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• Catharina Isabella Maria van Dinther, Stratum († 1979)
• Anna (Aunt Huna) Mecca, Dunmore, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 2001)
• Antonetta van Ham, Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2013)
• Abraham Barend, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1944)
• Christiaan Merks, Maasdriel († 2003)
• Cornelia Meilink, Hengelo († 2024)
• Huizing, Sellingerbeetse (Vlagtwedde) († 1919)
• Anna Servaes, Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland († 2011)
• Annetje Moll, Huizen
• Arie Cornelis Rijsdijk, Petten († 1919)

• Catharina Elisabeth Boos (1), Wognum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Elisabeth Boos (1), Wognum, Medemblik,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alice Webb (32), Sunbury, Vic., Australia
• Anna Cornelia HUNTING (59), Haarlem
• Carolus Melis (71), Morkhoven
• Aaltje Gerrits Tulp (59)
• Catharina Iedema (2), Emmen
• Beertje IJmker (30), Zuidlaren
• Bernard Anton Rohe (52), Hilter, Lathen
• Berend Hazeborg (56), Vlagtwedde

• 1914 » Boris Christoff, Bulgarian-Italian opera singer († 1993)
• 1914 » Pierre Balmain, French fashion designer, founded Balmain († 1982)
• 1917 » Bill Everett, American author and illustrator († 1973)
• 1919 » Margot Fonteyn, British ballerina († 1991)
• 1920 » Pope John Paul II († 2005)
• 1921 » Michael A. Epstein, English pathologist and academic
• 1922 » Bill Macy, American actor († 2019)
• 1922 » Kai Winding, Danish-American trombonist and composer († 1983)
• 1923 » Hugh Shearer, Jamaican journalist and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Jamaica († 2004)
• 1923 » Jean-Louis Roux, Canadian actor and politician, 34th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec († 2013)

• 1900 » Félix Ravaisson-Mollien, French archaeologist and philosopher (b. 1813)
• 1908 » Louis-Napoléon Casault, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1823)
• 1909 » George Meredith, English novelist and poet (b. 1828)
• 1909 » Isaac Albéniz, Spanish pianist and composer (b. 1860)
• 1910 » Eliza Orzeszkowa, Polish author and publisher (b. 1841)
• 1910 » Pauline Viardot, French soprano and composer (b. 1821)
• 1911 » Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1860)
• 1922 » Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, French physician and parasitologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)
• 1941 » Werner Sombart, German economist and sociologist (b. 1863)
• 1943 » Ōnishiki Daigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 28th Yokozuna (b. 1883)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacob
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Gerardus
13. Hendrikus
14. Wilhelmus
15. Albert
16. Dirk

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Hendrika
8. Adriana
9. Catharina
10. Petronella
11. Grietje
12. Jacoba
13. Aaltje
14. Helena
15. Geertruida
16. Alida

• 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 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 6.7 million citizens.
• January 16 » Nebraska becomes the 36th state to approve the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. With the necessary three-quarters of the states approving the amendment, Prohibition is constitutionally mandated in the United States one year later.
• February 6 » The American Legion is founded.
• March 23 » In Milan, Italy, Benito Mussolini founds his Fascist political movement.
• April 16 » Mohandas Gandhi organizes a day of "prayer and fasting" in response to the killing of Indian protesters in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre by the British colonial troops three days earlier.
• April 16 » Polish–Soviet War: The Polish army launches the Vilna offensive to capture Vilnius in modern Lithuania.
• May 15 » Greek occupation of Smyrna. During the occupation, the Greek army kills or wounds 350 Turks; those responsible are punished by Greek commander Aristides Stergiades.

The temperature on May 18, 1919 was between 2.4 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 9.7 °C. There was 13.7 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.