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• Clemence John Fischer, Ost, Reno County, Kansas, Verenigde Staten († 1944)
• Adriaan Pieter Marinus Boland, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1991)
• Anthonius Hermanus Jozef Nijpels, Den Helder († 1989)
• Catharina Beatrix Huberta (Cato) Gooren, Swolgen, Li.NL († 1967)
• Ada May Laverack, St Catherines Island, Canada († 2005)
• Andre Schutyser, Oostkerke († 2002)
• Adriaan Pieter Marinus Boland, Utrecht († 1991)
• Adrianus (Arie) Ursem, Ursem, North Holland, Netherlands († 2001)
• Clarence Adolph Wahle, Otterville, Jersey, Illinois († 1918)
• Ann de TRAFFORD († 1987)

• Albert BRAUN de ter MEEREN (34), Au Service du Pays
• Alexandra (Tsarina) of Hesse-Darmstadt (46), Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk, Russia
• Alexei ROMANOV (13), Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
• Albert Aldertsz Zwart (48), Zee, abv Nora IJM 178, zeillogger, tgv onderzeeër bij Doggersbank
• Albert Theodor Schöndorf (32), France
• Abrammina Jacoba Dejonge (71), Terneuzen, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Adriana van Capelle (68), Zoelmond, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alexandra Feodorovna (Last Empress consort of All the Russias) (46)
• Alexandra Feodorovna Hesse-Darmstadt (46), Ipatiev House, Yekaterinburg, gorod Ekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia (Executed by the Bolsheviks)
• Alexandra Victoria von Hessen-Darmstadt (46), Jekaterineburg (Rusland), huize Ipatiev, vermoord

• 1915 » Arthur Rothstein, American photographer and educator († 1985)
• 1915 » Bijon Bhattacharya, Indian actor, singer, and screenwriter († 1978)
• 1917 » Christiane Rochefort, French author († 1998)
• 1917 » Kenan Evren, Turkish general and politician, 7th President of Turkey († 2015)
• 1917 » Lou Boudreau, American baseball player and manager († 2001)
• 1917 » Phyllis Diller, American actress, comedian, and voice artist († 2012)
• 1918 » Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio, Guatemalan soldier and politician, President of Guatemala († 2003)
• 1918 » Red Sovine, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1980)
• 1920 » Gordon Gould, American physicist and academic, invented the laser († 2005)
• 1920 » Juan Antonio Samaranch, Spanish businessman, 7th President of the International Olympic Committee († 2010)

• 1894 » Leconte de Lisle, French poet and translator (b. 1818)
• 1900 » Thomas McIlwraith, Scottish-Australian politician, 8th Premier of Queensland (b. 1835)
• 1907 » Hector Malot, French author and critic (b. 1830)
• 1912 » Henri Poincaré, French mathematician, physicist, and engineer (b. 1854)
• 1918 » Victims of the Shooting of the Romanov family
• 1925 » Lovis Corinth, German painter (b. 1858)
• 1928 » Álvaro Obregón, Mexican general and politician, 39th President of Mexico (b. 1880)
• 1928 » Giovanni Giolitti, Italian politician, 13th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1842)
• 1932 » Rasmus Rasmussen, Norwegian actor, singer, and director (b. 1862)
• 1935 » George William Russell, Irish poet and painter (b. 1867)

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 9 » Battle of Bear Valley: The last battle of the American Indian Wars.
• March 3 » Russia signs the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, agreeing to withdraw from World War I, and conceding German control of the Baltic States, Belarus and Ukraine. It also conceded Turkish control of Ardahan, Kars and Batumi.
• April 21 » World War I: German fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen, better known as "The Red Baron", is shot down and killed over Vaux-sur-Somme in France.
• May 28 » The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and the First Republic of Armenia declare their independence.
• 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.
• September 26 » World War I: The Meuse-Argonne Offensive began which would last until the total surrender of German forces.

The temperature on July 17, 1918 was between 17.3 °C and 24.9 °C and averaged 20.5 °C. There was 8.4 mm of rain. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.