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• Antonius Johannes Adam, Den Haag († 1919)
• Anna Kivits, Vlijmen († 2003)
• Anna M Harder, Mountain Lake, Cottonwood, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 2003)
• Bente Kirkeby, Copenhagen, Denmark († 2011)
• Berend STOB, Faan (Oldekerk) Groningen Netherlands († 1918)
• Antje Scholten, Stobbegat († 2005)
• Brandus H. Keeter, Rutherford County, North Carolina († 1970)
• Catharina COLLÉ, Leiden († 2007)
• Albert Apers, Kieldrecht, Oost-Vlaanderen, Vlaanderen, België († 1989)
• Alida Anna Stokkel-, Hoogezand, Nederland († 1928)

• Annechien Everts Bouwknegt (87), Harlingen, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Odilia Schiltmeijer (50), Bussum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arendina Ouwkens (55), Amsterdam
• Albert Jan Pepping (27), Assen
• Margje Botter (76), Hoogeveen
• Auguste Friederike Bollmann (78), Veckenstedt (Landkrs. Harz, Sachsen-Anhalt/Sassen-Anholt)
• Ann Hicks (93)
• Aaldert Duinkerken (2), Hoogeveen Drenthe, Netherlands
• Antoinette, Prinzessin von Sayn und Wittgenstein (79), Ariceia
• Bariatinska (79)

• 1914 » Robert N. Thompson, American-Canadian chiropractor and politician († 1997)
• 1918 » Birgit Nilsson, Swedish operatic soprano († 2005)
• 1918 » Joan Benham, English actress († 1981)
• 1919 » Antonio Aguilar, Mexican singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and screenwriter († 2007)
• 1919 » Gustav Naan, Russian-Estonian physicist and philosopher († 1994)
• 1919 » Merle Miller, American author and screenwriter († 1986)
• 1920 » Harry Männil, Estonian-Venezuelan businessman, co-founded ACO Group († 2010)
• 1921 » Bob Merrill, American composer and screenwriter († 1998)
• 1921 » Dennis Brain, English composer († 1957)
• 1922 » Jean Rédélé, French racing driver, founded Alpine († 2007)

• 1911 » Frederick August Otto Schwarz, German-American businessman, founded FAO Schwarz (b. 1836)
• 1916 » Boris Borisovich Golitsyn, Russian physicist and seismologist (b. 1862)
• 1917 » Charles Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak (b. 1829)
• 1917 » Clara Ayres, American nurse (b. 1880)
• 1919 » Guido von List, Austrian-German journalist, author, and poet (b. 1848)
• 1921 » Karl Mantzius, Danish actor and director (b. 1860)
• 1922 » Dorothy Levitt, English racing driver and journalist (b. 1882)
• 1927 » Harold Geiger, American pilot and lieutenant (b. 1884)
• 1934 » Cass Gilbert, American architect (b. 1859)
• 1935 » Paul Dukas, French composer, critic, and educator (b. 1865)

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.
• January 12 » The Minnie Pit Disaster coal mining accident occurs in Halmer End, Staffordshire, in which 155 men and boys die.
• April 9 » World War I: The Battle of the Lys: The Portuguese Expeditionary Corps is crushed by the German forces during what is called the Spring Offensive on the Belgian region of Flanders.
• June 22 » The Hammond Circus Train Wreck kills 86 and injures 127 near Hammond, Indiana.
• September 10 » Russian Civil War: The Red Army captures Kazan.
• November 11 » World War I: Germany signs an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car in the forest of Compiègne.
• December 4 » U.S. President Woodrow Wilson sails for the World War I peace talks in Versailles, becoming the first US president to travel to Europe while in office.

The temperature on May 17, 1918 was between 11.5 °C and 27.0 °C and averaged 19.0 °C. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.