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• Antonie Luijendijk († 1991)
• Clazina Adriana van het Lindenhout, Olst († 1975)
• Cornelis Antonius van Veen, Tilburg, NB. Nederland († 1918)
• Cornelia de Jong, Scheveningen († 2006)
• Clyde Kaenneth Harris, Maud, Seminole, Oklahoma († 1958)
• Alida Vooys († 1996)
• Alida Peet, Valkenburg (Z-H), Nederland († 1982)
• A.M.H (Tante Annie) van Dierendonck, Amsterdam († 2004)
• Anna Hendrika van Willigen, Dalem († 2013)
• Cornelia de JONG, Scheveningen, gemeente 's-Gravenhage (Z-H) († 2006)

• Alberdiena Jans van Essen (52), Apeldoorn
• Albertus Hendrik Vosselman (67), Nunspeet, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Annetje Overeem (76), Rhenen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Andries Hoekema (43), Koudum
• Anna Maria van Kempen (58), Nijmegen (Gelderland, Nederland)
• Adrianus Schouten (38), Loosduinen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Annetje Overeem (76), Rhenen
• Adriaantje Maria Kaptein (75), Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland The Netherlands
• Albertus Hendrikus Vosselman (67), Nunspeet, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Buiter (26), Noordwolde

• 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)
• 1919 » Esther Afua Ocloo, Ghanaian entrepreneur and pioneer of microlending († 2002)
• 1919 » Virginia O'Brien, American actress and singer († 2001)

• 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. 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.
• February 5 » Stephen W. Thompson shoots down a German airplane; this is the first aerial victory by the U.S. military.
• July 12 » The Imperial Japanese Navy battleship Kawachi blows up at Shunan, western Honshu, Japan, killing at least 621.
• August 21 » World War I: The Second Battle of the Somme begins.
• October 29 » The German High Seas Fleet is incapacitated when sailors mutiny on the night of the 29th-30th, an action which would trigger the German Revolution of 1918–19.
• November 1 » Malbone Street Wreck: The worst rapid transit accident in US history occurs under the intersection of Malbone Street and Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, New York City, with at least 102 deaths.
• December 17 » Darwin Rebellion: Up to 1,000 demonstrators march on Government House in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.

The temperature on April 18, 1918 was between -0.6 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.