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• Agnes Geraldine Stewart († 1917)
• Aletta van der Linden, Valkenburg († 2011)
• Bastiaan van Gelder († 1957)
• Adrianus Johannes Diependaal, Made,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1989)
• Aalt Bronkhorst († 1995)
• Allie Francis Hamrick Goode [Bu], North Carolina († 1995)
• Anna Waterman, Amsterdam,Noord Holland,Nederland († 1988)
• Anna Cornelia Hellemons, Hoeven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1920)
• Albert Regeling, Gramsbergen († 1991)
• Berend Hartog, Groningen († 1983)

• Albert Geerts Bos (69), Surhuisterveen, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Cornelis Johannes Gerhardus Kruger (91), Grootfontein, Fraserburg, South Africa
• Ann May Marnock (72), Marylebone, London, England
• Aart Kuijt (2), Eemnes, Utrecht, Nederland
• Cornelis Dekker (62), Hoogwoud, Nederland
• Antje Dijkstra (76), Woubrugge, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Duivelaar (72), Poortugaal, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Woestenburg (41), Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus (Arie) van der Slot (64), Noordwijkerhout
• Albert Bos (69), Surhuisterveen

• 1911 » Robert Taylor, American actor and singer († 1969)
• 1912 » Abbé Pierre, French priest and humanitarian († 2007)
• 1914 » Parley Baer, American actor († 2002)
• 1916 » Peter Viereck, American poet and academic († 2006)
• 1918 » Betty Oliphant, English-Canadian ballerina, co-founded Canada's National Ballet School († 2004)
• 1918 » Tom Drake, American actor and singer († 1982)
• 1920 » George Tooker, American painter and academic († 2011)
• 1921 » Terry Becker, American actor, director, and producer († 2014)
• 1922 » Frank Stranahan, American golfer († 2013)
• 1922 » L. Tom Perry, American businessman and religious leader († 2015)

• 1895 » Friedrich Engels, German philosopher (b. 1820)
• 1901 » Victoria, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom (b. 1840)
• 1904 » George Dibbs, Australian politician, 10th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1834)
• 1911 » Bob Caruthers, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1864)
• 1916 » George Butterworth, British composer, killed at the Battle of the Somme (b. 1885)
• 1921 » Dimitrios Rallis, Greek lawyer and politician, 78th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1844)
• 1929 » Millicent Fawcett, English trade union leader and activist (b. 1847)
• 1933 » Charles Harold Davis, American painter and academic (b. 1856)
• 1935 » David Townsend, American art director and set designer (b. 1891)
• 1939 » Béla Jankovich, Hungarian economist and politician, Minister of Education of Hungary (b. 1865)

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.
• February 3 » First World War: The American entry into World War I begins when diplomatic relations with Germany are severed due to its unrestricted submarine warfare.
• March 25 » The Georgian Orthodox Church restores its autocephaly abolished by Imperial Russia in 1811.
• June 26 » World War I: The American Expeditionary Forces begin to arrive in France. They will first enter combat four months later.
• July 20 » World War I: The Corfu Declaration, which leads to the creation of the post-war Kingdom of Yugoslavia, is signed by the Yugoslav Committee and Kingdom of Serbia.
• October 12 » World War I: The First Battle of Passchendaele takes place resulting in the largest single-day loss of life in New Zealand history.
• November 26 » The Manchester Guardian publishes the 1916 secret Sykes-Picot Agreement between the United Kingdom and France.

The temperature on August 5, 1917 was between 13.1 °C and 22.4 °C and averaged 17.6 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.