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• Adriana Johanna van Rijn, Hillegom († 1977)
• Dirkje Geilvoet, Zwartewaal Z.H († 1976)
• Albert de Louwer, Amsterdam († 1919)
• Earl Garret Walvoord, Holland Township, Sheboygan Co., Wisconsin († 1967)
• Clell Swallow ****, Beaver Creek, Hamilton, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 1982)
• aaltje kroezen, heerlen
• Borghild Christine Hovde
• August Otto Cordromp, Blora (res. Rembang, Midden-Java) († 1998)
• Dirk Jacob van Es, Velp, gem Rheden († 1995)
• Antonius Stephanus de Beijer, Gendt († 2004)

• Cornelia Vink (81), Akersloot
• Anne Dijkstra (43), Bolsward, Nederland
• Barbara Schuit (49), Egmond-Binnen
• Agatha Juliana Katharina Witte (24), Groningen
• Antonia Maria Huf (0), Den Haag
• Alida Straathof (75), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Azaria Maria Heirbaut (16), TEMSE
• Allen Thompson (87), Emanuel County, Georgia, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelia Markus (96), Krimpen aan den IJssel
• Cornelia Markus (96)

• 1913 » Bernard Lovell, English physicist and astronomer († 2012)
• 1913 » Helen Levitt, American photographer and cinematographer († 2009)
• 1914 » Richard Basehart, American actor († 1984)
• 1915 » Pete Newell, American basketball player and coach († 2008)
• 1916 » Daniel Schorr, American journalist and author († 2010)
• 1916 » Danny Litwhiler, American baseball player and coach († 2011)
• 1916 » John S. Wold, American geologist and politician († 2017)
• 1918 » Alan Jay Lerner, American songwriter and composer († 1986)
• 1919 » Amrita Pritam, Indian poet and author († 2005)
• 1921 » Otis G. Pike, American judge and politician († 2014)

• 1908 » Leslie Green, English architect (b. 1875)
• 1910 » Emīls Dārziņš, Latvian composer, conductor, and music critic (b. 1875)
• 1912 » Jean, duc Decazes, French sailor (b. 1864)
• 1920 » Wilhelm Wundt, German physician, psychologist, and philosopher (b. 1832)
• 1924 » Todor Aleksandrov, Bulgarian soldier (b. 1881)
• 1927 » Andranik, Armenian general (b. 1865)
• 1937 » Ruth Baldwin, British socialite (b. 1905)
• 1940 » Georges Gauthier, Canadian archbishop (b. 1871)
• 1941 » Marina Tsvetaeva, Russian poet and author (b. 1892)
• 1941 » Thomas Bavin, New Zealand-Australian politician, 24th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1874)

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.
• March 26 » World War I: First Battle of Gaza: British troops are halted after 17,000 Turks block their advance.
• April 16 » Vladimir Lenin returns to Petrograd, Russia, from exile in Switzerland.
• August 18 » A Great Fire in Thessaloniki, Greece destroys 32% of the city leaving 70,000 individuals homeless.
• September 26 » World War I: The Battle of Polygon Wood begins.
• November 5 » October Revolution: Lenin calls for the October Revolution.
• November 7 » The Gregorian calendar date of the October Revolution, which gets its name from the Julian calendar date of 25 October. On this date in 1917, the Bolsheviks storm the Winter Palace.

The temperature on August 31, 1917 was between 10.7 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 10.1 mm of rain. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.