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• Arendina Houwing, Delfzijl († 2010)
• Antonetta Allegonda Kuijs, Vlijmen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1985)
• Baudouin André baron del Marmol, Paris XVI° († 1974)
• Adriana Johanna Maria van Ganzewinkel, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1991)
• Pietersma († 1917)
• Albertje Daniëls de Jager, Berlikum, Menaldumadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 2003)
• Antonius Buis († 2003)
• Ambrose Brule († 1985)
• Carr († 2004)
• Antonetta Alegonda Kuijs, Vlijmen († 1985)

• Pietersma (0)
• Mongrain (27), St-Rock-de-Mékinac, Québec, Canada
• Arij Dingemanse (2), Arnemuiden, Middelburg, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Carolus Ludovicus VANLEKE (79), VEURNE
• Christiaan Merkx (Merks) (79), St-Michielsgestel, NL
• Anna Kooiman ongehuwd (23), Assen, Dr, Nederland
• Cornelia Mathilda Sophia de Goede (51), 's-Gravenhage
• Annie Wertz (53), Middletown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Albertus Stolk (83), Deventer
• Abraham Naaktgeboren (Tweeling) (22), Dubbeldam (Zuid-Holland)

• 1913 » Sidney Dillon Ripley, American ornithologist and academic († 2001)
• 1914 » Kenneth More, English actor († 1982)
• 1915 » Malik Meraj Khalid, Pakistani politician, Prime Minister of Pakistan († 2003)
• 1917 » Clarice Taylor, American actress († 2011)
• 1917 » Fernando Rey, Spanish actor († 1994)
• 1917 » Obdulio Varela, Uruguayan footballer († 1996)
• 1917 » Olga Dahl, Swedish genealogist († 2009)
• 1917 » Red Auerbach, American basketball player and coach († 2006)
• 1918 » Horace Gould, English race car driver († 1968)
• 1920 » Jay Ward, American animator, producer, and screenwriter, founded Jay Ward Productions († 1989)

• 1898 » Theodor Fontane, German author and poet (b. 1819)
• 1906 » Robert R. Hitt, American politician, 13th United States Assistant Secretary of State (b. 1834)
• 1908 » Pablo de Sarasate, Spanish violinist and composer (b. 1844)
• 1927 » George Nichols, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1864)
• 1930 » Gombojab Tsybikov, Russian anthropologist and explorer (b. 1873)
• 1932 » Francisco S. Carvajal, Mexican lawyer and politician, president 1914 (b. 1870)
• 1933 » Annie Besant, English theosophist and activist (b. 1847)
• 1939 » Paul Bruchési, Canadian archbishop (b. 1855)
• 1945 » Augusto Tasso Fragoso, Brazilian politician, President of Brazil (b. 1869)
• 1945 » William Seabrook, American occultist, journalist, and explorer (b. 1884)

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 19 » Silvertown explosion: A blast at a munitions factory in London kills 73 and injures over 400. The resulting fire causes over £2,000,000 worth of damage.
• May 18 » World War I: The Selective Service Act of 1917 is passed, giving the President of the United States the power of conscription.
• June 5 » World War I: Conscription begins in the United States as "Army registration day".
• July 28 » The Silent Parade took place in New York City, in protest to murders, lynchings, and other violence directed towards African Americans.
• October 4 » World War I: The Battle of Broodseinde is fought between the British and German armies in Flanders.
• October 12 » World War I: The First Battle of Passchendaele takes place resulting in the largest single-day loss of life in New Zealand history.

The temperature on September 20, 1917 was between 13.4 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.