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• Anna Maria Penders, Geulle († 2002)
• Arie Willem den Boer, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1960)
• Adriana Cornelia Janssen, Berkel en Rodenrijs († 1990)
• Anna Bos, Jubbega-Schurega († 1993)
• Aaltje Klaassen († 1985)
• Bernice A Neltner, Campbell County, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 2005)
• Annigje van der Linde, Zwollerkerspel, Ov. Nederland († 1999)
• Adriana van de Vreede († 2006)
• Agatha Johanna Heijsters, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands († 2014)
• Antje Ydes Beeksma, Jelsum, Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 2008)

• Catharina Maria van de Wiel, Boxtel
• Antoine François Marie "Henri" de Boissieu (75), Unverre, Eure-et-Loir, France
• Adriana Grootenboer (77), Sint-Maartensdijk
• Catharina Schermer (66), Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Stallmann (0)
• Adrianus Migchielsen (66), Groenlo, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Senden Zenden (45), Ubachs over Worms
• Adrianus Reniers (1), Zevenbegen
• Catharina (Trijntje) Schermer (66), Hoorn, Nederland
• Aleida Johanna Aldegonda van Kempen (57), Babberich, Nederland

• 1911 » Clara Rockmore, American classical violin prodigy and theremin player, († 1998)
• 1915 » Johnnie Johnson, English air marshal and pilot († 2001)
• 1918 » George Lincoln Rockwell, American sailor and politician, founded the American Nazi Party († 1967)
• 1918 » Mickey Spillane, American crime novelist († 2006)
• 1920 » Franjo Mihalić, Croatian-Serbian runner and coach († 2015)
• 1921 » Carl Betz, American actor († 1978)
• 1922 » Ian Turbott, New Zealand-Australian former diplomat and university administrator († 2016)
• 1923 » André Courrèges, French fashion designer († 2016)
• 1923 » James L. Buckley, American lawyer, judge, and politician
• 1923 » Walter Kohn, Austrian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2016)

• 1888 » William I, German Emperor (b. 1797)
• 1895 » Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Austrian journalist and author (b. 1836)
• 1897 » Sondre Norheim, Norwegian-American skier (b. 1825)
• 1918 » Frank Wedekind, German author and playwright (b. 1864)
• 1925 » Willard Metcalf, American painter and academic (b. 1858)
• 1926 » Mikao Usui, Japanese spiritual leader, founded Reiki (b. 1865)
• 1937 » Paul Elmer More, American journalist and critic (b. 1864)
• 1943 » Otto Freundlich, German painter and sculptor (b. 1878)
• 1954 » Vagn Walfrid Ekman, Swedish oceanographer and academic (b. 1874)
• 1955 » Miroslava, Czech-Mexican actress (b. 1925)

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.
• February 24 » Estonian Declaration of Independence.
• April 24 » World War I: First tank-to-tank combat, during the second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux. Three British Mark IVs meet three German A7Vs.
• May 9 » World War I: Germany repels Britain's second attempt to blockade the port of Ostend, Belgium.
• July 17 » The RMSCarpathia, the ship that rescued the 705 survivors from the RMSTitanic, is sunk off Ireland by the German SMU-55; five lives are lost.
• September 29 » Germany's Supreme Army Command tells the Kaiser and the Chancellor to open negotiations for an armistice.
• October 29 » The German High Seas Fleet is incapacitated when sailors mutiny on the night of the 29th-30th, an action which would trigger the German Revolution of 1918–19.

The temperature on March 9, 1918 was between -2.9 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.