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• Carl Frederick Bangert, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 1954)
• Hofman, Sliedrecht († 1917)
• "Cecilie" Viktoria Anastasia Zita Thyra Adelheid von Preussen, château de Cecilienhof († 1975)
• Jan Overbeeke, Rotterdam († 1977)
• Carolina Kaboski, Piraí do Sul, Paraná, Brasil († 2008)
• Bessie Lee Green, Franklin County, Alabama, Verenigde Staten († 1962)
• Adriana Maria Schilt, Bergambacht († 1995)
• Alida Jut († 2005)
• Andries Marie Krens, den haag († 1918)
• Annie van den Assum, Dongen († 1972)

• Berendiena de Blecourt (6), Bedum, Groningen, Netherlands
• Adolf Anton Keller (69), München
• Catharina Dekker (0), Naaldwijk
• Burnetta Kinnett (81), Lakeland, Jefferson County, Kentucky
• Albertus Houtriet (11), (GL) Arnhem
• Berendiena de Blecourt (6), Bedum
• Antonij Van Den Maagdenbergh (78), Oud en Nieuw Gastel
• * Hendrika Pannekoek (53), Leerdam
• Hofman (0), Sliedrecht
• Hilligje Smit (3), Hoogeveen

• 1914 » Gail Kubik, American violinist, composer, and educator († 1984)
• 1914 » Stuart Freeborn, English make up artist († 2013)
• 1916 » Frank Shuster, Canadian comedian, actor, and screenwriter († 2002)
• 1916 » Frank Yerby, American novelist († 1991)
• 1917 » Pedro E. Guerrero, American photographer († 2012)
• 1917 » Sören Nordin, Swedish harness racer and trainer († 2008)
• 1918 » Bob Katter, Sr., Australian captain and politician († 1990)
• 1918 » Fred McCarthy, American cartoonist and monk († 2009)
• 1918 » Luis Alcoriza, Mexican actor, director, and screenwriter († 1992)
• 1919 » Elisabeth Volkenrath, German SS officer († 1945)

• 1902 » Rudolf Virchow, German anthropologist, pathologist, and biologist (b. 1821)
• 1906 » Ludwig Boltzmann, Austrian physicist and philosopher (b. 1844)
• 1909 » Louis Bouveault, French chemist (b. 1864)
• 1912 » Arthur MacArthur, Jr., American general (b. 1845)
• 1917 » Marian Smoluchowski, Austrian-Polish physicist and mountaineer (b. 1872)
• 1920 » Robert Harron, American actor (b. 1893)
• 1922 » Georgette Agutte, French painter (b. 1867)
• 1926 » Karl Harrer, German journalist and politician (b. 1890)
• 1930 » Robert Means Thompson, American soldier, businessman, and philanthropist (b. 1849)
• 1931 » John Thomson, Scottish footballer (b. 1909)

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.
• June 4 » The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded: Laura E. Richards, Maude H. Elliott, and Florence Hall receive the first Pulitzer for biography (for Julia Ward Howe). Jean Jules Jusserand receives the first Pulitzer for history for his work With Americans of Past and Present Days. Herbert B. Swope receives the first Pulitzer for journalism for his work for the New York World.
• June 26 » World War I: The American Expeditionary Forces begin to arrive in France. They will first enter combat four months later.
• July 28 » The Silent Parade took place in New York City, in protest to murders, lynchings, and other violence directed towards African Americans.
• August 30 » Vietnamese prison guards led by Trịnh Văn Cấn mutiny at the Thái Nguyên penitentiary against local French authority.
• October 15 » World War I: Dutch dancer Mata Hari is executed by France for espionage.
• November 24 » In Milwaukee, nine members of the Milwaukee Police Department are killed by a bomb, the most deaths in a single event in U.S. police history until the September 11 attacks in 2001.

The temperature on September 5, 1917 was between 9.0 °C and 21.8 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 11.4 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.