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• Antonetta Wilhelmina de Bresser, Tilburg († 2015)
• Alberta Cornelia Sturkenboom, Utrecht, Utrecht, NL († 1920)
• Berghouwer († 2008)
• Annie Eijsenga († 1996)
• Anna Agatha Veerkamp, Ambt Ommen, Overijssel, Nederland († 2011)
• Aleida Johanna Haeke, Hengelo († 2023)
• Adrianus Anthonius Peltenburg, Schoonhoven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1985)
• Albertus Stephanus van den Born (Vandenborn) († 1998)
• Adrianus Johannes Peltenburg, Schoonhoven, ZH, Nederland († 1985)
• Anske Corneliszn. Hofstra, Oosterend, Hennaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 2003)

• Antonie van Drunen (81), Drunen
• Albert Kuit (75), Deventer
• Adrianus Huibertus Kabel (89), Gouda
• Anton de Graaf (2), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arendina ter Steege (32), Rijssen
• Anna Linssen (60), Melick, Limburg, Netherlands
• Antonetta Martina Disco (78), Schoonhoven
• Anna Helena Vos (50), Emmen
• Aart Ligthart (18), Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Broeders (1), Gilze en Rijen

• 1913 » Rosa Parks, American civil rights activist († 2005)
• 1914 » Alfred Andersch, German-Swiss author and publisher († 1980)
• 1915 » Norman Wisdom, English singer-songwriter and actor († 2010)
• 1915 » William Talman, American actor and screenwriter († 1968)
• 1917 » Yahya Khan, Pakistan general and politician, 3rd President of Pakistan († 1980)
• 1918 » Ida Lupino, English-American actress and director († 1995)
• 1918 » Luigi Pareyson, Italian philosopher and author († 1991)
• 1920 » Janet Waldo, American actress and voice artist († 2016)
• 1921 » Betty Friedan, American author and feminist († 2006)
• 1921 » Lotfi Zadeh, Iranian-American mathematician and computer scientist and founder of fuzzy logic († 2017)

• 1891 » Pelagio Antonio de Labastida y Dávalos, Roman Catholic archbishop and Mexican politician who served as regent during the Second Mexican Empire (1863-1864) (b. 1816)
• 1905 » Louis-Ernest Barrias, French sculptor and academic (b. 1841)
• 1926 » İskilipli Âtıf Hodja, Turkish author and scholar (b. 1875)
• 1928 » Hendrik Lorentz, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
• 1933 » Archibald Sayce, English linguist and educator (b. 1846)
• 1940 » Nikolai Yezhov, Russian police officer and politician (b. 1895)
• 1943 » Frank Calder, English-Canadian ice hockey player and journalist (b. 1877)
• 1944 » Arsen Kotsoyev, Russian author and translator (b. 1872)
• 1956 » Savielly Tartakower, Russian-French chess player, journalist, and author (b. 1887)
• 1958 » Henry Kuttner, American author and screenwriter (b. 1915)

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 26 » Finnish Civil War: A group of Red Guards hangs a red lantern atop the tower of Helsinki Workers' Hall to symbolically mark the start of the war.
• January 27 » Beginning of the Finnish Civil War.
• March 3 » Russia signs the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, agreeing to withdraw from World War I, and conceding German control of the Baltic States, Belarus and Ukraine. It also conceded Turkish control of Ardahan, Kars and Batumi.
• August 13 » Women enlist in the United States Marine Corps for the first time. Opha May Johnson is the first woman to enlist.
• August 21 » World War I: The Second Battle of the Somme begins.
• December 28 » Constance Markievicz, while detained in Holloway prison, became the first woman to be elected MP to the British House of Commons.

The temperature on February 4, 1918 was between -1.5 °C and 6.9 °C and averaged 2.5 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.