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• 5. Dorothy Ann Brugman, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 2000)
• Adolf Josephus Maria Post, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bernard Johan Schuurman, Wisch
• Zuiderveen, Oostwold, Midwolda, Groningen, Nederland († 1919)
• Catharina van Esch, Alphen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1928)
• Antonius Reimert, Pleegste (Raalte) († 1928)
• Bartholomea Maria Elisabeth van den Born, Capelle († 2007)
• BARTA ROZENDAAL, Barneveld († 1920)
• Antonia Theodora Hendriks, 's-Hertogenbosch (N.Br) († 2008)
• Bertha De KRUIJK, Vianen († 1991)

• Christina Maria Vissers (44), Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Plasmans (52), Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Antje Jans Hoeben (77), Oosterwierum (Súdwest-Fryslân), Friesland, Nederland
• Andries van der Heijden (1), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje de Geus (37), Twisk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Frederik de Kock (78), Pella (Marion), Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Heilig, Hensbroek
• Anna Maria Terhaar (59), Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina van der Plas (75), Haarlemmermeer
• Antonia van Gaans (32), Roosendaal en Nispen

• 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)
• 1921 » Donald Malarkey, American sergeant and author († 2017)
• 1921 » Peter Benenson, English lawyer and activist, founded Amnesty International († 2005)
• 1921 » Whitney Young, American activist († 1971)

• 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. 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 7 » Montenegrin guerrilla fighters rebel against the planned annexation of Montenegro by Serbia, but fail.
• April 16 » Polish–Soviet War: The Polish army launches the Vilna offensive to capture Vilnius in modern Lithuania.
• July 21 » The dirigible Wingfoot Air Express crashes into the Illinois Trust and Savings Building in Chicago, killing 12 people.
• August 11 » Germany's Weimar Constitution is signed into law.
• September 28 » Race riots begin in Omaha, Nebraska.
• October 9 » The Cincinnati Reds win the World Series, resulting in the Black Sox Scandal.

The temperature on July 31, 1919 was between 10.8 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.