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• Antonia Elisabeth TEMPELAARS, Deil († 1950)
• Anna Terwisga, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1940)
• Bonnie Jean Young, SLC, SL, Utah, Verenigde Staten († 1935)
• Catharina Clara de Groot († 1998)
• Barend Johan Senkeldam, Zeldam († 1951)
• Caroline Elisabeth Asselman († 1976)
• Alida Everdina Sol, Amsterdam († 1988)
• Albertus Leenders, Stokkem, Dilsen-Stokkem (B) († 1940)
• Adrianus Theodorus van Os, Hilversum († 1987)
• Alfred William Hudson, Virginia Cass Co, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 1997)

• Albert de Bruin (79), Lienden (Buren)/ Gelderland
• Alexander Pauwels (70), Niel, 2845, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Adrien Marie Valentin Louis Xavier VAN STEENBERGHE (21)
• Alexander "Sander" Pauwels (70), Niel, België
• Akiva HaLevi Tauber (0), Dunajská Streda, Trnavský kraj, Slovakia
• (24), Purmerend
• Aike Frederiks Dorenbos (65), Oldehove
• Adriana SUIJKERBUIJK Jdr (0), Rotterdam, NL-ZH
• Andreas Aben (1), Heythuysen, Nederland
• Andreas Bernardus HOGELING (35), Weststellingwerf(Friesland)

• 1916 » Al Killian, American trumpet player and bandleader († 2007)
• 1916 » George Turner, Australian author and critic († 1997)
• 1917 » Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., American historian and critic († 2007)
• 1917 » Jan Miner, American actress († 2004)
• 1917 » Paul Tanner, American trombonist and educator († 2013)
• 1919 » Chuck Stevenson, American race car driver († 1995)
• 1919 » Malcolm Ross, American captain, balloonist, and physicist († 1985)
• 1920 » Chris Economaki, American sportscaster and actor († 2012)
• 1920 » Mario Puzo, American author and screenwriter († 1999)
• 1920 » Patricia Jessel, Hong Kong-English actress († 1968)

• 1891 » Gilbert Arthur à Beckett, English author and songwriter (b. 1837)
• 1900 » Zdeněk Fibich, Czech pianist and composer (b. 1850)
• 1910 » Stanley Ketchel, American boxer (b. 1886)
• 1917 » Mata Hari, Dutch dancer and spy (b. 1876)
• 1918 » Sai Baba of Shirdi, Indian guru and saint (b. 1838)
• 1925 » Dolores Jiménez y Muro, Mexican revolutionary (b. 1848?)
• 1930 » Herbert Henry Dow, Canadian-American businessman, founded the Dow Chemical Company (b. 1866)
• 1934 » Raymond Poincaré, French lawyer and politician, 10th President of France (b. 1860)
• 1940 » Lluís Companys, Catalan lawyer and politician, President of Catalonia (b. 1882)
• 1945 » Pierre Laval, French lawyer and politician, 101st Prime Minister of France (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. 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.
• July 6 » The Left SR uprising in Russia starts with the assassination of German ambassador Wilhelm von Mirbach by Cheka members.
• November 3 » Austria-Hungary enters into the Armistice of Villa Giusti with the Allies, and the Habsburg-ruled empire dissolves.
• November 11 » Józef Piłsudski assumes supreme military power in Poland - symbolic first day of Polish independence.
• November 18 » Latvia declares its independence from Russia.
• November 27 » The Free Territory of Ukraine is established in Huliaipole.
• December 14 » Portuguese President Sidónio Pais is assassinated.

The temperature on October 15, 1918 was between 4.9 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.