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• Arie Bezemer, Giessendam († 1959)
• Bertha Johanna Margaretha Korzilius († 2004)
• Adriana, Magdalena Ridderhof, Dordrecht († 1994)
• Agneta Jane Buffinga († 1986)
• Bernice Thompson, Cedar City, Iron County, Utah († 2002)
• Udo, Culemborg (GL) († 1917)
• Anna Lameriks († 2000)
• Arie Stephanus Schuller, Aarlanderveen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2003)
• Arend Doldersum, Ambt Hardenberg, Drenthe, Netherlands († 1983)
• Aaltje van den Brink († 1973)

• Anthony Victor O'Neill ** (21)
• Alexander Josef Helfrich (62), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• (Stillborn) VAN DER WOUDE (0), Noordbroek Groningen Netherlands
• Anna Maria Vandefonteyne (28), Eine
• van der Woude (0), Noordbroek
• Aagje Vijfhuizen (68), Woerden
• Udo (0), Culemborg (GL)
• Anthonie van Geemen (0), Schoten, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaantje Koedoot (52), Barendrecht
• Alexander Jozef Helfrich (62), 's-Gravenhage

• 1912 » Julia Child, American chef and author († 2004)
• 1914 » Paul Rand, American graphic designer and art director († 1996)
• 1915 » Signe Hasso, Swedish-American actress († 2002)
• 1916 » Aleks Çaçi, Albanian journalist and author († 1989)
• 1917 » Óscar Romero, Salvadoran archbishop († 1980)
• 1917 » Jack Lynch, Irish footballer and politician, 5th Taoiseach of Ireland († 1999)
• 1919 » Benedict Kiely, Irish journalist and author († 2007)
• 1919 » Huntz Hall, American actor († 1999)
• 1920 » Judy Cassab, Austrian-Australian painter († 2008)
• 1921 » August Kowalczyk, Polish actor and director († 2012)

• 1907 » Joseph Joachim, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1831)
• 1909 » Euclides da Cunha, Brazilian sociologist and journalist (b. 1866)
• 1917 » Thomas J. Higgins, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1831)
• 1925 » Konrad Mägi, Estonian painter and educator (b. 1878)
• 1928 » Anatole von Hügel, Italian ethnologist and academic, co-founded St Edmund's College, Cambridge (b. 1854)
• 1935 » Paul Signac, French painter and author (b. 1863)
• 1935 » Wiley Post, American pilot (b. 1898)
• 1935 » Will Rogers, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (b. 1879)
• 1936 » Grazia Deledda, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)
• 1942 » Mahadev Desai, Indian activist and author (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. Antonius

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 Congress of the United States passes the Immigration Act of 1917 over President Woodrow Wilson's veto.
• March 15 » Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates the Russian throne ending the 304-year Romanov dynasty.
• July 31 » World War I: The Battle of Passchendaele begins near Ypres in West Flanders, Belgium.
• October 15 » World War I: Dutch dancer Mata Hari is executed by France for espionage.
• October 24 » First World War: Italy suffers a disastrous defeat on the Austro-Italian front.
• December 9 » World War I: Field Marshal Allenby captures Jerusalem, Palestine.

The temperature on August 15, 1917 was between 13.1 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.