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• Bastiaan Willem Bikker, Noordeloos, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2002)
• Andries Teeuw, Rotterdam († 1969)
• Arthur Charles Clarke *, Richmond, Victoria, Australia († 1983)
• Amandus Albertus (Albert) BECKX, Rotselaar (B) († 1989)
• Andreas Wilhelminus Hoenselaar, Woerden († 1980)
• Aart de Bok, Almkerk († 1997)
• Cornelis Laureijs Schoone, Klundert († 2008)
• Anna Catharina Verhees, Gilze en Rijen († 1970)
• Bertha Claus, Caudekerque, Pas-de-Calais, Frankrijk († 1992)
• Arie Pieter KAPPETEIN, Den Haag († 1986)

• Popkelina Botter (2), Emmen
• Aaltje Roke (31), Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alexeï Pavlovich Kapnist (47), Piatigorsk, Russie
• Schelle, Boxtel
• Alberdina Webbink (39), Vriezenveen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aaltje Roke (31), Heerde
• Aleida Willemina Voogt (75)
• Albertus Johannes Olde Scheper (34), Enschede
• Jaasma (0), Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• Aartje Hooijer (32), Barneveld-Zeumeren, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1916 » Emil Gilels, Ukrainian-Russian pianist († 1985)
• 1916 » Jean Dausset, French-Spanish immunologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2009)
• 1916 » Minoru Yasui, American soldier, lawyer, and activist († 1986)
• 1917 » Sharadchandra Shankar Shrikhande, Indian mathematician
• 1917 » Walter Munk, Austrian-American oceanographer, author, and academic († 2019)
• 1917 » William Joel Blass, American soldier, lawyer, and politician († 2012)
• 1918 » Charles Evans, English-Welsh mountaineer, surgeon, and educator († 1995)
• 1918 » Robert Schwarz Strauss, American lawyer and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Russia († 2014)
• 1918 » Russell Kirk, American theorist and author († 1994)
• 1920 » LaWanda Page, American actress († 2002)

• 1897 » George Pullman, American engineer and businessman, founded the Pullman Company (b. 1831)
• 1901 » Carl Frederik Tietgen, Danish businessman and philanthropist, founded GN Store Nord (b. 1829)
• 1905 » Virgil Earp, American marshal (b. 1843)
• 1916 » Ioannis Frangoudis, Greek general and target shooter (b. 1863)
• 1918 » Harold Lockwood, American actor (b. 1887)
• 1924 » Louis Zborowski, English race car driver and engineer (b. 1895)
• 1936 » Lu Xun, Chinese author and critic (b. 1881)
• 1937 » Ernest Rutherford, New Zealand-English physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)
• 1943 » Camille Claudel, French sculptor and illustrator (b. 1864)
• 1944 » Dénes Kőnig, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1884)

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.
• March 16 » Finnish Civil War: Battle of Länkipohja is infamous for its bloody aftermath as the Whites executed 70–100 capitulated Reds.
• March 23 » First World War: On the third day of the German Spring Offensive, the 10th Battalion of the Royal West Kent Regiment is annihilated with many of the men becoming prisoners of war
• April 23 » World War I: The British Royal Navy makes a raid in an attempt to neutralise the Belgian port of Bruges-Zeebrugge.
• May 2 » General Motors acquires the Chevrolet Motor Company of Delaware.
• June 26 » World War I: Allied forces under John J. Pershing and James Harbord defeat Imperial German forces under Wilhelm, German Crown Prince in the Battle of Belleau Wood.
• October 9 » The Finnish Parliament offers to Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse the throne of a short-lived Kingdom of Finland.

The temperature on October 19, 1918 was between 6.5 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 3.7 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.