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• Adela‹de Louise Hannema, Harlingen, Friesland, Nederland († 1977)
• Albert Bourdon, Ottenburg († 1999)
• Abraham de Groot, Maassluis
• Annie K. († 1989)
• (William) Clifton Arnold, Harrisburg, Arkansas († 1991)
• Adriana Maria van Westreenen († 2006)
• Arie Pijper, Ter Aar
• Catharina Maria Letschert, Den Helder († 1920)
• Alida Ida Fokker, Bussum (Gooise Meren), Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 1999)
• Cornelis de Boer, Edam, Nederland († 2005)

• Adriana van Heeswijk (15), Lieshout (15 jaar)
• Carsten Hans Bulck (30), an der westfront
• Albert Bosman (66)
• Antonius Deneer (71), Wessem
• Anna Clara Elisabeth Meijs (81), Noordwijk, ZH, Nederland
• Catharina Manders (30), Mierlo
• Adriana van Heeswijk (15), Lieshout (15 jaar)
• Aleida Margaretha Elisabeth Tromp (0), Schiedam
• Catharina Johanna Simons (51), Antwerpen (België)
• Ariaantje de Groot (73), Gorinchem (NL)

• 1914 » August Sang, Estonian poet and translator († 1969)
• 1915 » Josef Priller, German colonel and pilot († 1961)
• 1915 » Mario Del Monaco, Italian tenor († 1982)
• 1916 » Elizabeth Hardwick, American literary critic, novelist, and short story writer († 2007)
• 1916 » Keenan Wynn, American actor († 1986)
• 1916 » Skippy Williams, American saxophonist and arranger († 1994)
• 1918 » Leonard Rose, American cellist and educator († 1984)
• 1920 » Henry D. "Homer" Haynes, American comedian and musician († 1971)
• 1921 » Émile Genest, Canadian-American actor († 2003)
• 1921 » Garry Davis, American pilot and activist, created the World Passport († 2013)

• 1916 » Charles Fryatt, English captain (b. 1872)
• 1916 » William Jonas, English footballer († 1890)
• 1917 » Emil Theodor Kocher, Swiss physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1841)
• 1921 » Myrddin Fardd, Welsh writer and antiquarian scholar (b. 1836)
• 1924 » Ferruccio Busoni, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1866)
• 1931 » Auguste Forel, Swiss neuroanatomist and psychiatrist (b. 1848)
• 1938 » Tom Crean, Irish seaman and explorer (b. 1877)
• 1941 » Alfred Henry O'Keeffe, New Zealand painter and educator (b. 1858)
• 1942 » Karl Pärsimägi, Estonian painter (b. 1902)
• 1946 » Gertrude Stein, American novelist, poet, and playwright (b. 1874)

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 8 » U.S. President Woodrow Wilson announces his "Fourteen Points" for the aftermath of World War I.
• January 27 » Beginning of the Finnish Civil War.
• February 3 » The Twin Peaks Tunnel in San Francisco, California begins service as the longest streetcar tunnel in the world at 11,920 feet (3,633 meters) long.
• October 8 » World War I: Corporal Alvin C. York kills 28 German soldiers and captures 132 for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor.
• November 11 » World War I: Germany signs an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car in the forest of Compiègne.
• November 18 » Latvia declares its independence from Russia.

The temperature on July 27, 1918 was between 11.0 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 33.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.