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• Antonius Wilhelmus Rankenberg, Zwollerkerspel, erve Marienheuvel, Spoolde († 2006)
• andries spanjer, nieuwendam
• anna sophia (Annie) schmidt, Zaandam, Nrd. Holland, Nederland († 1995)
• Bessie 'Betty' Marek, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2011)
• Antonia Maria Stoetzer, Utrecht († 1996)
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Vernooij, Bodegraven Z.H († 1962)
• Annie Louise van der Meer
• Albert Lyle Eaton, Davenport-Iowa (USA) († 1989)
• Kohler, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1918)
• Adriana Geertruida van Wordragen, Ammerzoden

• Antje Vellinga (63), Hoogkerk, Groningen, Nederland
• Aart Dam (74), 's Gravenhage
• Charles William Dau (33), Pont Remy, France
• Broer Gerrit BEUKEMA (64), Baflo, Groningen, Nederland
• APOLONIA VAN DER KAS VAN STAVEL (60), ZEIST
• Carl Hendrik Ruzette (0), Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• Alejandro Bayaua Saquing (31), Manila, Metropolitan Manila, Philippines
• Annette Adelheid Leontine von Grote (82), Roma
• Berend Hidding (26), Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Benjamin Cornelis (Jellema) Jeltema (35), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

• 1914 » C. Farris Bryant, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 34th Governor of Florida († 2002)
• 1914 » Erskine Hawkins, American trumpet player and bandleader († 1993)
• 1916 » Dean Brooks, American physician and actor († 2013)
• 1916 » Jaime Luiz Coelho, Brazilian archbishop († 2013)
• 1918 » Marjorie Lord, American actress († 2015)
• 1919 » James Lovelock, English biologist and chemist
• 1919 » Virginia Gilmore, American actress († 1986)
• 1920 » Bob Waterfield, American football player and coach († 1983)
• 1921 » Jean Shepherd, American radio host, actor, and screenwriter († 1999)
• 1921 » Tom Saffell, American baseball player and manager († 2012)

• 1915 » James Murray, Scottish lexicographer and philologist (b. 1837)
• 1919 » Edward Poynter, English painter and illustrator (b. 1836)
• 1921 » Howard Vernon, Australian actor (b. 1848)
• 1925 » Antonio Ascari, Italian race car driver (b. 1888)
• 1925 » Gottlob Frege, German mathematician and philosopher (b. 1848)
• 1925 » William Jennings Bryan, American lawyer and politician, 41st United States Secretary of State (b. 1860)
• 1926 » Robert Todd Lincoln, American lawyer and politician, 35th United States Secretary of War, son of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1843)
• 1930 » Pavlos Karolidis, Greek historian and academic (b. 1849)
• 1932 » Fred Duesenberg, German-American businessman, co-founded the Duesenberg Company (b. 1876)
• 1934 » Winsor McCay, American cartoonist, animator, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1871)

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.
• March 27 » The National Council of Bessarabia proclaims union with the Kingdom of Romania.
• June 8 » A solar eclipse is observed at Baker City, Oregon by scientists and an artist hired by the United States Navy.
• August 21 » World War I: The Second Battle of the Somme begins.
• November 11 » World War I: Germany signs an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car in the forest of Compiègne.
• November 21 » The Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act 1918 is passed, allowing women to stand for Parliament in the UK.
• 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 July 26, 1918 was between 10.5 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 4.9 mm of rain. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.