webern, causing a premature end to the concert due to violence; this concert became known as the Skandalkonzert.
• April 24 » The Woolworth Building, a skyscraper in New York City, is opened.

The temperature on May 18, 1913 was between 5.9 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.