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• Anna Hendrika RADSTAKE († 1984)
• Alvina Weeg, Sioux Fls., Minnehaha Co., SD († 2000)
• Adolf Bernard Arentsen, Wisch
• Agnes Cecilia VON EUW, Cloverdale, Tillamook Co, Oregon, Verenigde Staten († 2008)
• Aaltje Engels, Oosterhesselen († 1961)
• Antonius Mathijs Heerkens, Den Haag, S-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1944)
• Andries Looije, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1995)
• Alphonsus Adrianus Jansen, Baarle-Nassau († 1986)
• Baukje Sipkes Kuipers, Surhuisterveen († 1980)
• Adriana Bogers, Halsteren,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1986)

• Adrianus van der Geer (80), Voorhout
• Barbara Brigitha Willemse, Bloemendaal, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Buitelaar (61), Delft
• Adrianus Cornelis Nijssen Nijssen (0), Nieuw Vossemeer, N-Br, NL
• Alfred DUBOIS (78), Le Tréport, 76711, Seine Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
• Antje Arjens Bos (74), Zeeland, Ottawa County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Elisabeth Worst (7), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Hinders (23)
• Benedictus Leyten (66), Antwerpen (Antwerpen, BEL)
• Aart van der Kuil (96)

• 1916 » Jane Jacobs, American-Canadian journalist, author, and activist († 2006)
• 1916 » Richard Proenneke, American soldier, carpenter, and meteorologist († 2003)
• 1917 » Edward T. Cone, American pianist and composer († 2004)
• 1917 » Nick Joaquin, Filipino writer, journalist and historian († 2004)
• 1918 » Kakuei Tanaka, Japanese soldier and politician, 64th Prime Minister of Japan († 1993)
• 1918 » Tom Mead, Australian journalist and politician († 2004)
• 1919 » Basil Yamey, South African-English economist and academic
• 1919 » Dory Funk, American wrestler and trainer († 1973)
• 1921 » John van Kesteren, Dutch-American tenor and actor († 2008)
• 1921 » Patsy Garrett, American actress and singer († 2015)

• 1903 » Gotse Delchev, Macedonian Bulgarian revolutionary IMRO (b. 1872)
• 1912 » Nettie Stevens, American geneticist credited with discovering sex chromosomes (b. 1861)
• 1916 » Ned Daly, Irish rebel commander (Easter Rising) (b. 1891)
• 1916 » John Murray, Australian politician, 23rd Premier of Victoria (b. 1851)
• 1916 » Joseph Plunkett, Irish rebel and writer (b. 1887)
• 1916 » Willie Pearse, Irish rebel (b. 1891)
• 1919 » Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Slovak general and politician (b. 1880)
• 1922 » Viktor Kingissepp, Estonian politician (b. 1888)
• 1923 » Ralph McKittrick, American golfer and tennis player (b. 1877)
• 1924 » E. Nesbit, English author and poet (b. 1858)

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 26 » Finnish Civil War: A group of Red Guards hangs a red lantern atop the tower of Helsinki Workers' Hall to symbolically mark the start of the war.
• July 4 » Bolsheviks kill Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his family (Julian calendar date).
• August 31 » World War I: Start of the Battle of Mont Saint-Quentin, a successful assault by the Australian Corps during the Hundred Days Offensive.
• October 30 » World War I: Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen, a state union of Kingdom of Hungary and Triune Kingdom of Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia is abolished with decisions of Croatian and Hungarian parliaments
• November 10 » The Western Union Cable Office in North Sydney, Nova Scotia, receives a top-secret coded message from Europe (that would be sent to Ottawa and Washington, D.C.) that said on November 11, 1918, all fighting would cease on land, sea and in the air.
• November 25 » Vojvodina, formerly Austro-Hungarian crown land, proclaims its secession from Austria–Hungary to join the Kingdom of Serbia.

The temperature on May 4, 1918 was between 9.2 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.