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• Anna Klasens, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2017)
• Albert Ronald Atkinson, Bindoon, Western Australia, As († 1988)
• * Philippus Hubertus Aerts, Roggel († 1977)
• Alfred TISLAIR, Namur,5000,Namen,Wallonië,BELGIË († 1994)
• Abraham Eijgenraam, Vlaardingen, Nederland († 1943)
• Arie koorneef († 1995)
• Aaltje Bossenbroek, Epe, Nederland († 1919)
• Abraham Eijgenraam, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Adrianus van Lieshout, Rotterdam († 1944)
• Ada Florence Woolvet, Essex, England († 1971)

• Catharina van ZUNDERT (0), Rucphen
• Anna Freesemann (15), Butler County, Iowa
• Anna Maria Rijnfrank (90), Utrecht, Netherlands
• Bernardus ter Borg (51), Enschede
• Andrew Robertson Rennie (47), Glasgow, Scotland
• Adriaan van Drongelen (82), Terneuzen
• Catharina van Zundert (0), Rucphen
• Augustinus Lamiroy (60), Bellem
• * Wilhelmus Johannes Gonlag (88), Schiedam
• Arcangelo Follin (28), Dortmund (Dld)

• 1913 » Jimmy Hoffa, American trade union leader († 1975)
• 1913 » Mel Allen, American sportscaster († 1996)
• 1913 » Woody Hayes, American football player and coach († 1987)
• 1916 » Edward Platt, American actor († 1974)
• 1916 » Marcel Bigeard, French general († 2010)
• 1916 » Masaki Kobayashi, Japanese director and producer († 1996)
• 1916 » Sally Gray, English actress and singer († 2006)
• 1917 » Herbert A. Hauptman, American mathematician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2011)
• 1921 » Hazel McCallion, Canadian businesswoman and politician, 3rd Mayor of Mississauga
• 1921 » Hugh Downs, American journalist, game show host, and producer

• 1894 » Eugène Charles Catalan, Belgian-French mathematician and academic (b. 1814)
• 1901 » Edward Stafford, Scottish-New Zealand educator and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1819)
• 1910 » Giovanni Passannante, Italian anarchist (b. 1849)
• 1922 » Heikki Ritavuori, Finnish lawyer and politician (b. 1880)
• 1929 » Thomas Burke, American sprinter, coach, and lawyer (b. 1875)
• 1930 » Thomas Mackenzie, Scottish-New Zealand cartographer and politician, 18th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1853)
• 1933 » Carl Correns, German botanist and geneticist (b. 1864)
• 1942 » Adnan Saidi, Malayan lieutenant (b. 1915)
• 1943 » David Hilbert, Russian-German mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1862)
• 1943 » Dora Gerson, German actress and singer (b. 1899)

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.
• January 29 » Ukrainian–Soviet War: The Bolshevik Red Army, on its way to besiege Kiev, is met by a small group of military students at the Battle of Kruty.
• March 31 » Massacre of ethnic Azerbaijanis is committed by allied armed groups of Armenian Revolutionary Federation and Bolsheviks. Nearly 12,000 Azerbaijani Muslims are killed.
• April 9 » World War I: The Battle of the Lys: The Portuguese Expeditionary Corps is crushed by the German forces during what is called the Spring Offensive on the Belgian region of Flanders.
• July 4 » World War I: The Battle of Hamel, a successful attack by the Australian Corps against German positions near the town of Le Hamel on the Western Front.
• July 17 » The RMSCarpathia, the ship that rescued the 705 survivors from the RMSTitanic, is sunk off Ireland by the German SMU-55; five lives are lost.
• November 21 » The Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act 1918 is passed, allowing women to stand for Parliament in the UK.

The temperature on February 14, 1918 was between -1.6 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 3.2 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.