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• Arie Adema, Witmarsum, Friesland, Nederland († 2002)
• Adrianus Geertruidis Johannes Mijnsbergen, Venlo († 2011)
• Antoon Franken, Meppel, Drenthe, Netherlands († 1989)
• * Margaritha van de Vooren, Rotterdam († 2005)
• Anna Clara Elizabeth REICHERT, Mercer,Ohio († 2001)
• Adrianus Petrus de Heij, Stompwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1918)
• Albertine Johanna Dijxhoorn, Teteringen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2008)
• Aartje van Rijssen († 1992)
• Adrianus Petrus Kuijer, Soest, Utrecht, Nederland († 1918)
• Anna Margaretha Holland, Kampen († 1999)

• Anthonie Abraham Leenhouts (37), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, NL
• Anna Catharina van Antwerpen (63), Boxtel, NL
• Aafke Koren (0), Alphen aan den Rijn, Nederland
• Anna Catharina van Antwerpen (58), Boxtel
• Alexander Newton (69), Basford, Nottinghamshire, England
• Adriana van Overdam (41), Rossum
• * Catharina Johanna Pijpenzeel (81), Gouda
• Adrianus de Jong (1), Amersfoort
• Albert Okkesz Post (19), Noordzee
• Albert Marie Joseph - Albert Marie Leopold Ghislain De Marneffe (33), Roesbrugge, België

• 1911 » Michael Hordern, English actor († 1995)
• 1915 » Ray Stark, American film producer († 2004)
• 1916 » James Herriot, English veterinarian and author († 1995)
• 1919 » James M. Buchanan, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2013)
• 1921 » Ray Lindwall, Australian cricketer and soldier († 1996)
• 1923 » Edward Oliver LeBlanc, Dominican lawyer and politician, 1st Premier of Dominica († 2004)
• 1924 » Arkady Vorobyov, Russian weightlifter and coach († 2012)
• 1924 » Harvey Kurtzman, American cartoonist († 1993)
• 1925 » George Wein, American pianist and producer, co-founded the Newport Folk Festival
• 1925 » Gore Vidal, American novelist, screenwriter, and critic († 2012)

• 1890 » Joseph Hergenröther, German historian and cardinal (b. 1824)
• 1891 » Édouard Lucas, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1842)
• 1896 » William Morris, English author and poet (b. 1834)
• 1907 » Jacob Nash Victor, American engineer (b. 1835)
• 1911 » Rosetta Jane Birks, Australian suffragist (b. 1856)
• 1917 » Eduardo Di Capua, Neapolitan composer, singer and songwriter (b. 1865)
• 1929 » Gustav Stresemann, German politician, Chancellor of Germany, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1878)
• 1929 » Jeanne Eagels, American actress (b. 1894)
• 1931 » Carl Nielsen, Danish violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1865)
• 1936 » John Heisman, American football player and coach (b. 1869)

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: The Bolshevik Red Army, on its way to besiege Kiev, is met by a small group of military students at the Battle of Kruty.
• March 27 » The National Council of Bessarabia proclaims union with the Kingdom of Romania.
• April 9 » World War I: The Battle of the Lys: The Portuguese Expeditionary Corps is crushed by the German forces during what is called the Spring Offensive on the Belgian region of Flanders.
• May 29 » Armenia defeats the Ottoman Army in the Battle of Sardarabad.
• 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.
• November 7 » The 1918 influenza epidemic spreads to Western Samoa, killing 7,542 (about 20% of the population) by the end of the year.

The temperature on October 3, 1918 was between 9.1 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.