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• Adriaan Koenen, Woubugge († 2000)
• Adrienne Jeanne Marie Thole, Hilversum († 2008)
• Anna Margaretha van Ommen, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2010)
• Adriana Theresia Maria Hendrickx, Chaam († 2006)
• Arie Hoek, Scheveningen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2006)
• Antonie_Lambertus Schram, Alphen aan de Rijn († 1973)
• ?? van Trotsenburg, Delft († 1918)
• Annigje Pleuntje de Waard, Papendrecht, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1996)
• Anna Joanna Catherina WIRIX, Neeroeteren,3680,Limbourg,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1994)
• Alphonsus Meijnckens, Schiedam, Nederland († 1919)

• August Bley (18)
• Oosterbaan (0), Bolsward
• Anna Maria van de Wiel (66), Lichtenvoorde, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arend Smid (66), Ruinen
• Aalse Douwes Adema (6), Drachten, gem. Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• ? ? (77)
• Aloijsius Jacobus de Vliegher (0), St. Jansteen
• Anna van der Linden (35), Pella, Marion County, Iowa, 50219, VS
• Adrianus Petrus Gelton (65), Grave, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Aaltje van Vlaanderen (92), Volendam

• 1914 » Felice Borel, Italian footballer († 1993)
• 1916 » Gregory Peck, American actor, political activist, and producer († 2003)
• 1917 » Frans Gommers, Belgian footballer († 1996)
• 1917 » Robert Bloch, American author († 1994)
• 1919 » Lester James Peries, Sri Lankan director, screenwriter, and producer († 2018)
• 1920 » Alfonso Thiele, Turkish-Italian race car driver († 1986)
• 1920 » Arthur Hailey, English-Canadian soldier and author († 2004)
• 1920 » Barend Biesheuvel, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands († 2001)
• 1920 » John Willem Gran, Swedish bishop († 2008)
• 1921 » Christopher Hewett, English actor and theatre director († 2001)

• 1914 » Bernard Borggreve, German forestry scientist (b. 1836)
• 1916 » Maksim Kovalevsky, Russian sociologist (b. 1851)
• 1918 » George Tupou II, King of Tonga (b. 1874)
• 1918 » Paul Vidal de La Blache, French geographer (b. 1845)
• 1920 » Laurent Marqueste, French sculptor (b. 1848)
• 1921 » Alphons Diepenbrock, Dutch composer (b. 1862)
• 1921 » Sophie Elkan, Swedish-Jewish writer and translator (b. 1853)
• 1923 » George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, English archaeologist and businessman (b. 1866)
• 1924 » Victor Hensen, German zoologist (b. 1835)
• 1928 » Roy Kilner, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1890)

• 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.
• February 25 » German forces capture Tallinn to virtually complete the occupation of Estonia.
• March 21 » World War I: The first phase of the German Spring Offensive, Operation Michael, begins.
• April 1 » The Royal Air Force is created by the merger of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service.
• October 10 » RMS Leinster is torpedoed and sunk by UB-123, killing 564, the worst-ever on the Irish Sea.
• October 12 » A massive forest fire kills 453 people in Minnesota.

The temperature on April 5, 1918 was between 7.9 °C and 13.2 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.