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• Antonius van de Langkruis († 1918)
• Bartje Guldemeester, Leiden, Z.H., NL († 1990)
• Anton Jacobus van der Stam, Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Nederland († 1996)
• Alida Bruijn, Scheveningen, 's-Gravenhage, Nederland († 2004)
• Byron L. GARRINGER († 1985)
• Aukje Taekes Alma, Surhuizum, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1999)
• Antonia Elisabeth Turkenburg, Vinkeveen, Nederland († 1982)
• Aukje Alma, Surhuizum, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1999)
• ALIDA SOPHIA SCHWARZWÄLDER, AMSTERDAM († 1999)
• Arend Brinkman, Zaandijk,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1985)

• Albert Renting (45), Sleen,Drenthe,Niederlande,Erm
• Anna Tesselaar (61), Warmenhuizen
• Egbert Koster (13), Hoogeveen
• Anna Petronella Hendriks (0), Nieuwendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• de Vries (89), Oldekerk, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Petronella Hendriks (0), Nieuwendam, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aagtje Folkerts van der Meulen (64), Oldekerk, Groningen, Nederland
• Agatha Baltes (57), Heemskerk
• Anna Cornelia Severijns (54), Ginneken en Bavel
• Adriaan Zwemer (78), Wissenkerke

• 1916 » Eddie Burns, Australian rugby league player and coach († 2004)
• 1916 » Philip Lucock, English-Australian minister and politician († 1996)
• 1917 » Carl Karcher, American businessman, founded Carl's Jr. († 2008)
• 1918 » Allan Ekelund, Swedish director, producer, and production manager († 2009)
• 1918 » Clem Jones, Australian surveyor and politician, 8th Lord Mayor of Brisbane († 2007)
• 1918 » Nel Benschop, Dutch poet and educator († 2005)
• 1918 » Stirling Silliphant, American screenwriter and producer († 1996)
• 1919 » Jerome Horwitz, American chemist and academic († 2012)
• 1920 » Alberto Crespo, Argentinian race car driver († 1991)
• 1920 » Elliott Reid, American actor and screenwriter († 2013)

• 1898 » Charles Pelham Villiers, English lawyer and politician (b. 1802)
• 1901 » Arnold Böcklin, Swiss painter and academic (b. 1827)
• 1901 » Hiram Rhodes Revels, American soldier, minister, and politician (b. 1822)
• 1901 » Jules Barbier, French poet and playwright (b. 1825)
• 1906 » Marshall Field, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Marshall Field's (b. 1834)
• 1917 » George Dewey, American admiral (b. 1837)
• 1919 » Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 5th President of Brazil (b. 1848)
• 1933 » Bekir Sami Kunduh, Turkish politician (b. 1867)
• 1936 » Albert Fish, American serial killer, rapist and cannibal (b. 1870)
• 1938 » Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay Indian author and playwright (b. 1876)

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 6 » British women over the age of 30 who meet minimum property qualifications, get the right to vote when Representation of the People Act 1918 is passed by Parliament.
• March 30 » Outburst of bloody March Events in Baku and other locations of Baku Governorate.
• June 8 » A solar eclipse is observed at Baker City, Oregon by scientists and an artist hired by the United States Navy.
• August 2 » The first general strike in Canadian history takes place in Vancouver.
• August 11 » World War I: The Battle of Amiens ends.
• August 30 » Fanni Kaplan shoots and seriously injures Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin, which along with the assassination of Bolshevik senior official Moisei Uritsky days earlier, prompts the decree for Red Terror.

The temperature on January 16, 1918 was between -0.8 °C and 0.8 °C and averaged 0.2 °C. There was 40.3 mm of rain. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.