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• Cornelis de Fluiter, Zwolle († 1990)
• Catharina Margaretha "Catrien" Bols, Musselkanaal, Nederland († 1995)
• Anne Schonewille, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2005)
• Catharina Margaretha - Catrien Bols, Musselkanaal, Stadskanaal, Groningen, Nederland
• Arigje Cornelia Buijs, Maarssen, Utrecht, Netherlands († 1996)
• Barbara Frances Fischer, Perry, Indiana, Verenigde Staten († 1990)
• Constant Hendrik Maria Baggen, Hoensbroek, Limburg, Nederland
• Cornelis van Turenhout, Zwijndrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1919)
• Antonius Albertus Matser, Arnhem,Arnhem,Gelderland,Nederland († 2004)
• Cornelis Jouke Cuperus, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 2004)

• Anna de Jager (27), Maurice (Verenigde Staten)
• Antoon Oogjes (70), Avereest, Overijssel, Nederland
• Harmen Jorna (1), Harlingen
• Anna Vlasblom (48), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Strampel (77), Avereest
• Albert Strampel (77), Avereest
• Antonius Johannes Petersen (3), Ulft, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albertus Wilhelmus Meurs (20), Arnhem
• Anna Maria Verstraaten (38), Wanroy
• Alida Johanna Maria van der Werff (2), Winschoten

• 1915 » Gyula Zsengellér, Hungarian-Cypriot footballer and manager († 1999)
• 1915 » William Masters, American gynecologist, author, and academic († 2001)
• 1916 » Cathy Lewis, American actress († 1968)
• 1916 » Werner Baumbach, German pilot († 1953)
• 1917 » Buddy Boudreaux, American saxophonist and clarinet player († 2015)
• 1917 » Onni Palaste, Finnish soldier and author († 2009)
• 1917 » T. Nadaraja, Sri Lankan lawyer and academic († 2004)
• 1918 » John Celardo, American captain and illustrator († 2012)
• 1919 » Charles Sweeney, American general and pilot († 2004)
• 1920 » Bruce Hobbs, American jockey and trainer († 2005)

• 1900 » William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, English engineer and businessman, founded Armstrong Whitworth (b. 1810)
• 1914 » Charles Martin Hall, American chemist and engineer (b. 1863)
• 1919 » Achilles Alferaki, Russian-Greek composer and politician, Governor of Taganrog (b. 1846)
• 1923 » Gustave Eiffel, French architect and engineer, co-designed the Eiffel Tower (b. 1832)
• 1924 » Agda Meyerson, Swedish nurse and healthcare activist (b. 1866)
• 1936 » Mehmet Akif Ersoy, Turkish poet, academic, and politician (b. 1873)
• 1938 » Calvin Bridges, American geneticist and academic (b. 1889)
• 1938 » Osip Mandelstam, Polish-Russian poet and critic (b. 1891)
• 1938 » Zona Gale, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1874)
• 1939 » Rinaldo Cuneo, American painter (b. 1877)

• 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 8 » U.S. President Woodrow Wilson announces his "Fourteen Points" for the aftermath of World War I.
• March 31 » Daylight saving time goes into effect in the United States for the first time.
• November 1 » Western Ukraine separates from Austria-Hungary.
• November 21 » The Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act 1918 is passed, allowing women to stand for Parliament in the UK.
• December 4 » U.S. President Woodrow Wilson sails for the World War I peace talks in Versailles, becoming the first US president to travel to Europe while in office.
• December 27 » The Great Poland Uprising against the Germans begins.

The temperature on December 27, 1918 was between 0.4 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 3.0 °C. There was 6.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.