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• Anna Maria van Loon, Halsteren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1992)
• Berend Koops († 2003)
• Anne Ritsma, Leeuwarden († 1996)
• Aaltje Lubbertha Eikelboom, Heerde († 1918)
• Adrianus Hermanus Sophonius van den Hoogen, Oudewater, Utrecht, Nederland († 1974)
• Antonius Broekhof († 1945)
• Antonius Johannes John, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1921)
• Adriaan Stephanus Kuijsten, Sprang-Capelle, Noord Brabant († 1963)
• Barbara Jean Garvin, Indianapolis, Indiana († 1940)
• Christianah Adejisola AKINWANDE, Ondo, Western State, Nigeria († 2002)

• "Gerardus (Gerard" Gradus) Gradus) (76), Gennep, NL
• Aafke Kuipers (78), Baflo,, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Marguaritta Elisabeth Brouwers (65), Schin op Geul (Valkenburg aan de Geul), Limburg, Nederland
• Antonetta Geertruida Papavoine (0), Rotterdam
• Anna Margueritha Elisabeth BROUWERS (65), Schin op Geul, Limburg, Netherlands
• Andrew J Bridger (79), Carlow, Daviess, Missouri, United States
• Anna Mesman (77), Haarlemmermeer
• Antonia de Vries (72), Rotterdam (Zuid-Holland)
• Allegonda Johanna VERVLOET Pdr (7)
• Adriana van de Wiel (32), Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1912 » Edward Short, Baron Glenamara, English captain and politician, Lord President of the Council († 2012)
• 1913 » Burt Baskin, American businessman, co-founded Baskin-Robbins († 1967)
• 1914 » Fernando Alonso, Cuban ballet dancer, co-founded the Cuban National Ballet († 2013)
• 1914 » Mushtaq Ali, Indian cricketer († 2005)
• 1916 » Penelope Fitzgerald, English author and poet († 2000)
• 1917 » Kenneth Dike, Nigerian historian, author, and academic († 1983)
• 1920 » Kenneth E. Iverson, Canadian computer scientist, developed the APL programming language († 2004)
• 1921 » Lore Berger, German-Swiss author and translator († 1943)
• 1922 » Alan Voorhees, American engineer and academic († 2005)
• 1923 » Jaroslav Pelikan, American historian and scholar († 2006)

• 1904 » William Shiels, Irish-Australian politician, 16th Premier of Victoria (b. 1848)
• 1907 » William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Irish-Scottish physicist and engineer (b. 1824)
• 1909 » Leopold II of Belgium (b. 1835)
• 1917 » Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, English physician and activist (b. 1836)
• 1927 » Rajendra Lahiri, Indian activist (b. 1892)
• 1928 » Frank Rinehart, American photographer (b. 1861)
• 1929 » Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa, Portuguese general and politician, 10th President of Portugal (b. 1863)
• 1930 » Peter Warlock, Welsh composer and critic (b. 1894)
• 1932 » Charles Winckler, Danish discus thrower, shot putter, and tug of war competitor (b. 1867)
• 1933 » 13th Dalai Lama (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.
• August 31 » World War I: Start of the Battle of Mont Saint-Quentin, a successful assault by the Australian Corps during the Hundred Days Offensive.
• September 28 » World War I: The Fifth Battle of Ypres begins.
• October 8 » World War I: Corporal Alvin C. York kills 28 German soldiers and captures 132 for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor.
• November 12 » Austria becomes a republic. After the proclamation, a coup attempt by the communist Red Guard is defeated by the social-democratic Volkswehr.
• November 13 » World War I: Allied troops occupy Constantinople, the capital of the Ottoman Empire.
• December 16 » Vincas Mickevičius-Kapsukas declares the formation of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic; it is dissolved in 1919.

The temperature on December 17, 1918 was between 1.7 °C and 6.9 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.