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• Albertus van Onselen, Monster († 2004)
• Catharina Johanna Hilversum, Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1917)
• Annigje de Vries, Goudriaan († 1918)
• Anna Hendrika Helsloot, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1991)
• Auktje Overkamp, Zuidhorn, Groningen, Netherlands († 2000)
• Catharina van Mourik, Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Charles Robert Spence Johnson, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, Verenigde Staten († 1942)
• Aaltje Jans Bies, Haulerwijk († 1979)
• Anna, Hendrika Helsloot, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1991)
• Carolus Josef van den Berg, Gilze en Rijen († 1976)

• Aaffien Schipper (80), Assen
• Arnolda Vermeulen (63), Wamel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonie Wesselink (54), Arnhem
• Barendina Paulina Tromp de Haas (51), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antje Bouwkamp (0), Hoogkerk, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Braun (72)
• Aaffien Schipper (80), Aardscheveld (Assen), Drenthe, Nederland
• Alberta Johanna Hendrika van Eijsden (80), Zwolle
• Hendrik Van Dalen (0), Nieuweroord
• Arthur John Davis #6054**03c02wm (22), France

• 1914 » Edward Andrews, American actor († 1985)
• 1915 » Belva Plain, American author († 2010)
• 1915 » Clifford M. Hardin, American academic and politician, 17th United States Secretary of Agriculture († 2010)
• 1918 » Bebo Valdés, Cuban-Swedish pianist, composer, and bandleader († 2013)
• 1918 » Charles Read, Australian air marshal († 2014)
• 1918 » E. Howard Hunt, American CIA officer and author († 2007)
• 1920 » Jason Wingreen, American actor and screenwriter († 2015)
• 1920 » Jens Bjørneboe, Norwegian author and educator († 1976)
• 1920 » Yusef Lateef, American saxophonist, composer, and educator († 2013)
• 1921 » Michel Boisrond, French director and screenwriter († 2002)

• 1897 » Jan Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1818)
• 1900 » Heinrich von Herzogenberg, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1843)
• 1911 » Jack Daniel, American businessman, founded Jack Daniel's (b. 1849)
• 1924 » Valery Bryusov, Russian author, poet, and critic (b. 1873)
• 1934 » Alexander I of Yugoslavia, King of Yugoslavia also known as Alexander the Unifier (b. 1888)
• 1934 » Louis Barthou, French union leader and politician, 78th Prime Minister of France (b. 1862)
• 1937 » Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse (b. 1868)
• 1940 » Wilfred Grenfell, English-American physician and missionary (b. 1865)
• 1941 » Helen Morgan, American singer and actress (b. 1900)
• 1943 » Pieter Zeeman, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (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.
• March 25 » The Georgian Orthodox Church restores its autocephaly abolished by Imperial Russia in 1811.
• March 31 » According to the terms of the Treaty of the Danish West Indies, the islands become American possessions.
• May 13 » Three children report the first apparition of Our Lady of Fátima in Fátima, Portugal.
• May 18 » World War I: The Selective Service Act of 1917 is passed, giving the President of the United States the power of conscription.
• August 18 » A Great Fire in Thessaloniki, Greece destroys 32% of the city leaving 70,000 individuals homeless.
• December 2 » World War I: Russia and the Central Powers sign an armistice at Brest-Litovsk, and peace talks leading to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk begin.

The temperature on October 9, 1917 was between 5.9 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 11.9 mm of rain. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west.