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• Aart Johannes Lambertus, Velp (Ge), Gelderland, Nederland († 1944)
• Aukje Heins, Sleen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2016)
• Arno Odebrecht, Apiúna, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1996)
• Angela Maria de Rijk, Stoppeldijk,, Zeeland, Nederland († 2001)
• Apollonia Christina Anna Bos, Steenwijkerwold, Overijssel, Netherlands († 1985)
• Apolonia Christina Anna Bos, Steenwijkerwold († 1985)
• Alphonse BOSSAERT, Athis-de-L'Orne,61430,Orne,Normandie,France († 2007)
• Adriana Johanna Rissema, Schiedam († 1998)
• Albert Jan Pasman, Olst († 1997)
• Aaltjen Ekenhorst, Slagharen († 2018)

• Adrianus Conijn (27), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alice Maria Moerman (43), Rotterdam (NL)
• Arie van Oosten (67), Wateringen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Vermeer (65), Schijndel
• Antonius Demmers (73), Roosendaal en Nispen
• Anna Biegel (67), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands
• Anna Biegel (67), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Ann Eliza Thomas (67), Farm Kaffirsdam, Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa
• Anne Hedmans Annema (69), Murmerwoude, gem. Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Jans Biegel (67), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland

• 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)

• 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 17 » The United States pays Denmark $25 million for the Virgin Islands.
• February 23 » First demonstrations in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The beginning of the February Revolution (March 8 in the Gregorian calendar).
• June 7 » World War I: Battle of Messines: Allied soldiers detonate a series of mines underneath German trenches at Messines Ridge, killing 10,000 German troops.
• July 28 » The Silent Parade took place in New York City, in protest to murders, lynchings, and other violence directed towards African Americans.
• November 26 » The National Hockey League is formed, with the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators, Quebec Bulldogs, and Toronto Arenas as its first teams.
• December 15 » World War I: An armistice between Russia and the Central Powers is signed.

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.