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• Adriaan van Ast, Zonnemaire
• Aldegonda Elisabeth Maria van Horn, Amsterdam
• Agnete Reinbach, Olsker, Bornholm
• Adrianus Blankestijn, Langbroek, Utrecht, Nederland
• Sidonia Baert, Koewacht († 1996)
• Adriana Breddels, Capelle aan den IJssel, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1946)
• Adriana Breddels, Capelle aan den IJssel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• adrianus Aaldijk, streefkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1967)
• Adam Hendrik van Dongen, Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida Maria Cornelia VAN KUIJK, Rotterdam

• Aaltje van Hal (54), Ede
• Alida Stöver (79), Musselkanaal, Nederland
• Albertje Foppes van der Veen (30), Veenwouden
• Amanda EvaEveritt Spry (51), Astoria, OR
• Anna Schoemakers (1), Schoonebeek, Nederland
• Arie Adrianus van der Mark (1), Utrecht
• Adriaan Maria Frederik Hendrik Philipse (42), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• "Irma" Constance Marie de Neve de Roden (74), Koolkerke, Bruges, Belgique
• Aaltje Visser (56), Nunspeet, Nederland
• Adrianus,Ludovicus Van Dingenen (63), Herselt

• 1909 » Elmer L. Andersen, American businessman and politician, 30th Governor of Minnesota († 2004)
• 1909 » Ralph E. Winters, Canadian-American film editor († 2004)
• 1910 » George Hees, Canadian football player and politician († 1996)
• 1910 » Red Foley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1968)
• 1914 » John Hersey, American journalist and author († 1993)
• 1915 » David "Stringbean" Akeman, American singer and banjo player († 1973)
• 1915 » Marcel Cadieux, Canadian civil servant and diplomat, Canadian Ambassador to the United States († 1981)
• 1916 » Terry Gilkyson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1999)
• 1917 » Dufferin Roblin, Canadian politician, 14th Premier of Manitoba († 2010)
• 1918 » Ajahn Chah, Thai monk and educator († 1992)

• 1889 » Lozen, Chiracaua Apache warrior woman (b. ~1840)
• 1898 » Edward Burne-Jones, English soldier and painter (b. 1833)
• 1904 » Nikolay Bobrikov, Russian soldier and politician, Governor-General of Finland (b. 1839)
• 1936 » Julius Seljamaa, Estonian journalist, politician, and diplomat, Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1883)
• 1939 » Allen Sothoron, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1893)
• 1939 » Eugen Weidmann, German criminal (b. 1908)
• 1940 » Arthur Harden, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1941 » Johan Wagenaar, Dutch organist and composer (b. 1862)
• 1942 » Charles Fitzpatrick, Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Chief Justice of Canada (b. 1853)
• 1952 » Jack Parsons, American chemist and engineer (b. 1914)

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

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

• 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 6.2 million citizens.
• August 6 » World War I: Serbia declares war on Germany; Austria declares war on Russia.
• August 15 » The Panama Canal opens to traffic with the transit of the cargo ship SSAncon.
• August 27 » World War I: Battle of Étreux: A British rearguard action by the Royal Munster Fusiliers during the Great Retreat.
• August 29 » World War I: Start of the Battle of St. Quentin in which the French Fifth Army counter-attacked the invading Germans at Saint-Quentin, Aisne.
• September 3 » French composer Albéric Magnard is killed defending his estate against invading German soldiers.
• October 29 » Ottoman entry into World War I.

The temperature on June 17, 1914 was between 9.6 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.