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• Ann Francis Nancy HOGAN († 2002)
• Abraham Schouten, Leiden
• Cornelia Sip, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1987)
• Anna Amalia Börner, Gospenroda († 1998)
• Catharina Maria Paapen, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1918)
• Bouwe van der meulen († 1977)
• Anthonius Johannes van der Heijden, Oss († 2003)
• Anna Dailey, Philidelphia Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 2010)
• Adrianus Pouw van der, Reeuwijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1918)
• Catharina Danella GROENENDAL, Groningen († 1989)

• adriaantje KERKHOF (88), mijnsheerenland
• Aaltje *** Pepping (39), Annen (Anloo)
• Anna Margaretha Elisabeth (Dalle, Dulle) Dahle (49)
• Anna Ives Browne (80)
• Ann Ives Browne (80), Rotterdam,Gemeente Rotterdam,South Holland,Netherlands
• Cruit (0), Escambia County, Alabama, United States of America
• Anna Raedts (76), Zussen, Riemst, België
• Adriana Roks (24), Rucphen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alonzo Irwin McGrew (67), Reno, Washoe County, Nevada
• van der Vooren (0), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1914 » Gul Khan Nasir, Pakistani journalist, poet, and politician († 1983)
• 1914 » William Thomas Tutte, British codebreaker and mathematician († 2002)
• 1916 » Lance Dossor, English-Australian pianist and educator († 2005)
• 1916 » Marco Zanuso, Italian architect and designer († 2001)
• 1916 » Robert F. Christy, Canadian-American physicist and astronomer († 2012)
• 1917 » Lou Harrison, American composer and critic († 2003)
• 1917 » Norman Luboff, American composer and conductor († 1987)
• 1919 » John Hope, American soldier and meteorologist († 2002)
• 1919 » Solange Chaput-Rolland, Canadian journalist and politician († 2001)
• 1921 » Richard Deacon, American actor († 1984)

• 1906 » Carl Schurz, German-American general, journalist, and politician, 13th United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1829)
• 1912 » August Strindberg, Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist (b. 1849)
• 1912 » Frederick VIII of Denmark (b. 1843)
• 1918 » James Gordon Bennett, Jr., American journalist and publisher (b. 1841)
• 1919 » Henry J. Heinz, American businessman, founded the H. J. Heinz Company (b. 1844)
• 1923 » Charles de Freycinet, French engineer and politician, 43rd Prime Minister of France (b. 1828)
• 1923 » N. G. Chandavarkar, Indian jurist and politician (b. 1855)
• 1931 » David Belasco, American director, producer, and playwright (b. 1853)
• 1934 » Lou Criger, American baseball player and manager (b. 1872)
• 1935 » Magnus Hirschfeld, German physician and sexologist (b. 1868)

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.
• May 2 » General Motors acquires the Chevrolet Motor Company of Delaware.
• 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.
• August 17 » Bolshevik revolutionary leader Moisei Uritsky is assassinated.
• August 30 » Fanni Kaplan shoots and seriously injures Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin, which along with the assassination of Bolshevik senior official Moisei Uritsky days earlier, prompts the decree for Red Terror.
• September 28 » World War I: The Fifth Battle of Ypres begins.
• October 28 » First World War: A new Polish government in western Galicia is established, triggering the Polish–Ukrainian War.

The temperature on May 14, 1918 was between 5.7 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.