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• Aaltje Van Dijk
• Anna Maria MICHIELS, Freisenbruch (D) († 1992)
• Aaltje Bronkhorst, Putten († 1915)
• Aike Potze, vlagtwedde
• "Franz Joseph" Maria Carl von Seilern und Aspang, Schloss Lesná, Zlín, Tchéquie
• Abraham Izak Duine, Oud-Vossemeer, Zeeland, Netherlands († 1994)
• Anna Catharina Hermina (Toosje) Van Nunen, Helmond († 1997)
• Adrianus Wilhelmus vanden Berk, Oirschot (B.V.)
• Adriana Baden, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Petronella Dijkman, Baarn († 1915)

• Adriaan Ierland van (75), Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Kroezen Kroesen (73), Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aagje van Wensveen (21), Zwolle
• Adriana Maria van Loon (55), Helmond
• Adriaan van Ierland (75), Tilburg Nederland
• August Petrus Van Neste (21), Tienen vlaams-Brabant
• Antje Bouwes Teyema (62), Leeuwarden, Gem. Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Bernardus Antonius Imfeld (0), Rotterdam
• Alphonsus Fransiscus Coveliers (32), Namen, België
• Aldert Udo Abbas (47), Bellingwolde, Groningen, Netherlands

• 1910 » Herman Berlinski, Polish-American pianist, composer, and conductor († 2001)
• 1911 » Amelia Boynton Robinson, American activist († 2015)
• 1911 » Klara Dan von Neumann, Hungarian computer scientist and programmer († 1963)
• 1912 » Otto Ernst Remer, German general († 1997)
• 1913 » Romain Maes, Belgian cyclist († 1983)
• 1914 » Lucy Ozarin, United States Navy lieutenant commander and psychiatrist († 2017)
• 1915 » Max Lanier, American baseball player and manager († 2007)
• 1916 » Moura Lympany, English pianist († 2005)
• 1916 » Neagu Djuvara, Romanian historian, journalist, and diplomat († 2018)
• 1917 » Caspar Weinberger, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 15th United States Secretary of Defense († 2006)

• 1886 » Eli Whitney Blake, American inventor, invented the Mortise lock (b. 1795)
• 1919 » Joseph E. Seagram, Canadian businessman and politician, founded the Seagram Company (b. 1841)
• 1940 » Walter Chrysler, American businessman, founded Chrysler (b. 1875)
• 1943 » Ali-Agha Shikhlinski, Azerbaijani general (b. 1865)
• 1944 » Ernst Thälmann, German soldier and politician (b. 1886)
• 1945 » Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian activist and politician (b. 1897)
• 1949 » Paul Mares, American trumpet player and bandleader (New Orleans Rhythm Kings) (b. 1900)
• 1950 » Julien Lahaut, Belgian soldier and politician (b. 1884)
• 1952 » Alberto Hurtado, Chilean priest, lawyer, and saint (b. 1901)
• 1964 » Hildegard Trabant, Berlin Wall victim (b. 1927)

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.
• May 15 » During a poker game at the Gaiety Theatre in Galesburg, Illinois, comedian Art Fisher nicknames Chicko, Harpo, Groucho, and Gummo Marx.
• August 9 » Start of the Battle of Mulhouse, part of a French attempt to recover the province of Alsace and the first French offensive of World War I.
• August 17 » World War I: Battle of Stallupönen: The German army of General Hermann von François defeats the Russian force commanded by Paul von Rennenkampf near modern-day Nesterov, Russia.
• August 29 » World War I: Start of the Battle of St. Quentin in which the French Fifth Army counter-attacked the invading Germans at Saint-Quentin, Aisne.
• November 1 » World War I: The Australian Imperial Force (AIF) departed by ship in a single convoy from Albany, Western Australia bound for Egypt.
• November 13 » Zaian War: Berber tribesmen inflict the heaviest defeat of French forces in Morocco at the Battle of El Herri.

The temperature on August 18, 1914 was between 8.8 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.