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• Antonius Boudewijns, Oosterhout († 1917)
• Antje Willems' Kooiman, Enkhuizen
• Kamermans, Rotterdam († 1917)
• Aukje de Vries, Driesum, Friesland, Netherlands († 1975)
• Anton Knoot, Eddyville, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 1988)
• Anje Gent, Smilde († 2007)
• Alice B. Newton, Chicago-Illinois (USA) († 2000)
• , Loppem († 2003)
• Aalbert Links, Rotterdam, Nederland († 1937)
• Albert Wever, Vlagtwedde, Groningen, Nederland († 1923)

• Aaltje van der Laan (82), Termunten, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Frederika Carapiet (72), Semarang, Java Tengah, Indonesia
• Kamermans (0), Rotterdam
• Antonius Cornelis van Bladel (62), Tilburg, Nederland
• Augustanus Christianus Asselman (15), Hontenisse, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Archibald Franklin LOCKER (50), South Bend
• Antonius Cornelius VAN BLADEL (62), Tilburg, Province of North Brabant, Netherlands
• Aaltje Woud (91), Blokzijl, Overijssel, Nederland
• Albertje Mölder (0), Dalen,Drenthe,Niederlande
• Adelheid Helena Müller (1), Altharen, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany

• 1913 » Alan Ladd, American actor and producer († 1964)
• 1914 » Dixy Lee Ray, American biologist and politician, 17th Governor of Washington († 1994)
• 1915 » Knut Nystedt, Norwegian organist and composer († 2014)
• 1915 » Memphis Slim, American singer-songwriter and pianist († 1988)
• 1916 » Eddie Stanky, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1999)
• 1918 » Helen Wagner, American actress († 2010)
• 1919 » Phil Stern, American soldier and photographer († 2014)
• 1920 » Tereska Torrès, French soldier and author († 2012)
• 1921 » John Aston Sr., English footballer († 2003)
• 1921 » Thurston Dart, English pianist, conductor, and musicologist († 1971)

• 1886 » William W. Snow, American lawyer and politician (b. 1812)
• 1893 » James Harrison, Scottish-Australian engineer, journalist, and politician (b. 1816)
• 1906 » Mihály Kolossa, Hungarian author and poet (b. 1846)
• 1914 » Albéric Magnard, French composer and educator (b. 1865)
• 1929 » John Bigham, 1st Viscount Mersey, English jurist and politician (b. 1840)
• 1936 » Nikita Balieff, Armenian-Russian puppeteer and director (b. 1876)
• 1942 » Séraphine Louis, French painter (b. 1864)
• 1942 » Will James, Canadian-American author and illustrator (b. 1892)
• 1944 » John Lumsden, Irish physician, founded the St. John Ambulance Brigade of Ireland (b. 1869)
• 1948 » Edvard Beneš, Czech academic and politician, 2nd President of Czechoslovakia (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.
• March 26 » World War I: First Battle of Gaza: British troops are halted after 17,000 Turks block their advance.
• April 9 » World War I: The Battle of Arras: The battle begins with Canadian Corps executing a massive assault on Vimy Ridge.
• April 16 » Vladimir Lenin returns to Petrograd, Russia, from exile in Switzerland.
• May 13 » Three children report the first apparition of Our Lady of Fátima in Fátima, Portugal.
• 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.
• November 26 » The National Hockey League is formed, with the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators, Quebec Bulldogs, and Toronto Arenas as its first teams.

The temperature on September 3, 1917 was between 7.1 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 10.2 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.