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• Aart Johannes Lambertus Labots, Velp, Gelderland, Nederland († 1944)
• Arend Kappert, Doetinchem-Ambt († 1942)
• Aafjen Geertje Niesen, Groningen,, Groningen, Nederland († 2005)
• van den Biggelaar, Wintelre
• Abraham van Ingen († 1917)
• Antje Lautenbach, Doezum († 1964)
• Antoon Nijkamp, Deventer († 1992)
• bastianus (bas) van der aalst, eindhoven (tongelre) († 1963)
• Arno Odebrecht, Apiúna, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1996)
• Apolonia Christina Anna Bos, Steenwijkerwold († 1985)

• Albert Metselaar (7), Hollandscheveld, Hoogeveen
• Anthonius Vermeer (65), Schijndel
• Arigje Aanen (79), Hoornaar, Nederland
• CAROLNA BREUGELMANS (8), Leerdam, Nederland
• Bishop Dick [Wk FwkmctDickBu] (0), Pulaski County, Kentucky ac
• Antonius Vermeer (65), Schijndel
• * Maria Lagendijk (71), Katendrecht
• Anne Hedmans Annema (69), Murmerwoude, gem. Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Benedictus VANDENBROECKE (65), Hasselt, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• Carl Ernst Oskar Heinrich (62), Rotterdam

• 1914 » Charles Craig Cannon, American colonel († 1992)
• 1914 » František Čapek, Czechoslovakian canoeist († 2008)
• 1914 » Lakshmi Sahgal, Indian Independence movement revolutionary and Officer of Indian National Army († 2012)
• 1915 » Bob Kane, American author and illustrator († 1998)
• 1915 » Marghanita Laski, English journalist and author († 1988)
• 1916 » Anne Sharp, Scottish soprano and actress († 2011)
• 1917 » Marie Foster, American activist († 2003)
• 1918 » Doreen Tovey, English author († 2008)
• 1919 » Frank Piasecki, American engineer and pilot († 2008)
• 1920 » Marcel-Paul Schützenberger, French mathematician and academic († 1996)

• 1898 » Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, French painter and illustrator (b. 1824)
• 1915 » Désiré Charnay, French archaeologist and photographer (b. 1828)
• 1917 » James Carroll Beckwith, American painter and academic (b. 1852)
• 1922 » George Cadbury, English businessman (b. 1839)
• 1935 » Dutch Schultz, American mob boss (b. 1902)
• 1937 » Nils Wahlbom, Swedish actor (b. 1886)
• 1938 » Ernst Barlach, German sculptor and playwright (b. 1870)
• 1943 » Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau, Canadian poet and painter (b. 1912)
• 1944 » Louis Renault, French engineer and businessman, co-founded the Renault Company (b. 1877)
• 1945 » Vidkun Quisling, Norwegian soldier and politician, Minister President of Norway (b. 1887)

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.
• February 5 » The current constitution of Mexico is adopted, establishing a federal republic with powers separated into independent executive, legislative, and judicial branches.
• May 27 » Pope Benedict XV promulgates the 1917 Code of Canon Law, the first comprehensive codification of Catholic canon law in the legal history of the Catholic Church.
• September 14 » The Russian Empire is formally replaced by the Russian Republic.
• October 13 » The "Miracle of the Sun" is witnessed by an estimated 70,000 people in the Cova da Iria in Portugal.
• October 25 » Old Style date of the October Revolution in Russia.
• December 6 » World War I: USSJacob Jones is the first American destroyer to be sunk by enemy action when it is torpedoed by German submarine SMU-53.

The temperature on October 24, 1917 was between 2.4 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 7.7 mm of rain. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.