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• Allert Andela, Enschede († 1980)
• Anthonius Jacobus Dekker, Berkout († 1918)
• Amelie Josephine Yvonne Celis, Halmaal, België († 1962)
• Anthonie Vos, Huizen († 1986)
• Alida Arnolda Schilder, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1967)
• Anna Elisabeth Gerardina Janssen, Bree, Provincie Limburg, België († 1991)
• Alberta Mol, Varssel,, Gelderland, Nederland († 1919)
• Alida Alijda Mulder, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1984)
• Alfonsina Lemmens, Kerniel, België († 1921)
• Benjamin van Beem, Amsterdam († 1919)

• Aagje Rijkelijkhuizen (61), Kamerik, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Cuypers (44), Diepenbeek, België
• Klaas Hylkema (82), utingeradeel
• Adrianus Beenen (28), Druten, Netherlands
• Adriana Maria van de GRAFT (49), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Adrianusz. Bezemer (67), , Rotterdam,, South Holland, Netherlands
• Antoinetta Petronella van Nieuwenhoven (38), Bloemendaal, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna van der Meij (29), Sassenheim
• Adriana Maria van de Graft (49), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Hubertus Staps (65), Tilburg, Nederland

• 1915 » Joe Foss, American general and politician, 20th Governor of South Dakota († 2003)
• 1915 » Martin Clemens, Scottish soldier († 2009)
• 1915 » Regina Ghazaryan, Armenian painter († 1999)
• 1916 » A. Thiagarajah, Sri Lankan educator and politician († 1981)
• 1916 » Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, world's first female prime minister († 2000)
• 1916 » Win Maung, 3rd President of Union of Myanmar († 1989)
• 1918 » William Holden, American actor († 1981)
• 1919 » Chavela Vargas, Costa Rican-Mexican singer-songwriter and actress († 2012)
• 1919 » Gilles Lamontagne, Canadian lieutenant and politician, 24th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec († 2016)
• 1920 » Edmonde Charles-Roux, French journalist and author († 2016)

• 1892 » Alexander Mackenzie, Scottish-Canadian journalist and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1822)
• 1921 » Manwel Dimech, Maltese journalist, author, and philosopher (b. 1860)
• 1923 » Laurence Ginnell, Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1852)
• 1930 » Alexander Golovin, Russian painter and stage designer (b. 1863)
• 1933 » Kote Marjanishvili, Georgian director and playwright (b. 1872)
• 1936 » Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck, Dutch lawyer and politician, 28th Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1873)
• 1942 » Jean Baptiste Perrin, French-American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1870)
• 1944 » Dimitrios Psarros, Greek lieutenant, founded the National and Social Liberation (b. 1893)
• 1944 » J. T. Hearne, English cricketer and coach (b. 1867)
• 1946 » Juan Bautista Sacasa, Nicaraguan medical doctor, politician and 20th President of Nicaragua (b. 1874)

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 5 » SSTuscania is torpedoed off the coast of Ireland; it is the first ship carrying American troops to Europe to be torpedoed and sunk.
• July 12 » The Imperial Japanese Navy battleship Kawachi blows up at Shunan, western Honshu, Japan, killing at least 621.
• September 29 » World War I: Bulgaria signs the Armistice of Salonica.
• October 10 » RMS Leinster is torpedoed and sunk by UB-123, killing 564, the worst-ever on the Irish Sea.
• November 9 » Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany abdicates after the German Revolution, and Germany is proclaimed a Republic.
• November 23 » Heber J. Grant succeeds Joseph F. Smith as the seventh president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

The temperature on April 17, 1918 was between 6.9 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.