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• Bernardus Benedictus Josephus Minnegal, Lonneker († 1976)
• Albertus VALCKX, Westmalle, Malle, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium († 1997)
• Antje Heuts, Nuth,, Limburg, Nederland († 2003)
• Anna Belemans, Neeroeteren, Provincie Limburg, België († 1994)
• Anna Johanna Veronica Korfage, Leeuwarden († 1992)
• Barbara Maud LEACH, Greymouth, Grey, West Coast, New Zealand († 1980)
• Allert Heerema, Winsum († 1980)
• Antonius Hendricus van Dorenmalen, Woensel († 1925)
• Albert Valckx, Westmalle, België († 1997)
• Antonius Leonardus Mulders, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 2001)

• Anna Helena (Anleenke) Plagge (63), Emmen, Nederland
• Alfred Richardson (72), Harford, Tasmania, Australia
• Anna Helena Plagge- (63), Emmen, Nederland
• Adam Jacobus Scholten (83), Alphen aan den Rijn, ZH, Nederland
• Adriana Alblas (79), Vlaardinger Ambacht
• Aafje Kager (63), Schoorl, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonie Peek (54), Westzaan
• Alijda Maria Groeneveld (72), Arhem
• Anna Adrians Heemskerk (53), Oegstgeest
• Adriana Alblas (79), Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

• 1917 » Irving Kaplansky, Canadian-American mathematician and academic († 2006)
• 1917 » Paul Rogers, English actor († 2013)
• 1917 » Virginia Grey, American actress († 2004)
• 1918 » Cheddi Jagan, Guyanese politician, 4th President of Guyana († 1997)
• 1919 » Bernard Krigstein, American illustrator († 1990)
• 1920 » Fanny Waterman, English pianist and educator, founded the Leeds International Pianoforte Competition
• 1920 » James Brown, American actor and singer († 1992)
• 1920 » Katsuko Saruhashi, Japanese geochemist († 2007)
• 1920 » Lloyd MacPhail, Canadian businessman and politician, 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island († 1995)
• 1920 » Werner Klemperer, German-American actor († 2000)

• 1881 » Samuel Courtauld, English businessman (b. 1793)
• 1896 » Thomas Hughes, English lawyer and politician (b. 1822)
• 1913 » Ruggero Oddi, Italian physiologist and anatomist (b.1864)
• 1913 » Song Jiaoren, Chinese educator and politician (b. 1882)
• 1924 » William Macewen, Scottish surgeon and neuroscientist (b. 1848)
• 1931 » James Campbell, 1st Baron Glenavy, Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1851)
• 1942 » Frederick Cuming, English cricketer (b. 1875)
• 1942 » William Donne, English captain and cricketer (b. 1875)
• 1945 » John Hessin Clarke, American lawyer and judge (b. 1857)
• 1952 » D. S. Senanayake, 1st Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (b. 1883)

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.
• November 7 » The 1918 influenza epidemic spreads to Western Samoa, killing 7,542 (about 20% of the population) by the end of the year.
• November 10 » The Western Union Cable Office in North Sydney, Nova Scotia, receives a top-secret coded message from Europe (that would be sent to Ottawa and Washington, D.C.) that said on November 11, 1918, all fighting would cease on land, sea and in the air.
• November 12 » Austria becomes a republic. After the proclamation, a coup attempt by the communist Red Guard is defeated by the social-democratic Volkswehr.
• December 1 » Transylvania unites with Romania, following the incorporation of Bessarabia (March 27) and Bukovina (November 28), thus concluding the Great Union.
• December 16 » Vincas Mickevičius-Kapsukas declares the formation of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic; it is dissolved in 1919.

The temperature on March 22, 1918 was between -0.4 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.