About the day » Thursday August 17, 1916Calender converter

• de Vries, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1916)
• Andre Aime Vanlerberghe, Passirac,Charente,France († 1999)
• Alexander Bulak, Stolin (Polen) († 1979)
• Anna Theodora Nolf, Dordrecht († 2005)
• Antony Guy Acland († 1983)
• Alida van Opstal, Barendrecht († 2005)
• Catharina Havermans, Rotterdam († 1918)
• Antonia van Uden, Nistelrode, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2009)
• Arnold Johannes Huyg, Chicago Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 1982)
• Albertje Hendriks, Groningen, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland

• Anna Maria Paradies (70), Rotterdam (Delfshaven), Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Cornelis Verkade (2), Schiedam
• Albert Edward VINE (32), France &, Flanders
• Algernon Freeman-Mitford Baron Redesdale (79)
• Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford 1st Baron Redesdale (79), Gloucestershire, England
• Clara Amelia Mundy (39), Invermay, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
• van der Laan (0), Tange, Groningen, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes Ummels (31), Maartensdijk {UT}
• Amelia Oberdorff (68), Schimmert
• Anna Katharina Rier (1), Coesfeld, Coesfeld, NRW, Deutschland

• 1913 » Mark Felt, American lawyer and agent, 2nd Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation († 2008)
• 1913 » Oscar Alfredo Gálvez, Argentinian race car driver († 1989)
• 1913 » Rudy York, American baseball player and manager († 1970)
• 1914 » Bill Downs, American journalist († 1978)
• 1914 » Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr., American lawyer and politician († 1988)
• 1916 » Moses Majekodunmi, Nigerian physician and politician († 2012)
• 1918 » Evelyn Ankers, British-American actress († 1985)
• 1918 » Ike Quebec, American saxophonist and pianist († 1963)
• 1918 » Michael John Wise, English geographer and academic († 2015)
• 1919 » Georgia Gibbs, American singer († 2006)

• 1897 » William Jervois, English engineer and diplomat, 10th Governor of South Australia (b. 1821)
• 1901 » Edmond Audran, French organist and composer (b. 1842)
• 1903 » Hans Gude, Norwegian-German painter and academic (b. 1825)
• 1908 » Radoje Domanović, Serbian satirist and journalist (b. 1873)
• 1909 » Madan Lal Dhingra, Indian activist (b. 1883)
• 1918 » Moisei Uritsky, Russian activist and politician (b. 1873)
• 1920 » Ray Chapman, American baseball player (b. 1891)
• 1924 » Tom Kendall, English-Australian cricketer and journalist (b. 1851)
• 1925 » Ioan Slavici, Romanian journalist and author (b. 1848)
• 1935 » Adam Gunn, American decathlete (b. 1872)

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. Grietje
14. Geertruida
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.
• March 8 » World War I: A British force unsuccessfully attempts to relieve the siege of Kut (present-day Iraq) in the Battle of Dujaila.
• March 9 » Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa leads nearly 500 Mexican raiders in an attack against the border town of Columbus, New Mexico.
• August 30 » Ernest Shackleton completes the rescue of all of his men stranded on Elephant Island in Antarctica.
• September 19 » World War I: During the East African Campaign, colonial forces of the Belgian Congo (Force Publique) under the command of Charles Tombeur capture the town of Tabora after heavy fighting.
• October 27 » Negus Mikael, marching on the Ethiopian capital in support of his son Emperor Iyasu V, is defeated by Fitawrari abte Giyorgis, securing the throne for Empress Zewditu I.
• November 7 » Jeannette Rankin is the first woman elected to the United States Congress.

The temperature on August 17, 1916 was between 11.0 °C and 22.5 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.