• Alberdien Brink, Leiden
• Anna Fay Hart († 1997)
• Barend Drenth († 1976)
• Alida Geertruida Dekker
• Antonius Cornelis Bogaars, Eersel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1983)
• Adrianus Smits, Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1918)
• albertje Huberts, Peize, Drenthe, Nederland († 1945)
• Anna Annes de Jong († 2006)
• Arnoldus Waltherus Maria van der Heijden, Loon op Zand († 2004)
• Anna Aleida Muller, Emmer-Compascuum, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland

• André Eugene Maria Jonkheer de Meester de Beetzenbroeck (45), Folkestone, Kent
• Anna Barbara Hubertina HERINGS (75), Heerlen (NL/LI)
• Alida van der Linden (65), Werkhoven
• - Exaltus (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arie van der Burg (74), Dordrecht
• Anna Meyering (36)
• Anna Catharina Coenen (29), Rijkevoort
• Arie van der Burg (74), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida van der Linden (65), Werkhoven, Utrecht, NL
• Aafje Hulst (21), Krommenie

• 1914 » John E. Hodge, African-American chemist († 1996)
• 1916 » Alice Childress, American actress and playwright († 1994)
• 1916 » Lock Martin, American actor († 1959)
• 1917 » Roque Máspoli, Uruguayan footballer and manager († 2004)
• 1919 » Doris Miller, American chef and soldier († 1943)
• 1919 » Gilles Beaudoin, Canadian politician, 34th Mayor of Trois-Rivières († 2007)
• 1920 » Christopher Soames, English politician and diplomat, Governor of Southern Rhodesia († 1987)
• 1921 » Art Clokey, American animator, producer, screenwriter, and voice actor, created Gumby († 2010)
• 1921 » Jaroslav Drobný, Czech-English tennis player and ice hockey player († 2001)
• 1921 » Logie Bruce Lockhart, Scottish rugby player and journalist

• 1896 » Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Danish lawyer and politician, 9th Council President of Denmark (b. 1817)
• 1898 » Calvin Fairbank, American minister and activist (b. 1816)
• 1914 » Margaret E. Knight, American inventor (b. 1838)
• 1915 » Edith Cavell, English nurse (b. 1865)
• 1923 » Bunny Lucas, English cricketer (b. 1857)
• 1924 » Anatole France, French journalist, novelist, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1844)
• 1926 » Edwin Abbott Abbott, English theologian and author (b. 1838)
• 1933 » John Lister, English philanthropist and politician (b. 1847)
• 1940 » Tom Mix, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1880)
• 1946 » Joseph Stilwell, American general (b. 1883)

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. Gerardus
14. Hendrikus
15. Albert
16. Antonius

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Aaltje
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.
• July 4 » World War I: The Battle of Hamel, a successful attack by the Australian Corps against German positions near the town of Le Hamel on the Western Front.
• July 9 » In Nashville, Tennessee, an inbound local train collides with an outbound express, killing 101 and injuring 171 people, making it the deadliest rail accident in United States history.
• September 15 » World War I: Allied troops break through the Bulgarian defenses on the Macedonian front.
• November 10 » The Western Union Cable Office in North Sydney, Nova Scotia, receives a top-secret coded message from Europe (that would be sent to Ottawa and Washington, D.C.) that said on November 11, 1918, all fighting would cease on land, sea and in the air.
• November 21 » The Flag of Estonia, previously used by pro-independence activists, is formally adopted as the national flag of the Republic of Estonia.
• December 1 » Iceland becomes a sovereign state, yet remains a part of the Danish kingdom.

The temperature on October 12, 1918 was between 5.2 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.