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• Christina Helena Hendriks, Grubbenvorst, Limburg, Nederland († 1988)
• Adrianus Petrus Droog, Naaldwijk,Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1918)
• Andreas Johannes BODDE († 1962)
• Christina Helena Hendriks, Grubbenvorst,, Limburg, Nederland († 1988)
• Alberdina Mulder, Amsterdam (NL) († 1975)
• Boukje Jurna, Oldekerk, Gr, Nederland († 1985)
• Antonius Theodorus van Engeland, Nuenen Gerwen en Nederwetten († 1918)
• Berendina Timmer, Valthermond, Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland († 2005)
• Anna Langhout, Hallum († 2011)
• Bernard Verkaaik, Harlingen, Friesland, Nederland († 1988)

• Antonie BODAAN (63), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• August Wilhelm Fredrik Snijder (3), Sleen
• Antonie Franciscus Moormann (82), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Ambrosius Ludovicus Gorrens (52), Brecht 2960, Antwerpen, Belgie
• Anthonie Franciscus Moorman (82), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Mol, Wognum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert VAN RIESSEN (25), Velsen
• Antonia Bouman (61), Wijk en Aalburg, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• Arie Johan Reijnen (25), Haarlem
• Antonia Cornelia Hendriks (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1916 » Alfred S. Bloomingdale, American businessman († 1982)
• 1916 » Helene Hanff, American author and screenwriter († 1997)
• 1917 » Elmer Gedeon, American baseball player and bomber pilot († 1944)
• 1917 » Hans Conried, American actor († 1982)
• 1917 » James Kee, American lawyer and politician († 1989)
• 1918 » Hans Billian, German film director, screenwriter, and actor († 2007)
• 1919 » Alberto Breccia, Uruguayan-Argentinian author and illustrator († 1993)
• 1920 » Godfrey Stafford, English-South African physicist and academic († 2013)
• 1920 » Richard von Weizsäcker, German soldier and politician, 6th President of Germany († 2015)
• 1920 » Thomas Szasz, Hungarian-American psychiatrist and academic († 2012)

• 1889 » Father Damien, Belgian priest and saint (b. 1840)
• 1898 » Te Keepa Te Rangihiwinui, New Zealand commander and politician
• 1912 » Victims of the Titanic disaster:
• 1917 » János Murkovics, Slovene author, poet, and educator (b. 1839)
• 1927 » Gaston Leroux, French journalist and author (b. 1868)
• 1938 » César Vallejo, Peruvian journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1892)
• 1942 » Robert Musil, Austrian-Swiss author and playwright (b. 1880)
• 1943 » Aristarkh Lentulov, Russian painter and set designer (b. 1882)
• 1944 » Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin, Russian general (b. 1901)
• 1945 » Hermann Florstedt, German SS officer (b. 1895)

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 29 » Ukrainian–Soviet War: An armed uprising organized by the Bolsheviks in anticipation of the encroaching Red Army begins at the Kiev Arsenal, which will be put down six days later.
• June 8 » A solar eclipse is observed at Baker City, Oregon by scientists and an artist hired by the United States Navy.
• July 4 » World War I: The Battle of Hamel, a successful attack by the Australian Corps against German positions near the town of Le Hamel on the Western Front.
• July 17 » The RMSCarpathia, the ship that rescued the 705 survivors from the RMSTitanic, is sunk off Ireland by the German SMU-55; five lives are lost.
• September 15 » World War I: Allied troops break through the Bulgarian defenses on the Macedonian front.
• December 14 » Portuguese President Sidónio Pais is assassinated.

The temperature on April 15, 1918 was between 5.9 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.