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• Anna (Annie) van der Hoeven, rotterdam († 2009)
• Sytsema
• Antonetta Maria BEXKENS, Venray (NL/LI) († 2005)
• Albert Baron Nau de Champlouis, Vitry-le-François, Champagne-Ardennen († 1991)
• Adriana Johanna Roth, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2007)
• Aartje Foppen, Harderwijk († 1918)
• Arie Jan van Osenbruggen, Rijswijk (Maurik) (GL) († 1971)
• Aletta van den Burg, Oegstgeest († 1981)
• Adriana Petronella Bink, Gilze en Rijen († 1983)
• Albert Leon Jan CLIJSTERS, Gruitrode, Oudsbergen, Province of Limburg, Belgium († 1988)

• Bregtje Lazes Van Straten (86), Pingjum Friesland
• Adriana van den Berg (18), Utrecht
• Kievit (0), Deil West Betuwe (GL)
• Anna Margaretha Quispel (84), Numansdorp, Nederland
• Adrianus van Dort (42), Utrecht
• August Friedrich Pistorius (50), Magdeburg
• Antonia Maria Verhoeven (67), Hoogstraten
• Bernardus Jansen (1), Hengelo (Ge), Gelderland, Nederland
• Benjamin den Boer (23), 's Gravenhage
• Antonia Maria Verhoeven (67), Hoogstraten

• 1915 » Joff Ellen, Australian comedian and actor († 1999)
• 1915 » Moshe Dayan, Israeli general and politician, 5th Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1981)
• 1915 » Peter Copley, English actor († 2008)
• 1916 » Alexey Maresyev, Russian soldier and pilot († 2001)
• 1916 » Ondina Valla, Italian sprinter and hurdler († 2006)
• 1916 » Owen Chadwick, English rugby player, historian, and academic († 2015)
• 1917 » Guy Favreau, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 28th Canadian Minister of Justice († 1967)
• 1917 » Tony Cliff, Israeli-English author and activist († 2000)
• 1918 » Alexandra Boyko, Russian tank commander († 1996)
• 1918 » Edward B. Lewis, American biologist, geneticist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2004)

• 1896 » Clara Schumann, German pianist and composer (b. 1819)
• 1909 » Ernest Hogan, American actor and composer (b. 1859)
• 1917 » Philipp von Ferrary, Italian stamp collector (b. 1850)
• 1917 » Valentine Fleming, Scottish soldier and politician (b. 1887)
• 1924 » Bogd Khan, Mongolian ruler (c. 1869)
• 1925 » Joseph Howard, Maltese politician, 1st Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1862)
• 1931 » Ernest Noel, Scottish businessman and politician (b. 1831)
• 1940 » Verner von Heidenstam, Swedish author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1942 » Hector Guimard, French Architect (b. 1867)
• 1946 » Jacob Ellehammer, Danish pilot and engineer (b. 1871)

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.
• May 21 » The Imperial War Graves Commission is established through royal charter to mark, record, and maintain the graves and places of commemoration of the British Empire's military forces.
• July 27 » World War I: The Allies reach the Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele.
• August 28 » Ten Suffragettes are arrested while picketing the White House.
• October 13 » The "Miracle of the Sun" is witnessed by an estimated 70,000 people in the Cova da Iria in Portugal.
• November 26 » The Manchester Guardian publishes the 1916 secret Sykes-Picot Agreement between the United Kingdom and France.
• December 18 » The resolution containing the language of the Eighteenth Amendment to enact Prohibition is passed by the United States Congress.

The temperature on May 20, 1917 was between 10.2 °C and 26.0 °C and averaged 19.0 °C. There was 12.2 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.