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• Hendrika Margaretha Hartman, Groningen († 1918)
• Adriaan_Albert Scholte, Padang, Ned.-Indie († 1973)
• Antoinette, Coleta Huygelier, Ruiselede († 1994)
• Anna Judith van Vierssen Trip, Rotterdam († 2001)
• Anna Keijser († 2003)
• Alle de Vries, Akkerwoude († 1993)
• Antonius Franciscus Rovers, Vinkel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1978)
• Anna Gerritdina Keijser, Den Burg (Texel, NH) († 2003)
• Anno Greven, Valthermond, Odoorn († 1975)
• Alle Jans de Vries, Dantumadeel, Friesland Netherlands († 1993)

• Aaltje Blomsma (70), Dwingeloo, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Maria Cornelia Fabrie (37), Bladel en Netersel
• Charles Mindel (60), Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States
• Aries van Oosten (63), Bedum (gem. Het Hogeland)
• Abraham Jacob Wijkhuisen (49), Poortugaal
• van Rooijen, Barwoutswaarder
• Albert Scheerhoorn (2), Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland
• Baas (0), Emmen
• Adolphina Berdina Catharina Van De Sande (17), Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• Barbara Johanna Dorothea Maria von Beesten (0), Berlijn-Wilmersdorf,,Berlin,Germany

• 1911 » Michael Hordern, English actor († 1995)
• 1915 » Ray Stark, American film producer († 2004)
• 1916 » James Herriot, English veterinarian and author († 1995)
• 1919 » James M. Buchanan, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2013)
• 1921 » Ray Lindwall, Australian cricketer and soldier († 1996)
• 1923 » Edward Oliver LeBlanc, Dominican lawyer and politician, 1st Premier of Dominica († 2004)
• 1924 » Arkady Vorobyov, Russian weightlifter and coach († 2012)
• 1924 » Harvey Kurtzman, American cartoonist († 1993)
• 1925 » George Wein, American pianist and producer, co-founded the Newport Folk Festival
• 1925 » Gore Vidal, American novelist, screenwriter, and critic († 2012)

• 1890 » Joseph Hergenröther, German historian and cardinal (b. 1824)
• 1891 » Édouard Lucas, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1842)
• 1896 » William Morris, English author and poet (b. 1834)
• 1907 » Jacob Nash Victor, American engineer (b. 1835)
• 1911 » Rosetta Jane Birks, Australian suffragist (b. 1856)
• 1917 » Eduardo Di Capua, Neapolitan composer, singer and songwriter (b. 1865)
• 1929 » Gustav Stresemann, German politician, Chancellor of Germany, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1878)
• 1929 » Jeanne Eagels, American actress (b. 1894)
• 1931 » Carl Nielsen, Danish violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1865)
• 1936 » John Heisman, American football player and coach (b. 1869)

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.
• May 13 » Three children report the first apparition of Our Lady of Fátima in Fátima, Portugal.
• August 30 » Vietnamese prison guards led by Trịnh Văn Cấn mutiny at the Thái Nguyên penitentiary against local French authority.
• October 25 » Old Style date of the October Revolution in Russia.
• November 20 » World War I: Battle of Cambrai begins: British forces make early progress in an attack on German positions but are later pushed back.
• December 11 » World War I: British General Edmund Allenby enters Jerusalem on foot and declares martial law.
• December 20 » Cheka, the first Soviet secret police force, is founded.

The temperature on October 3, 1917 was between 11.9 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.