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• Adrianus VERMEER, Schipluiden († 1984)
• Adam Varekamp, Everett, Washington, Verenigde Staten († 1975)
• Antina Hendrika Vos, Zwiggelte, Westerbork († 1992)
• Anna van Zundert, Rijsbergen († 1995)
• Bartholomeus Johannes van der Poel, Voorhout († 1992)
• Albertus van Kampen, Zuidbarge († 1997)
• Alida van der Pijl, Oudendijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Adrianus Vermeer, Schipluiden, Nederland († 1984)
• Arsene Aime Aernouts, Sluis († 1919)
• Arie Bongers, hoornaar (zuid holland) († 1977)

• Alida Gesina Tubbing (80), Arnhem
• Antoinette Jeanette van den Heuvel (71), Utrecht
• Annigje Doorn (16), Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Albertha Gesina Dorothea Reijffert (69), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Cornelia Marijnissen (87), Princenhage, Gemeente Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje van Meeteren (83), Zaltbommel (GL)
• Alberta Gesiena Dorothea Reijffert (68), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alberta Gesina Dorothea (Bertha) Reijffert (68), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alberta Gesina Dorothea Reyffert (69), Hilversum
• Antonia Hurks (77), Sint-Oedenrode

• 1914 » Harry Caray, American sportscaster († 1998)
• 1914 » Ralph Ellison, American novelist and literary critic († 1994)
• 1917 » Robert Lowell, American poet († 1977)
• 1918 » Gladys Spellman, American educator and politician († 1988)
• 1918 » João Goulart, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 24th President of Brazil († 1976)
• 1920 » Max Bentley, Canadian ice hockey player († 1984)
• 1921 » Cameron Argetsinger, American race car driver and lawyer († 2008)
• 1921 » Richard Wilbur, American poet, translator, and essayist († 2017)
• 1921 » Terence Cooke, American cardinal († 1983)
• 1922 » William Gaines, American publisher († 1992)

• 1906 » José María de Pereda, Spanish author (b. 1833)
• 1911 » Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Dutch-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1914 » Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto, English soldier and politician, 8th Governor General of Canada (b. 1845)
• 1920 » John H. Bankhead, American lawyer and politician (b. 1842)
• 1922 » Pichichi, Spanish footballer (b. 1892)
• 1932 » Frank Teschemacher, American Jazz musician (b. 1906)
• 1936 » Mikhail Kuzmin, Russian author and poet (b. 1871)
• 1938 » Gabriele D'Annunzio, Italian journalist and politician (b. 1863)
• 1940 » Anton Hansen Tammsaare, Estonian author (b. 1878)
• 1942 » George S. Rentz, American commander (b. 1882)

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. Geertruida
14. Helena
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.
• February 21 » The last Carolina parakeet dies in captivity at the Cincinnati Zoo.
• March 3 » Russia signs the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, agreeing to withdraw from World War I, and conceding German control of the Baltic States, Belarus and Ukraine. It also conceded Turkish control of Ardahan, Kars and Batumi.
• August 2 » The first general strike in Canadian history takes place in Vancouver.
• November 3 » The German Revolution of 1918–19 begins when 40,000 sailors take over the port in Kiel.
• November 9 » Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany abdicates after the German Revolution, and Germany is proclaimed a Republic.
• November 23 » Heber J. Grant succeeds Joseph F. Smith as the seventh president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

The temperature on March 1, 1918 was between -3.2 °C and 4.0 °C and averaged 0.1 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.