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• Albertus Anthonius (Albert) van Kippersluis, Bodegraven († 1991)
• Alijda Everdina Termaat, Amersfoort († 2005)
• Annigje Bot, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1918)
• Afke Melles, Hoornsterzwaag († 1983)
• Herberts, Nijmegen († 1918)
• Adriana Kuiper († 1976)
• Arthur Roscoe Bookout, Grover, North Carolina († 1978)
• Adriana KUIPER, Scheveningen, gemeente 's-Gravenhage (Z-H) († 1976)
• Adriaan Westerlaken († 1925)
• Andreas Matthias DONNER, Rotterdam, 6240, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1992)

• Aart Wulp van der (69), 's-Gravendeel, ZH, Nederland
• Albert Lindeman (74), Stadskanaal,Onstwedde,Groningen,Nederland
• Aafke van Wijk (13), Midwolde Leek Westerkwartier Groningen Nederland
• Albert Hanekamp (13), Epe, Gelderland, Nederland
• Agnes Missouri Wilson (66), Beatrice, Gage, Nebraska, Verenigde Staten
• Alice (Aaltje) Pronk (22), Minnesota, Verenigde Staten
• Albert Roelfs Lindeman (74), Stadskanaal
• Aaltje Vinke (75), Kampen, Nederland
• Aart Van Der WULP (69), 's-Gravendeel
• Alberdina Oosterbroek (52), Epe

• 1917 » K. A. Thangavelu, Indian film actor and comedian († 1994)
• 1918 » Édouard Gagnon, Canadian cardinal († 2007)
• 1918 » Gamal Abdel Nasser, Egyptian colonel and politician, 2nd President of Egypt († 1970)
• 1918 » João Figueiredo, Brazilian general and politician, 30th President of Brazil († 1999)
• 1919 » George Cadle Price, Belizean politician, 1st Prime Minister of Belize († 2011)
• 1919 » Maurice Herzog, French mountaineer and politician, French Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports († 2012)
• 1920 » Bob Davies, American basketball player and coach († 1990)
• 1920 » John O'Connor, American cardinal († 2000)
• 1920 » Steve Gromek, American baseball player († 2002)
• 1921 » Babasaheb Bhosale, Indian lawyer and politician, 8th Chief Minister of Maharashtra († 2007)

• 1896 » Mathew Brady, American photographer and journalist (b. 1822)
• 1905 » George Thorn, Australian politician, 6th Premier of Queensland (b. 1838)
• 1909 » Arnold Janssen, German priest and missionary (b. 1837)
• 1916 » Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian playwright and translator (b. 1850)
• 1919 » Karl Liebknecht, German politician (b. 1871)
• 1919 » Rosa Luxemburg, German economist, theorist, and philosopher (b. 1871)
• 1926 » Enrico Toselli, Italian pianist and composer (b. 1883)
• 1929 » George Cope, American painter (b. 1855)
• 1936 » Henry Forster, 1st Baron Forster, English cricketer and politician, 7th Governor-General of Australia (b. 1866)
• 1937 » Anton Holban, Romanian author, theoretician, and educator (b. 1902)

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.
• June 10 » The Austro-Hungarian battleship SMSSzent István sinks off the Croatian coast after being torpedoed by an Italian MAS motorboat; the event is recorded by camera from a nearby vessel.
• July 4 » Bolsheviks kill Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his family (Julian calendar date).
• September 28 » World War I: The Fifth Battle of Ypres begins.
• November 7 » Kurt Eisner overthrows the Wittelsbach dynasty in the Kingdom of Bavaria.
• November 23 » Heber J. Grant succeeds Joseph F. Smith as the seventh president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
• December 4 » U.S. President Woodrow Wilson sails for the World War I peace talks in Versailles, becoming the first US president to travel to Europe while in office.

The temperature on January 15, 1918 was between -0.4 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. There was 20.6 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.