About the day » Wednesday July 31, 1918Calender converter

• Anna Maria Tholen, Aalst († 1919)
• Albert Dirk Kelderman, Doon, Lyon County, Iowa († 1952)
• Albert Dick Kelderman, Doon († 1992)
• Herder, Wijnjeterp († 1918)
• Anna Lamers, Ambt-Delden († 1996)
• Arie de Kruijf († 1992)
• Ali Brederveld, Bodegraven († 2012)
• (Stillborn) DE VRIES, Dantumadiel Friesland Netherlands († 1918)
• Albert Kelderman († 1992)
• Albert George Gill, Charlevoix (Michigan, USA) († 1996)

• Anna Maria van Hamond (79), 's-Hertogenbosch, Nederland
• Abraham Pouwe (17), Rotterdam
• Glineur (69), Audregnies,,Belgium
• Anna van ELSWIJK (2)
• Antonius Johannes Sieverding (23), Utrecht
• Andries Sijbrandsz Hinloopen (81), Ransdorp
• Antonia Maria Josepha van Buel (0), Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Adriana van Tilburg, Dongen, Noord Brabant, Nl
• Anna Maria Beurskens (80), Maasbree
• Adriana PEETERS (48), Roosendaal (N.Br. Nl)

• 1916 » Bill Todman, American screenwriter and producer († 1979)
• 1916 » Billy Hitchcock, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 2006)
• 1916 » Sibte Hassan, Pakistani journalist, scholar, and activist († 1986)
• 1918 » Frank Renouf, New Zealand businessman and financier († 1998)
• 1918 » Hank Jones, American pianist, composer, and bandleader († 2010)
• 1918 » Paul D. Boyer, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2018)
• 1919 » Curt Gowdy, American sportscaster and actor († 2006)
• 1919 » Hemu Adhikari, Indian cricketer († 2003)
• 1919 » Primo Levi, Italian chemist and author († 1987)
• 1920 » James E. Faust, American religious leader, lawyer, and politician († 2007)

• 1891 » Jean-Baptiste Capronnier, Belgian stained glass painter (b. 1814)
• 1913 » John Milne, British geologist and mining engineer. (b. 1850)
• 1914 » Jean Jaurès, French journalist and politician (b. 1859)
• 1917 » Francis Ledwidge, Irish soldier and poet (b. 1881)
• 1917 » Hedd Wyn, Welsh language poet (b. 1887)
• 1920 » Ion Dragoumis, Greek philosopher and diplomat (b. 1878)
• 1940 » Udham Singh, Indian activist (b. 1899)
• 1942 » Francis Younghusband, British Army Officer, explorer and spiritual writer (b.1863)
• 1943 » Hedley Verity, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1905)
• 1944 » Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French pilot and poet (b. 1900)

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.
• May 9 » World War I: Germany repels Britain's second attempt to blockade the port of Ostend, Belgium.
• May 14 » Cape Town Mayor, Sir Harry Hands, inaugurates the Two-minute silence.
• August 8 » World War I: The Battle of Amiens begins a string of almost continuous Allied victories with a push through the German front lines (Hundred Days Offensive).
• September 29 » Germany's Supreme Army Command tells the Kaiser and the Chancellor to open negotiations for an armistice.
• September 29 » World War I: Bulgaria signs the Armistice of Salonica.
• December 14 » Friedrich Karl von Hessen, a German prince elected by the Parliament of Finland to become King Väinö I, renounces the Finnish throne.

The temperature on July 31, 1918 was between 8.0 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.