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• Albert Hinderikus Sprenger, Middelstum († 1971)
• Adrienne I. M. Daenen, Batsheers, België († 1990)
• Anna († 2007)
• Anna Paula Maria Hubertina Spierings 1, St. Michielsgestel († 1990)
• Anna Maria Rasen, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Cornelia Maria Fohr, Breda
• Anne de Weger, Smilde († 1996)
• Adrianus Arnoldus van Mil, Kehel († 1996)
• Anna Mechelina Johanna Borg, Woudrichem
• Albert SEGERS, Arendonk,2370,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1974)

• Arie Salij (73), IJsselmonde, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bernardus Goossens (55), Geertruidenberg, Nederland
• Aapko Nap (35), Midwolda, Groningen, Nederland
• Blanche A CRAM (37), Galesville, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, United States
• Antonij Bartelink (71), Deventer
• Anna Maria Schoepflin (84), Bahlingen, Frbrg, Bdn
• Arthur Crawford Garling (76), Bondi, NSW, Australia
• Berend Berends (31), Terwolde (gem. Voorst)
• Albert Julien Alexandre VASSAUX (33), Carency,62144,Pas-de-Calais,Nord-Pas-de-Calais,FRANCE
• Antony Bartelink (71), Deventer

• 1910 » Abe Burrows, American author, playwright, and director († 1985)
• 1910 » Eric Tindill, New Zealand rugby player, cricketer, and umpire († 2010)
• 1911 » Jules Dassin, American-Greek actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 2008)
• 1912 » Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., American general and pilot († 2002)
• 1913 » Alfred Bester, American author and screenwriter († 1987)
• 1913 » Ray Meyer, American basketball player and coach († 2006)
• 1913 » Willy Brandt, German politician, 4th Chancellor of Germany, Nobel Prize laureate († 1992)
• 1916 » Betty Grable, American actress, singer, and dancer († 1973)
• 1916 » Douglas Fraser, Scottish-American trade union leader and academic († 2008)
• 1917 » Ossie Davis, American actor and activist († 2005)

• 1869 » Louis Moreau Gottschalk, American pianist and composer (b. 1829)
• 1880 » Michel Chasles, French mathematician and academic (b. 1793)
• 1892 » Richard Owen, English biologist, anatomist, and paleontologist (b. 1804)
• 1919 » John Alcock, English captain and pilot (b. 1892)
• 1922 » Sir Carl Meyer, 1st Baronet, German-English banker and businessman (b. 1851)
• 1925 » Hamo Thornycroft, English sculptor and academic (b. 1850)
• 1932 » Eduard Bernstein, German theorist and politician (b. 1850)
• 1936 » Andrija Mohorovičić, Croatian meteorologist and seismologist (b. 1857)
• 1939 » Ernest Lawson, Canadian-American painter (b. 1873)
• 1961 » Leo Reisman, American violinist and bandleader (b. 1897)

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

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

• 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.
• The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
• March 1 » The Republic of China joins the Universal Postal Union.
• April 24 » The Franck–Hertz experiment, a pillar of quantum mechanics, is presented to the German Physical Society.
• May 25 » The House of Commons of the United Kingdom passes the Home Rule Bill for devolution in Ireland.
• August 3 » World War I: Germany declares war against France, while Romania declares its neutrality.
• August 23 » World War I: Japan declares war on Germany.
• August 27 » World War I: Battle of Étreux: A British rearguard action by the Royal Munster Fusiliers during the Great Retreat.

The temperature on December 18, 1914 was between 4.5 °C and 6.2 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the south.