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• Catharina Cornelia Mosch, Warmenhuizen († 2010)
• Adrianus Johannes Haagh, Breda († 1974)
• Adriana Maria van de Vate, St. Maartensdijk († 2002)
• Bernardus Gerardus Felthuis, Amsterdam
• Catharina Barentsen, Ritthem († 1918)
• Aaltje Kalf, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1999)
• Marinus Antonius (Rinie) de Waal, Roosendaal († 1997)
• Adriana Poot, Maasland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1999)
• Charles Scofield Leveen († 1968)
• Alfred Adrain Hubbell, Minnesota, United States († 1997)

• Arend van den Belt (65), Gemeente Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Wilsens (0), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• BASTIAAN VERHEUL (79), PAPENDRECHT
• Catharina van den Heuvel (68), Oost en West Souburg
• Aaltje van Eck (86), Zuidwolde, Nederland
• (1) Christina Gerardina Antoinetta van Dort (50), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Aaltje Roelofs van Eck (86), Zuidwolde
• Carl Friedrich Puhl (79), Barmen Elberfelt, Rijnland, Dld
• Bernardus fredrik Klesman (56), Rotterdam
• Aaltje Roelofs van Eck (86), Zuidwolde

• 1915 » John Dobson, Chinese-American astronomer and author, designed the Dobsonian telescope († 2014)
• 1916 » Eric Bentley, English-American singer, playwright, and critic
• 1916 » John Heyer, Australian director and producer († 2001)
• 1917 » Rudolf Baumgartner, Swiss violinist and conductor († 2002)
• 1918 » Cachao López, Cuban-American bassist and composer († 2008)
• 1918 » Georges Berger, Belgian race car driver († 1967)
• 1919 » Deryck Cooke, English musicologist and broadcaster († 1976)
• 1919 » Gil Langley, Australian cricketer, footballer, and politician († 2001)
• 1919 » Kay Medford, American actress († 1980)
• 1919 » Olga Lowe, South African-English actress († 2013)

• 1898 » William Seward Burroughs I, American businessman, founded the Burroughs Corporation (b. 1857)
• 1901 » William McKinley, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 25th President of the United States (b. 1843)
• 1905 » Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, Italian-French explorer (b. 1852)
• 1916 » José Echegaray, Spanish engineer, mathematician, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1832)
• 1927 » Isadora Duncan, American-Russian dancer and choreographer (b. 1877)
• 1931 » Tom Roberts, English-Australian painter and educator (b. 1856)
• 1936 » Irving Thalberg, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1899)
• 1936 » Ossip Gabrilowitsch, Russian-American pianist and conductor (b. 1878)
• 1937 » Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, Czech sociologist and politician, 1st President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1850)
• 1942 » E. S. Gosney, American eugenicist and philanthropist, founded Human Betterment Foundation (b. 1855)

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 31 » World War I: Germany announces that its U-boats will resume unrestricted submarine warfare after a two-year hiatus.
• March 2 » The enactment of the Jones–Shafroth Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.
• July 27 » World War I: The Allies reach the Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele.
• October 15 » World War I: Dutch dancer Mata Hari is executed by France for espionage.
• October 25 » Old Style date of the October Revolution in Russia.
• December 18 » The resolution containing the language of the Eighteenth Amendment to enact Prohibition is passed by the United States Congress.

The temperature on September 14, 1917 was between 8.8 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.