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• , Bornwerd Friesland NL († 1979)
• August Van Miert, Oud-Turnhout (B), België († 1992)
• Areke Johanna van Tintelen, Dodewaard, Gelderland, Nederland († 2009)
• Annigje Sleurink, Kampen, Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1918)
• aan den Boom, Neer († 1917)
• Benedict Vaessen, Venlo († 1997)
• Alice Vermotte, Ukkel (Bxl) († 1998)
• Adriana Hekhuis, Vlissingen († 2006)
• Anneken Hogeweg, Neede, Gelderland, Nederland († 2000)
• Ben Volbeda († 1979)

• Adrianus Daalhuisen (1), Utrecht
• Adriaan Lambertus Daalhuisen (1), Utrecht
• Aagje Tool (41), Heerhugowaard, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Goudswaard (85), Klaaswaal
• Adrianus Franciscus van Wijngaarden (14), Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bastiaan van Andel (31), Woudrichem,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Afra van der Gulik (1), Grootebroek
• Adrianus Franciscus van Wijngaarden (14), Naaldwijk
• Andries Willemsz Spaander (31), Benningbroek
• Fransisca Janssen, 's-Hertogenbosch

• 1915 » Norman Foster Ramsey Jr., American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2011)
• 1916 » Gordon Bashford, English engineer, co-designed the Range Rover († 1991)
• 1916 » Martha Raye, American actress and comedian († 1994)
• 1916 » Tony Harris, South African cricketer and rugby player († 1993)
• 1917 » Peanuts Lowrey, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1986)
• 1918 » Jelle Zijlstra, Dutch economist and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands († 2001)
• 1919 » Murray Grand, American singer-songwriter and pianist († 2007)
• 1919 » Pee Wee Butts, American baseball player and coach († 1972)
• 1920 » Baptiste Manzini, American football player († 2008)
• 1920 » James Molyneaux, Baron Molyneaux of Killead, Northern Irish soldier and politician († 2015)

• 1891 » Samuel C. Pomeroy, American businessman and politician (b. 1816)
• 1903 » Kusumoto Ine, first Japanese female doctor of Western medicine (b. 1827)
• 1909 » Emil Christian Hansen, Danish physiologist and mycologist (b. 1842)
• 1922 » Reşat Çiğiltepe, Turkish colonel (b. 1879)
• 1929 » Herman Potočnik, Croatian-Austrian engineer (b. 1892)
• 1931 » Francis Marion Smith, American miner and businessman (b. 1846)
• 1931 » Frank Harris, Irish-American journalist and author (b. 1856)
• 1931 » Willem Hubert Nolens, Dutch priest and politician (b. 1860)
• 1935 » Childe Hassam, American painter and academic (b. 1859)
• 1944 » Georg von Boeselager, German soldier (b. 1915)

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. Antonius

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.
• January 17 » The United States pays Denmark $25 million for the Virgin Islands.
• February 5 » The current constitution of Mexico is adopted, establishing a federal republic with powers separated into independent executive, legislative, and judicial branches.
• July 17 » King George V issues a Proclamation stating that the male line descendants of the British Royal Family will bear the surname Windsor.
• July 27 » World War I: The Allies reach the Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele.
• November 2 » The Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet, in charge of preparation and carrying out the Russian Revolution, holds its first meeting.
• December 11 » World War I: British General Edmund Allenby enters Jerusalem on foot and declares martial law.

The temperature on August 27, 1917 was between 11.0 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 11.9 mm of rain. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.