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• Annechina Kuntkes, Meeden, Groningen, Nederland
• Angela Sulmann, Emmen († 1960)
• Alphonsus Ludovicus Taalman, Philippine, Zeeland, Nederland († 1999)
• Alfons Bastijns, Weelde, Antwerpen, België († 1991)
• Abraham Kleijwegt, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1993)
• Anna Neumeier
• Aalt van 't Slot, Ermelo
• Andries Catharinus de Voigt, 's-Hertogenbosch
• Aalt van 't Slot, Horst (Ermelo) († 1995)
• Adrianus Franciscus van Bergen, Roosendaal († 1940)

• Antonia Adriana Janssen (80), Valburg
• Albert Douwes (52), Norg, Nederland
• Agnes Hendrica Versteeg (55), Rosmalen, Noord-Brabant, Niederlande
• Albertje Trip (34), Emmen
• Anna Theodora Hartogh Heys (65), Amerongen
• Adriana Meesters (61), Roosendaal en Nispen
• Alberdina Lamberdina Bouwmeester (2), Apeldoorn
• Anna Catharina Fukken (92), Etten-Leur, N.Br. NL
• Diepstraten, Ginneken en Bavel
• Agathe Pierresdr. Hamar de la Brethoniere Brethonniere (57), Salatiga, Semarang, Nederlands Oost-Indië

• 1911 » Hume Cronyn, Canadian-American actor, producer, and screenwriter († 2003)
• 1913 » Red Skelton, American actor and comedian († 1997)
• 1914 » Gino Bartali, Italian cyclist († 2000)
• 1914 » Oscar Heisserer, French footballer († 2004)
• 1915 » Carequinha, Brazilian clown and actor († 2006)
• 1915 » Louis Le Bailly, British Royal Navy officer († 2010)
• 1915 » Roxana Cannon Arsht, American judge († 2003)
• 1916 » Charles Kittel, American physicist († 2019)
• 1917 » Henri Salvador, French singer and guitarist († 2008)
• 1917 » Paul Streeten, Austrian-born British economics professor († 2019)

• 1884 » Ferdinand von Hochstetter, Austrian geologist and academic (b. 1829)
• 1887 » Dorothea Dix, American social reformer and activist (b. 1802)
• 1890 » Lydia Becker, English journalist, author, and activist, co-founded the Women's Suffrage Journal (b. 1827)
• 1892 » Thomas Cook, English travel agent, founded the Thomas Cook Group (b. 1808)
• 1899 » Horatio Alger, American novelist and journalist (b. 1832)
• 1916 » Benjamin C. Truman, American journalist and author (b. 1835)
• 1925 » Louis-Nazaire Bégin, Canadian cardinal (b. 1840)
• 1932 » Jean Jules Jusserand, French author and diplomat, French Ambassador to the United States (b. 1855)
• 1937 » Julian Bell, English poet and academic (b. 1908)
• 1938 » Marie of Romania (b. 1875)

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.
• September 1 » St. Petersburg, Russia, changes its name to Petrograd.
• September 11 » World War I: Australia invades German New Guinea, defeating a German contingent at the Battle of Bita Paka.
• September 17 » World War I: The Race to the Sea begins.
• October 9 » World War I: The Siege of Antwerp comes to an end.
• November 2 » World War I: The Russian Empire declares war on the Ottoman Empire and the Dardanelles are subsequently closed.
• December 15 » A gas explosion at Mitsubishi Hōjō coal mine, in Kyushu, Japan, kills 687.

The temperature on July 18, 1914 was between 9.7 °C and 22.9 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was 11.4 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.