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• Anna Jantje DE HAAN († 2000)
• Adriana van Mourik, Rhenen († 1967)
• Annetje Gerritse, Putten († 1987)
• Andreas van de Veerdonk, 's-Hertogenbosch († 1918)
• Andries Hensing, Den Helder († 1986)
• Abe Jan Nauta, Westergeest, gem. Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland († 2001)
• Antoon Cornelia Franciscus Frencken, Maasniel († 1987)
• Anthonia Maria Frederika Clous, Haarlem, Nederland († 1992)
• Annetje Gerritse, Putten († 1987)
• Albert Braakman, Nijkerk

• Agnes Savelsberg (0), Kerkrade (L
• Aafke Bos (83), Houwerzijl, NL-GR
• Anton Bosch (4), Nijmegen
• Barbara Immerix (49), Veldwezelt
• Anthonius Mattheus Leloux (1912)
• Barendina Hendrica Vroon (42), Utrecht
• Benjamin Hartlen (72), Halifax, NS, Canada
• Aartje Sip (80), Kesteren, Nederland
• Arie van Vuuren (12), rotterdam
• Antoon Jozef Notermans (29), Heerlen

• 1915 » Leonard Birchall, Royal Canadian Air Force pilot († 2004)
• 1916 » Don R. Christensen, American animator, cartoonist, illustrator, writer and inventor († 2006)
• 1916 » Harold Norse, American poet and author († 2009)
• 1917 » Arthur Lydiard, New Zealand runner and coach († 2004)
• 1918 » Francisco Moncion, Dominican-American ballet dancer, charter member of the New York City Ballet (d.1995)
• 1918 » Herm Fuetsch, American professional basketball player († 2010)
• 1918 » Sebastian Cabot, English-Canadian actor († 1977)
• 1919 » Edward Kenna, Australian Second World War recipient of the Victoria Cross († 2009)
• 1919 » Ernst Haefliger, Swiss tenor and educator († 2007)
• 1919 » Ray Dowker, New Zealand cricketer († 2004)

• 1893 » Guy de Maupassant, French short story writer, novelist, and poet (b. 1850)
• 1901 » Chlodwig Carl Viktor, German prince and chancellor (b. 1819)
• 1902 » Maria Goretti, Italian martyr and saint (b. 1890)
• 1904 » Abai Qunanbaiuly, Kazakh poet and philosopher (b. 1845)
• 1907 » August Johann Gottfried Bielenstein, German linguist and theologian (b. 1826)
• 1916 » Odilon Redon, French painter and illustrator (b. 1840)
• 1918 » Wilhelm von Mirbach, German diplomat (b. 1871)
• 1922 » Maria Teresia Ledóchowska, Polish-Austrian nun and missionary (b. 1863)
• 1932 » Kenneth Grahame, Scottish-English author (b. 1859)
• 1934 » Nestor Makhno, Ukrainian commander (b. 1888)

• 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.
• March 30 » Outburst of bloody March Events in Baku and other locations of Baku Governorate.
• October 1 » World War I: The Egyptian Expeditionary Force captures Damascus.
• 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 13 » World War I: Allied troops occupy Constantinople, the capital of the Ottoman Empire.
• November 21 » The Flag of Estonia, previously used by pro-independence activists, is formally adopted as the national flag of the Republic of Estonia.

The temperature on July 6, 1918 was between 10.0 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.