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• Andrew Robertson Rennie, Jamestown, Dunbartonshire, Scotland († 1997)
• Alida Weekhout, Amsterdam, Nederland († 1997)
• Antoinette DESROCHERS, Calling Lake, Alberta, Canada († 1996)
• Antheunis Koole, Oost en West-Souburg, Zeeland, Nederland († 1918)
• Adriaantje Izelaar, Zuid-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2002)
• Barbara A Formanek, Duncan († 1995)
• Andreas A. Renskers, Emmons, North Dakota, United States († 1992)
• Adriana-Petronella van Gurp, Hedikhuizen († 1918)
• Anna Marie Bobbink, Apeldoorn († 1918)
• Adrianus Johannes van Heesch, Boxtel († 1994)

• Antoni de Jonge- (88), Holte, Nederland
• Antoni Pieters de Jonge (88), Holte, Onstwedde, provincie Groningen
• abraham cok (74), amsterdam
• Annichje ter Stege (86), Hoogeveen
• Anna Maria Arons (69), Bennebroek, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Verbarendse (83), Bergen op Zoom, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Carel Ferdinand Cremer, Nijmegen
• Angeletta L "Angie" Mayfield **** (38), Pulaski, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten
• Aaltje Hoornveld (68), Aengwierde
• Alphonse Théodore EYMAEL (34), Le Havre, Seine Maritime, Frankrijk

• 1911 » Elizabeth Bishop, American poet and author († 1979)
• 1913 » Betty Field, American actress († 1973)
• 1913 » Danai Stratigopoulou, Greek singer-songwriter († 2009)
• 1914 » Bill Finger, American author and screenwriter, co-created Batman († 1974)
• 1915 » Georges Guétary, Egyptian-French singer, dancer, and actor († 1997)
• 1918 » Freddie Blassie, American wrestler and manager († 2003)
• 1921 » Barney Danson, Canadian colonel and politician, 21st Canadian Minister of National Defence († 2011)
• 1921 » Lana Turner, American actress († 1995)
• 1921 » Nexhmije Hoxha, Albanian politician († 2020)
• 1922 » Audrey Meadows, American actress and banker († 1996)

• 1907 » Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom, Dutch chemist and academic (b. 1854)
• 1910 » Hans Jæger, Norwegian philosopher and activist (b. 1854)
• 1914 » Dayrolles Eveleigh-de-Moleyns, 4th Baron Ventry, Irish hereditary peer (b. 1828)
• 1915 » François Langelier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 10th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1838)
• 1921 » George Formby Sr, English actor and singer (b. 1876)
• 1921 » Peter Kropotkin, Russian zoologist, geographer, and philologist (b. 1842)
• 1928 » Theodor Curtius, German chemist (b. 1857)
• 1932 » Yordan Milanov, Bulgarian architect, designed the Sveti Sedmochislenitsi Church (b. 1867)
• 1935 » Eemil Nestor Setälä, Finnish linguist and politician, Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs (b. 1864)
• 1936 » Charles Curtis, American lawyer and politician, 31st Vice President of the United States (b. 1860)

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.
• August 2 » The first general strike in Canadian history takes place in Vancouver.
• October 1 » Sayid Abdullah becomes the last Khan of Khiva.
• October 3 » King Boris III of Bulgaria accedes to the throne.
• November 21 » The Flag of Estonia, previously used by pro-independence activists, is formally adopted as the national flag of the Republic of Estonia.
• December 1 » The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later known as the Kingdom of Yugoslavia) is proclaimed.

The temperature on February 8, 1918 was between 6.9 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 4.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.