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• Catharina Sins, Made en Drimmelen († 2007)
• Arnoldus Gerardus Pijnenburg, Den Dungen († 2004)
• Antonia Maria Gerarda Fest, Cuijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1919)
• Adrianus Kuip, De Westen (Texel) († 1937)
• (Joep) van Vugt, Venlo († 1996)
• Arend Maria SERNÉ, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2000)
• Christoffel Nierop, den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2001)
• Anna Pullens, Baardwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2006)
• Naaktgeboren, 's-gravendeel (zuid holland)
• Abraham ('Bram') Dees, Zaamslag (Terneuzen), Zeeland, Nederland († 2011)

• Anna Maria Crombags (52), Schinnen, Nederland
• * Jacob Huisman (71), Giessendam
• Anna Maria Crombags (52), Schinnen
• Adrianus van Haaster (65), Zoeterwoude
• Antonia Vermeulen (44), Oudenrijn
• Anne Oldersma (23), Emmer-Compascuum, Emmen
• Arij Laven (75), Colijnsplaat
• Antonia Vermeulen (45), Oudenrijn
• Alida Maria de Brabander (14), Voorburg
• Antje Jonkheim (63), Wedderheide, Wedde, Groningen, Netherlands

• 1915 » Abba Eban, South African-Israeli politician and diplomat, 1st Israel Ambassador to the United Nations († 2002)
• 1916 » Xuân Diệu, Vietnamese poet and author († 1985)
• 1917 » Đỗ Mười, Vietnamese politician, 5th Prime Minister of Vietnam († 2018)
• 1917 » Mary Ellis, British World War II ferry pilot († 2018)
• 1918 » Hella Haasse, Indonesian-Dutch author († 2011)
• 1919 » Georg Gawliczek, German footballer and manager († 1999)
• 1919 » Lisa Della Casa, Swiss soprano and actress († 2012)
• 1920 » Arthur Willis, English footballer, full-back, player-manager († 1987)
• 1920 » George Hardwick, English footballer and coach († 2004)
• 1920 » John Russell, American Olympic equestrian

• 1904 » Ernest Cashel, American-Canadian criminal (b. 1882)
• 1905 » Henri Germain, French banker and politician, founded Le Crédit Lyonnais (b. 1824)
• 1907 » Dmitri Mendeleev, Russian chemist and academic (b. 1834)
• 1909 » Carlo Acton, Italian pianist and composer (b. 1829)
• 1913 » Gustaf de Laval, Swedish engineer (b. 1845)
• 1918 » John L. Sullivan, American boxer (b. 1858)
• 1919 » Julius Kuperjanov, Estonian lieutenant (b. 1894)
• 1925 » Antti Aarne, Finnish historian and academic (b. 1867)
• 1925 » Jaap Eden, Dutch speed skater and cyclist (b. 1873)
• 1926 » Vladimir Sukhomlinov, Russian general and politician (b. 1848)

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

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

• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
• January 9 » Battle of Bear Valley: The last battle of the American Indian Wars.
• January 17 » Finnish Civil War: The first serious battles take place between the Red Guards and the White Guard.
• March 25 » The Belarusian People's Republic is established.
• May 26 » The Democratic Republic of Georgia is established.
• September 15 » World War I: Allied troops break through the Bulgarian defenses on the Macedonian front.
• November 21 » The Flag of Estonia, previously used by pro-independence activists, is formally adopted as the national flag of the Republic of Estonia.

The temperature on February 2, 1918 was between -3.6 °C and 4.8 °C and averaged 0.5 °C. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.