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• Albert A Keicher, New York, Verenigde Staten († 1996)
• Koelemeijer, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Moerman, Willemstad († 1920)
• Albert van der Haar, Gramsbergen († 1978)
• Arend Schollema, Middelstum, Groningen, Nederland († 2004)
• Ally Dümmerling, Düsseldorf D († 1985)
• Aartje Gerritdina van den Brink († 1997)
• Arie van Orselen, Mill en Sint Hubert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1975)
• Alice Rosetta Cowell, Freeport, Harper, Kansas, Verenigde Staten († 2012)
• Antonius Johannes Verberkt, Rijkevoort († 1919)

• Zurstegen (0), Altharen, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Adriana LIPS (73), Etten-Leur,Noord-Brabant,NEDERLAND
• Pentenga (0), Musselkanaal gem. Onstwedde
• Catharina Johanna Sebregts (0), Oud Gastel
• Baukje Ykes Sevinga (75), Oldehove
• Bouke Poelstra (1), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anton Huf (69), Haarlem,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arthur C. Donker (24), Grand Haven, Ottawa County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Arend van Nierop (4), Maasland, 3155, Nederland
• Antje Bos (72), Ambt Ommen, 7732, Nederland

• 1915 » Stanley Matthews, English footballer and manager († 2000)
• 1917 » Eiji Sawamura, Japanese baseball player and soldier († 1944)
• 1917 » José Luis Sampedro, Spanish economist and author († 2013)
• 1918 » Ignacy Tokarczuk, Polish archbishop († 2012)
• 1918 » Muriel Spark, Scottish playwright and poet († 2006)
• 1920 » Mike Scarry, American football player and coach († 2012)
• 1920 » Zao Wou-Ki, Chinese-French painter († 2013)
• 1921 » Patricia Robins, British writer and WAAF officer († 2016).
• 1921 » Peter Sallis, English actor († 2017)
• 1921 » Teresa Mattei, Italian feminist partisan and politician († 2013)

• 1897 » Constantin von Ettingshausen, Austrian geologist and botanist (b. 1826)
• 1903 » Sir George Stokes, Anglo-Irish physicist, mathematician, and politician (b. 1819)
• 1907 » Léon Serpollet, French businessman (b. 1858)
• 1908 » Carlos I of Portugal (b. 1863)
• 1922 » William Desmond Taylor, American actor and director (b. 1872)
• 1924 » Maurice Prendergast, American painter (b. 1858)
• 1928 » Hughie Jennings, American baseball player and manager (b. 1869)
• 1936 » Georgios Kondylis, Greek general and politician, 128th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1878)
• 1940 » Philip Francis Nowlan, American author, created Buck Rogers (b. 1888)
• 1940 » Zacharias Papantoniou, Greek journalist and critic (b. 1877)

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.
• February 21 » The last Carolina parakeet dies in captivity at the Cincinnati Zoo.
• June 1 » World War I: Western Front: Battle of Belleau Wood: Allied Forces under John J. Pershing and James Harbord engage Imperial German Forces under Wilhelm, German Crown Prince.
• August 13 » Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) established as a public company in Germany.
• October 11 » The 7.1 M_w San Fermín earthquake shakes Puerto Rico. The quake and resulting tsunami kill up to 116 people.
• November 7 » The 1918 influenza epidemic spreads to Western Samoa, killing 7,542 (about 20% of the population) by the end of the year.
• December 27 » The Great Poland Uprising against the Germans begins.

The temperature on February 1, 1918 was between -2.3 °C and -0.5 °C and averaged -0.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.