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• Alberta Grietje Offeringa, Warffum († 1918)
• Anna Rose Remley, Lafayette township, Bremer County, Iowa († 2005)
• Annie Lee Tripp, Winterville, Pitt County N. Carolina († 1983)
• Anna-Maria BLONDIA, Aalter († 1924)
• Aloïs Vanbeselaere, Le Fuilet,, Friesland, Nederland († 2005)
• Anna Catharina van de Langenberg, Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1995)
• Andries van Veen († 2008)
• Albert Keekstra, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Agathe Donata BOSSE, St-Jacques, Edmundston, Nouveau-Brunswick, Canada († 1980)
• Albertus Willem Boot, Noordwijk († 1945)

• Anna Maria Gys (76), Dessel (België)
• Andries Stokman (87), Middelburg
• Andries Bongaards (19), Rotterdam Zhl. NL
• Anna Ernestina Martini (57), Hengelo, Pays-Bas
• ANDRIES STOKMAN (87), Middelburg
• Anna Ernestine Martini (57), Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland NL
• Bastiaan Van Der Wal (42), Groot-Ammers, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Koper (54), Haarlem
• Anthonia Gog (64), Schiedam
• Annechien van Diepen (48), Hengelo

• 1912 » Abbé Pierre, French priest and humanitarian († 2007)
• 1914 » Parley Baer, American actor († 2002)
• 1916 » Peter Viereck, American poet and academic († 2006)
• 1918 » Betty Oliphant, English-Canadian ballerina, co-founded Canada's National Ballet School († 2004)
• 1918 » Tom Drake, American actor and singer († 1982)
• 1920 » George Tooker, American painter and academic († 2011)
• 1921 » Terry Becker, American actor, director, and producer († 2014)
• 1922 » Frank Stranahan, American golfer († 2013)
• 1922 » L. Tom Perry, American businessman and religious leader († 2015)
• 1923 » Devan Nair, Malaysian-Singaporean union leader and politician, 3rd President of Singapore († 2005)

• 1895 » Friedrich Engels, German philosopher (b. 1820)
• 1901 » Victoria, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom (b. 1840)
• 1904 » George Dibbs, Australian politician, 10th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1834)
• 1911 » Bob Caruthers, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1864)
• 1916 » George Butterworth, British composer, killed at the Battle of the Somme (b. 1885)
• 1921 » Dimitrios Rallis, Greek lawyer and politician, 78th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1844)
• 1929 » Millicent Fawcett, English trade union leader and activist (b. 1847)
• 1933 » Charles Harold Davis, American painter and academic (b. 1856)
• 1935 » David Townsend, American art director and set designer (b. 1891)
• 1939 » Béla Jankovich, Hungarian economist and politician, Minister of Education of Hungary (b. 1865)

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.
• February 1 » Russia adopts the Gregorian calendar.
• March 23 » First World War: On the third day of the German Spring Offensive, the 10th Battalion of the Royal West Kent Regiment is annihilated with many of the men becoming prisoners of war
• July 26 » Emmy Noether's paper, which became known as Noether's theorem was presented at Göttingen, Germany, from which conservation laws are deduced for symmetries of angular momentum, linear momentum, and energy.
• 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).
• August 27 » Mexican Revolution: Battle of Ambos Nogales: U.S. Army forces skirmish against Mexican Carrancistas in the only battle of World War I fought on American soil.
• October 11 » The 7.1 M_w San Fermín earthquake shakes Puerto Rico. The quake and resulting tsunami kill up to 116 people.

The temperature on August 5, 1918 was between 11.6 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.