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• Audrey Cecilia Stanga († 2007)
• Beerta Pekel, Beilen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2003)
• Anne Henriette Bousquet, Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• Antonia Bras, de werken en sleeuwijk († 1918)
• Antony Dikken, Dalfsen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1988)
• Adrianus Marinus Johannes van Breugel, Tilburg († 1982)
• Alta Pauline Watts, Horry County,South Carolina († 1999)
• Anna van de Vegte, Rock Valley, Sioux County, Iowa († 1980)
• Adriana Maria Catharina van den Bercken, Venlo († 2008)
• Doorn, Deventer, Overijssel, Netherlands († 1918)

• Abraham de Ree (85), Amsterdam
• Agnes Bastiaens (1), Veldwzelt
• Aleida Roelina Stuifzand (8), Stuifzand (Ruinen), Drenthe, The Netherlands
• Adriana van Venrooij (52), Heesch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Abraham de Graaf (83), Maarsseveen 4
• Anna Matthijssen (0), Zuidlaren, Drenthe, Nederland
• Antonius Jacobus Gerrits, Maashees, Nbr.NL
• Antonius Jacobus Gerrits (4), Venlo
• Alexander Bor (64), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland-Netherlands
• Ottervanger, Rotterdam

• 1914 » Renato Dulbecco, Italian-American virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2012)
• 1915 » Gus Lesnevich, American boxer († 1964)
• 1917 » Reed Crandall, American illustrator († 1982)
• 1918 » Don Pardo, American radio and television announcer († 2014)
• 1918 » Robert Wadlow, American man, the tallest person in recorded history († 1940)
• 1918 » Sid Abel, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager († 2000)
• 1921 » Giulietta Masina, Italian actress († 1994)
• 1921 » Jean-Bédel Bokassa, Central African general and politician, 2nd President of the Central African Republic († 1996)
• 1922 » Joe Wilder, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader († 2014)
• 1922 » Marshall Teague, American race car driver († 1959)

• 1897 » Charles Blondin, French tightrope walker and acrobat (b. 1824)
• 1898 » Heungseon Daewongun, Korean king (b. 1820)
• 1903 » Hugo Wolf, Austrian composer (b. 1860)
• 1904 » Leslie Stephen, English historian, author, and critic (b. 1832)
• 1913 » Ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss linguist and author (b. 1857)
• 1913 » Francisco I. Madero, Mexican president and author (b. 1873)
• 1923 » Théophile Delcassé, French politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1852)
• 1939 » Antonio Machado, Spanish-French poet and author (b. 1875)
• 1942 » Stefan Zweig, Austrian journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1881)
• 1943 » Christoph Probst, German activist (b. 1919)

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 17 » Finnish Civil War: The first serious battles take place between the Red Guards and the White Guard.
• February 25 » German forces capture Tallinn to virtually complete the occupation of Estonia.
• May 28 » The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and the First Republic of Armenia declare their independence.
• June 24 » First airmail service in Canada from Montreal to Toronto.
• July 9 » In Nashville, Tennessee, an inbound local train collides with an outbound express, killing 101 and injuring 171 people, making it the deadliest rail accident in United States history.
• October 30 » World War I: Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen, a state union of Kingdom of Hungary and Triune Kingdom of Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia is abolished with decisions of Croatian and Hungarian parliaments

The temperature on February 22, 1918 was between 2.7 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.