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• Aaltje Elbertsen, Putten, Gelderland, Nederland († 2001)
• Albertus Gerardus Kerkhof, Ter Apel, gem. Vlagtwedde, Nederland († 1989)
• Albertus Gerardus Kerkhof-, Ter Apel, Nederland († 1989)
• Anna Cornelia Arnouts, Essen (B) († 1974)
• Antoon Braeken, Vucht, Provincie Limburg, België († 1988)
• Albert Haegens, Kalken († 1947)
• Albert Van Aken († 1969)
• Anna Theys, Wilsele († 1986)
• Aart Hendrik van Stenis, Neerijnen (NL) († 1916)
• Aaltje Elbertsen, Putten Gld († 2001)

• Anna Helena Thiebout (53), Loosduinen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Knipping (76), Lent
• Adriana Pieternella Engelse (65), Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Allegonda Louisa Schapenk (69), St.Agatha, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida Elisabeth van den Berg van den Berg (1), Leiden
• Anna Maria Dijkman (82), Amsterdam
• Anna van der Spoel (75), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna van der Spoel (75), Emmen
• Annetta Maria Ham (38), Haarlem, Nederland
• Adriaan Johannes van Schermbeek (59), Wageningen, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1914 » Claire Martin, Canadian author († 2014)
• 1915 » Joy Davidman, Polish-Ukrainian Jewish American poet and author († 1960)
• 1916 » Carl Burgos, American illustrator († 1984)
• 1916 » Doug Peden, Canadian basketball player († 2005)
• 1917 » Ty LaForest, Canadian-American baseball player († 1947)
• 1918 » André Bazin, French critic and theorist († 1958)
• 1918 » Clifton Hillegass, American publisher, founded CliffsNotes († 2001)
• 1918 » Gabriel Axel, Danish-French actor, director, and producer († 2014)
• 1918 » Shinobu Hashimoto, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter († 2018)
• 1918 » Tony Mottola, American guitarist and composer († 2004)

• 1898 » Gustave Moreau, French painter and academic (b. 1826)
• 1906 » Luis Martín, Spanish religious leader, 24th Superior-General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1846)
• 1912 » Martha Ripley, American physician (b. 1843)
• 1917 » Vladimir Serbsky, Russian psychiatrist and academic (b. 1858)
• 1923 » Savina Petrilli, Italian religious leader (b. 1851)
• 1936 » Milton Brown, American singer and bandleader (b. 1903)
• 1936 » Ottorino Respighi, Italian composer and conductor (b. 1879)
• 1938 » George Bryant, American archer (b. 1878)
• 1942 » Aleksander Mitt, Estonian speed skater (b. 1903)
• 1942 » Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, American heiress, sculptor and art collector, founded the Whitney Museum of American Art (b. 1875)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Geertruida
13. Grietje
14. Neeltje
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 6.3 million citizens.
• January 19 » German strategic bombing during World War I: German zeppelins bomb the towns of Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn in the United Kingdom killing at least 20 people, in the first major aerial bombardment of a civilian target.
• February 12 » In Washington, D.C., the first stone of the Lincoln Memorial is put into place.
• March 18 » World War I: During the Battle of Gallipoli, three battleships are sunk during a failed British and French naval attack on the Dardanelles.
• April 5 » Boxing challenger Jess Willard knocks out Jack Johnson in Havana, Cuba to become the Heavyweight Champion of the World.
• July 7 » Colombo Town Guard officer Henry Pedris is executed in British Ceylon for allegedly inciting persecution of Muslims.
• August 29 » US Navy salvage divers raise F-4, the first U.S. submarine sunk in an accident.

The temperature on April 18, 1915 was between -0.6 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 11.5 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.