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• Adrianus (Arie) Ursem, Ursem, North Holland, Netherlands († 2001)
• André Schutijser, Oostkerke, West-Vlaanderen, België († 2002)
• Ann de TRAFFORD († 1987)
• Catharinus Speksnijder, Bergambacht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1986)
• Augustinus Joannes JANSEGERS, Bornem,2880,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1918)
• Daniel THERON, Pofadder, Kenhardt, Kaapprovincie, Zuid-Afrika († 1978)
• ARIE VAN DE VISCH, Barneveld († 1919)
• Agatha Anna Schim van der Loeff, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1987)
• Alvin Edward Thoren, Chinook, Alberta, Canada († 2004)
• Arie Baartman, Sliedrecht († 1919)

• Albert ter Stal (59), Wierden
• Albert Zwart (48), op zee
• Adriana van Gelder (48), Krimpen aan de IJssel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aleksandra Fjodorovna van Hessen-Darmstadt (46), Jekaterinburg (Rusland) vermoord
• Aaltje GORTWORST (23), Almelo
• Aaltje Gortworst (23), Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Alexei Nicolaievich Nikolaievich Romanov (Holstein-Gottorp, Romanov) (13), Ekaterinburg (Rusland)
• Alexander Romanov (13), Jekaterinenburg, Rusland
• Elizabeth (54), Alapayevsk, Ural Mts., Russia
• Adriana Maria Rombouts (54), Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1915 » Arthur Rothstein, American photographer and educator († 1985)
• 1915 » Bijon Bhattacharya, Indian actor, singer, and screenwriter († 1978)
• 1917 » Christiane Rochefort, French author († 1998)
• 1917 » Kenan Evren, Turkish general and politician, 7th President of Turkey († 2015)
• 1917 » Lou Boudreau, American baseball player and manager († 2001)
• 1917 » Phyllis Diller, American actress, comedian, and voice artist († 2012)
• 1918 » Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio, Guatemalan soldier and politician, President of Guatemala († 2003)
• 1918 » Red Sovine, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1980)
• 1920 » Gordon Gould, American physicist and academic, invented the laser († 2005)
• 1920 » Juan Antonio Samaranch, Spanish businessman, 7th President of the International Olympic Committee († 2010)

• 1894 » Leconte de Lisle, French poet and translator (b. 1818)
• 1900 » Thomas McIlwraith, Scottish-Australian politician, 8th Premier of Queensland (b. 1835)
• 1907 » Hector Malot, French author and critic (b. 1830)
• 1912 » Henri Poincaré, French mathematician, physicist, and engineer (b. 1854)
• 1918 » Victims of the Shooting of the Romanov family
• 1925 » Lovis Corinth, German painter (b. 1858)
• 1928 » Álvaro Obregón, Mexican general and politician, 39th President of Mexico (b. 1880)
• 1928 » Giovanni Giolitti, Italian politician, 13th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1842)
• 1932 » Rasmus Rasmussen, Norwegian actor, singer, and director (b. 1862)
• 1935 » George William Russell, Irish poet and painter (b. 1867)

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. Grietje
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.
• 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.
• April 20 » Manfred von Richthofen, a.k.a. The Red Baron, shoots down his 79th and 80th victims, his final victories before his death the following day.
• July 26 » Emmy Noether's paper, which became known as Noether's theorem was presented at Göttingen, Germany, from which conservation laws are deduced for symmetries of angular momentum, linear momentum, and energy.
• 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.
• November 12 » Austria becomes a republic. After the proclamation, a coup attempt by the communist Red Guard is defeated by the social-democratic Volkswehr.
• November 27 » The Free Territory of Ukraine is established in Huliaipole.
• December 28 » Constance Markievicz, while detained in Holloway prison, became the first woman to be elected MP to the British House of Commons.

The temperature on July 17, 1918 was between 17.3 °C and 24.9 °C and averaged 20.5 °C. There was 8.4 mm of rain. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.