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• Adrianus Cornelis van den Boom, Oud Gastel († 1918)
• Bernard Venenga, Colfax Township, Grundy County, Iowa, United States († 1988)
• Alois Hillen, Salzbergen († 1944)
• Antonius A Pals, Kerkrade,Limburg,Nederland († 1977)
• Antonia Maria Kappert, Olst († 2003)
• Aaltje Derks, Horst, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1995)
• Alexander Konrad Maria von Hohenlohe-Waldenburg, Bern, Bern, Switzerland († 1984)
• Adriaan van Burgh († 1986)
• Antonius Josephus Maria Verkoijen, Noordwijkerhout († 1923)
• Antje Loots, Onstwedde († 1994)

• Anna Elisabeth Leautaud (30), Zutphen
• Adriana Vormeer (29), Losser, Losser, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Adrianus Petrus Fens (0), Terheijden
• Aaltje Nijveld (70), Brummen
• Anna van der Vliet (40), Queens (Long Island), Long Island, New York State, Verenigde Staten
• Arizona Powell (60), Southwest Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
• Anna Johanna SCHOT (26), Scheveningen, gemeente 's-Gravenhage (Z-H)
• Amelia LIPPEVELDT (81)
• Arie Touw (0), Nieuw-Helvoet, 3222, Nederland
• Arie den Hollander (17), Op zee

• 1914 » Jimmy Wakely, American country music singer-songwriter and actor († 1982)
• 1916 » Bill Doggett, African-American pianist and composer († 1996)
• 1919 » Georges Ulmer, Danish-French actor and composer († 1989)
• 1920 » Anna Mae Hays, American general († 2018)
• 1921 » Jean Behra, French race car driver († 1959)
• 1921 » John Galbraith Graham, English priest and academic († 2013)
• 1921 » Vera-Ellen, German-American actress, singer, and dancer († 1981)
• 1922 » Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, German soldier and pilot († 1950)
• 1923 » Samuel Willenberg, Polish-Israeli sculptor and painter († 2016)
• 1926 » Margot Frank, German-Dutch holocaust victim († 1945)

• 1898 » Thomas Bracken, Irish-New Zealand journalist, poet, and politician (b. 1843)
• 1899 » Félix Faure, French merchant and politician, 7th President of France (b. 1841)
• 1907 » Giosuè Carducci, Italian poet and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1835)
• 1912 » Nicholas of Japan, Russian-Japanese monk and saint (b. 1836)
• 1917 » Octave Mirbeau, French journalist, novelist, and playwright ( (b. 1848)
• 1919 » Vera Kholodnaya, Ukrainian actress (b. 1893)
• 1928 » Eddie Foy Sr., American actor and dancer (b. 1856)
• 1932 » Edgar Speyer, American-English financier and philanthropist (b. 1862)
• 1932 » Ferdinand Buisson, French academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1841)
• 1944 » Dadasaheb Phalke, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1870)

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.
• April 20 » Manfred von Richthofen, a.k.a. The Red Baron, shoots down his 79th and 80th victims, his final victories before his death the following day.
• June 8 » A solar eclipse is observed at Baker City, Oregon by scientists and an artist hired by the United States Navy.
• July 4 » Mehmed V died at the age of 73 and Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI ascends to the throne.
• August 13 » Women enlist in the United States Marine Corps for the first time. Opha May Johnson is the first woman to enlist.
• October 11 » The 7.1 M_w San Fermín earthquake shakes Puerto Rico. The quake and resulting tsunami kill up to 116 people.
• November 9 » Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany abdicates after the German Revolution, and Germany is proclaimed a Republic.

The temperature on February 16, 1918 was between -4.2 °C and 1.6 °C and averaged -1.8 °C. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.