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• Carolina Pagie, 's-Hertogenbosch († 1994)
• Baukje Tjibbes Deelstra, Oudega († 1999)
• Bernardus Gerardus Marie Rottink († 1961)
• Adrianus Cornelis van Montfoort, Vreeswijk (Utrecht) († 1917)
• Alida den Os, Leiden,Leiden,Zuid-Holland,Nederland († 2002)
• Anna ZANDT, New Era Oceana County Michigan U.S.A († 2002)
• Anna Ulrika Clara Duden, Salatiga, Java, Ned. Indie
• Arend Johannes Abels, Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland († 1977)
• Arnoldus Johannes van Os, Helmond († 1988)
• A. van der Bos († 2003)

• Alexander Todd (53)
• Amy C Crumpler (82), Honeycutts, Sampson, North Carolina, Verenigde Staten
• Bernard Theodor Johann Poll (30), Braine, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha Stevens (19), Maashees en Overloon
• Albert Ison AISO01.ALB01 (28), France and Flanders
• Johanna van Lienden (82), Geldermalsen
• Anna Maria Theresia Sommen (1), Baarle-Nassau
• Bernard Heinrich Ahlers- (83), Nieuwe Pekela, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Kermans (88), Wilrijk (B)
• Anna van Duijnhoven (78), Mill

• 1910 » Freddie Slack, American pianist and bandleader († 1965)
• 1911 » István Bibó, Hungarian lawyer and politician († 1979)
• 1911 » Nicholas Ray, American director and screenwriter († 1979)
• 1913 » George Van Eps, American guitarist († 1998)
• 1916 » Kermit Love, American actor, puppeteer, and costume designer († 2008)
• 1918 » C. Buddingh', Dutch poet and translator († 1985)
• 1918 » Gordon Zahn, American sociologist and author († 2007)
• 1921 » Karel Husa, Czech-American composer and conductor († 2016)
• 1921 » Manitas de Plata, French guitarist († 2014)
• 1924 » Kenneth Kendall, Indian-English journalist and actor († 2012)

• 1893 » Alfredo Catalani, Italian composer and academic (b. 1854)
• 1899 » Jacob Maris, Dutch painter and educator (b. 1837)
• 1900 » Wilhelm Liebknecht, German lawyer and politician (b. 1826)
• 1912 » François-Alphonse Forel, Swiss limnologist and academic (b. 1841)
• 1917 » Edwin Harris Dunning, South African-English commander and pilot (b. 1891)
• 1938 » Konstantin Stanislavski, Russian actor and director (b. 1863)
• 1941 » Rabindranath Tagore, Indian author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1861)
• 1948 » Charles Bryant, English-American actor and director (b. 1879)
• 1953 » Abner Powell, American baseball player and manager (b. 1860)
• 1957 » Oliver Hardy, American actor, singer, and director (b. 1892)

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

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

• 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.
• The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
• February 5 » The current constitution of Mexico is adopted, establishing a federal republic with powers separated into independent executive, legislative, and judicial branches.
• April 16 » Vladimir Lenin returns to Petrograd, Russia, from exile in Switzerland.
• June 13 » World War I: The deadliest German air raid on London of the war is carried out by Gotha G.IV bombers and results in 162 deaths, including 46 children, and 432 injuries.
• October 26 » First World War: Brazil declares war on the Central Powers.
• November 2 » The Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet, in charge of preparation and carrying out the Russian Revolution, holds its first meeting.
• December 12 » Father Edward J. Flanagan founds Boys Town as a farm village for wayward boys.

The temperature on August 7, 1917 was between 11.6 °C and 23.3 °C and averaged 17.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 13.1 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.