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• Anna Gardner Le Bleu, Quogue, Suffolk, New York, Verenigde Staten († 1977)
• Aldert Maria Witte, Grootebroek (gem. Stede Broec, NH) († 1974)
• (Stillborn) VAN DER BORG, Groningen Groningen Netherlands († 1916)
• Bernardus Fredericus Antonius Wilbrink, Gendringen († 2002)
• Aartje van Oudheusden, Puttershoek († 2006)
• Alice Swierenga († 1991)
• Antonie van Donselaar, Langbroek († 1999)
• Arie Koning, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1993)
• Rijt, van der, Mensingeweer, NL († 1916)
• Rozeveld, Noordbroek (gem. Midden-Groningen)

• Aleida Maria Willink (3), oosterbeek
• Adam Schouwenaars (82), Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bartholomeus Petrus Vink (74), Haarlemmerliede, Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Josephus Mahieu (74), Hilversum
• Alida Looijaard (62), Portengen
• Anna Bernardina Mazzoli (61), Overveen,Gemeente Bloemendaal,North Holland,Netherlands
• Anna Bernardina Mazzoli (61), Overveen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• (Maria) Catharina de Nijs (80), Oud en Nieuw Gastel, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• Aaltje Meijers (77), Loosdrecht, Nederland
• Govert Willem van Driel (63), Haarlemmermeer

• 1913 » Joe Medicine Crow, American anthropologist, historian, and author († 2016)
• 1913 » Luigi Piotti, Italian race car driver († 1971)
• 1914 » Ahmet Kireççi, Turkish wrestler († 1979)
• 1914 » Dylan Thomas, Welsh poet and playwright († 1953)
• 1915 » Harry Saltzman, Canadian-French production manager and producer († 1994)
• 1917 » Augustine Harris, English bishop († 2007)
• 1917 » Oliver Tambo, South African lawyer and politician († 1993)
• 1918 » Mihkel Mathiesen, Estonian engineer and politician († 2003)
• 1918 » Teresa Wright, American actress and singer († 2005)
• 1920 » Nanette Fabray, American actress, singer, and dancer († 2018)

• 1917 » Arthur Rhys-Davids, English lieutenant and pilot (b. 1897)
• 1926 » Warren Wood, American golfer and soldier (b. 1887)
• 1927 » Squizzy Taylor, Australian gangster (b. 1888)
• 1929 » Théodore Tuffier, French surgeon (b. 1857)
• 1930 » Ellen Hayes, American mathematician and astronomer (b. 1851)
• 1935 » Ernest Eldridge, English race car driver (b. 1897)
• 1942 » Helmuth Hübener, German activist (b. 1925)
• 1944 » Judith Auer, German World War II resistance fighter (b. 1905)
• 1947 » William Fay, Irish actor and producer, co-founded the Abbey Theatre (b. 1872)
• 1949 » Marcel Cerdan, Algerian-French boxer (b. 1916)

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

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

• 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 6.4 million citizens.
• May 16 » The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the French Third Republic sign the secret wartime Sykes-Picot Agreement partitioning former Ottoman territories such as Iraq and Syria.
• June 3 » The National Defense Act is signed into law, increasing the size of the United States National Guard by 450,000 men.
• July 19 » World War I: Battle of Fromelles: British and Australian troops attack German trenches as part of the Battle of the Somme.
• September 15 » World War I: Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme.
• November 7 » Jeannette Rankin is the first woman elected to the United States Congress.
• December 30 » Russian mystic and advisor to the Tsar Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin was murdered by a loyalist group led by Prince Felix Yusupov. His frozen, partially-trussed body was discovered in a Moscow river three days later.

The temperature on October 27, 1916 was between 2.1 °C and 10.4 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.