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• Cornelia de Groot, Maartensdijk († 1918)
• Antonius Martinus Arnoldus (Toon) Aarden, Teteringen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1986)
• Anna Joanna van Lith, Empel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1989)
• Carl Milford Danner, Burt, Kossuth County, Iowa († 2006)
• Christianus Nelemans, Deurne, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1981)
• claassens († 1918)
• Cornelia Jacoba Beljaars, Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1918)
• Anna Johanna van Lith, Empel († 1989)
• Archie Malone Frost († 2012)
• Charles Edwin Dean, Jackson, Michigan († 2000)

• Adriaan Schouwenaars (76), Zevenbergen,Noord-Brabant,Netherlands
• Adriaan de Hart (0), Herpt en Bern, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Berend Ligtenberg (0), Rijssen
• Arend Abbas (28), Wijtschate, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
• Anna Maria Griese (41), Haren, Emsland
• Adrianus Ossenblok, Princenhage, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bart Zijderveld (83), Hei-en Boeicop
• Alphonse De Craecker (61), Sint-Niklaas
• Adriana Vendrig (0), Montfoort
• Anna van Staveren (81), Leiden

• 1917 » Barry Nelson, American actor († 2007)
• 1917 » Victoria Eugenia Fernández de Córdoba, 18th Duchess of Medinaceli († 2013)
• 1918 » Dick Gibson, English racing driver († 2010)
• 1918 » Hsuan Hua, Chinese-American monk and author († 1995)
• 1918 » Juozas Kazickas, Lithuanian-American businessman and philanthropist († 2014)
• 1918 » Spike Milligan, Irish actor, comedian, and writer († 2002)
• 1919 » Merce Cunningham, American dancer and choreographer († 2009)
• 1919 » Nilla Pizzi, Italian singer († 2011)
• 1919 » Pedro Ramírez Vázquez, Mexican architect, designed the Tijuana Cultural Center and National Museum of Anthropology († 2013)
• 1919 » Thomas Willmore, English geometer and academic († 2005)

• 1899 » Emilio Jacinto, Filipino journalist and activist (b. 1875)
• 1904 » Maximilian Kronberger, German poet and author (b. 1888)
• 1904 » Samuel Smiles, Scottish-English author (b. 1812)
• 1914 » George William Hill, American astronomer and mathematician (b. 1838)
• 1915 » Nelson W. Aldrich, American businessman and politician (b. 1841)
• 1925 » Stefan Nerezov, Bulgarian general (b. 1867)
• 1928 » Henry Birks, Canadian businessman, founded Henry Birks and Sons (b. 1840)
• 1928 » Roman Steinberg, Estonian wrestler (b. 1900)
• 1930 » José Carlos Mariátegui, Peruvian journalist, philosopher, and activist (b. 1894)
• 1935 » Panait Istrati, Romanian journalist and author (b. 1884)

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.
• March 19 » The US Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time.
• September 29 » Germany's Supreme Army Command tells the Kaiser and the Chancellor to open negotiations for an armistice.
• October 9 » The Finnish Parliament offers to Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse the throne of a short-lived Kingdom of Finland.
• 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.
• November 11 » Józef Piłsudski assumes supreme military power in Poland - symbolic first day of Polish independence.
• November 21 » A pogrom takes place in Lwów (now Lviv); over three days, at least 50 Jews and 270 Ukrainian Christians are killed by Poles.

The temperature on April 16, 1918 was between 5.9 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.