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• Alfred Frederik Karel Richard Donat Graaf en Burggraaf van Dohna-Schlobitten, Gdansk (Danzig), Pommeren, Polen († 1988)
• Adrianus Martinus van Gogh, Schiedam († 1918)
• Anna Maria Stubert, Rotterdam († 2001)
• "Alfred" Friedrich Karl Richard Donatus zu Dohna-Schlobitten, Gdańsk, Pologne († 1988)
• Adrianus van den Bos, Velsen († 1999)
• Adrianus Johannes Michielsen, Chaam († 1919)
• Anna Frederika Maria Nijenhuis, Arnhem(Gld)
• Akke Visser, Harlingen, Friesland, Nederland († 1937)
• Alexandre de la Rochefoucauld, Paris, 75056, France († 2008)
• Alexandre Louis Marie François de La Rochefoucauld, Paris († 2008)

• Arie Pieter Leeuwenburg (31), Groningen
• Adolf Johann Friedrich von Baeyer (81), Starnberger See, Bavaria, Germany
• Adriana Bove (67), Rotterdam
• Aaltje Klaassen (0), Harderwijk
• Arend Boerman (0), Oudleusen (gem Dalfsen)
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Pieper (73), Schoonebeek, Nederland
• Alphonsus Desaumois (44), Leiden,Leiden,Zuid-Holland,Nederland
• Berend Zwiers (50), Groningen
• Antonia Maria van NIEUWENHUIJZEN Jdr (0), 's-Gravendeel, Binnenmaas, NL-ZH
• Adolf von Baeyer (81), Starnberg, Bayern, Germany

• 1912 » John H. Michaelis, American general († 1985)
• 1913 » Roger Wolcott Sperry, American neuropsychologist and neurobiologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1994)
• 1916 » Paul Felix Schmidt, Estonian-German chess player and chemist († 1984)
• 1917 » Terry Sanford, 65th Governor of North Carolina († 1998)
• 1918 » Jacqueline Susann, American actress and author († 1974)
• 1919 » Adamantios Androutsopoulos, Greek lawyer, educator and politician, Prime Minister of Greece († 2000)
• 1919 » Walter Bernstein, American screenwriter and producer
• 1921 » Jack Wilson, Australian cricketer († 1985)
• 1921 » Keith Froome, Australian rugby league player († 1978)
• 1923 » Jim Reeves, American singer-songwriter († 1964)

• 1893 » Alexander Wassilko von Serecki, Austrian lawyer and politician (b. 1827)
• 1897 » Charles Lilley, English-Australian politician, 4th Premier of Queensland (b. 1827)
• 1912 » William Booth, English preacher, co-founded The Salvation Army (b. 1829)
• 1914 » Pope Pius X (b. 1835)
• 1915 » Paul Ehrlich, German physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1854)
• 1917 » Adolf von Baeyer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1835)
• 1919 » Greg MacGregor, Scottish cricketer and rugby player (b. 1869)
• 1930 » Charles Bannerman, Australian cricketer and umpire (b. 1851)
• 1936 » Edward Weston, English-American chemist (b. 1850)
• 1939 » Agnes Giberne, Indian-English astronomer and author (b. 1845)

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.
• January 22 » World War I: President Woodrow Wilson of the still-neutral United States calls for "peace without victory" in Europe.
• March 15 » Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates the Russian throne ending the 304-year Romanov dynasty.
• April 9 » World War I: The Battle of Arras: The battle begins with Canadian Corps executing a massive assault on Vimy Ridge.
• April 12 » World War I: Canadian forces successfully complete the taking of Vimy Ridge from the Germans.
• November 28 » The Estonian Provincial Assembly declares itself the sovereign power of Estonia.
• December 2 » World War I: Russia and the Central Powers sign an armistice at Brest-Litovsk, and peace talks leading to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk begin.

The temperature on August 20, 1917 was between 8.7 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.