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• Arjen Van der Veen, Harlingen, Nederland († 1992)
• Carolina HALVERSTAD, Amsterdam († 1943)
• Benjamin Zeeman, Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1932)
• Anna van Bokkem, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2015)
• Antoinetta Dekkers, Zevenbergen († 2011)
• Allan Palmer WALKER († 1958)
• Alida Waterman († 1942)
• Carolina Anna Gubler, Schoonebeek († 2013)
• Alice Veldkamp, Larchwood, Lyon County, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 2014)
• Arjen Bouwsma († 1989)

• Cornelia Elizabeth Smith (75)
• Anna Maria Watrin (8), Roermond
• Cornelis de Weerd (32), Heemstede
• Anna Maria Nijland (67), Losser
• Christiaan van Eijk (75), Renkum
• Derk Hietbrink (30), Laren (Gld.)
• Derk Heetbrink (30), Laren
• * Johannes Gerardus Maria Nijssen (51), Rotterdam
• Carolus Christiaan Nijssen (72)
• Anthonia van Nellen (57), Delft

• 1914 » Thor Heyerdahl, Norwegian ethnographer and explorer († 2002)
• 1915 » Alice Timander, Swedish dentist and actress († 2007)
• 1915 » Carolyn Goodman, American psychologist and activist († 2007)
• 1915 » Humberto Sousa Medeiros, Portuguese-American cardinal († 1983)
• 1916 » Chiang Wei-kuo, Japanese-Chinese general († 1997)
• 1917 » Fannie Lou Hamer, American activist and philanthropist († 1977)
• 1918 » André Pilette, French-Belgian race car driver († 1993)
• 1918 » Goh Keng Swee, Singaporean soldier and politician, 2nd Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore († 2010)
• 1919 » Siad Barre, Somalian general and politician, later president († 1995)
• 1919 » Tommy Lawton, English footballer and coach († 1996)

• 1883 » Dục Đức, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1852)
• 1891 » Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish politician (b. 1846)
• 1892 » Alfred, Lord Tennyson, English poet (b. 1809)
• 1912 » Auguste Beernaert, Belgian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Belgium, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1829)
• 1923 » Damat Ferid Pasha, Ottoman politician, 285th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1853)
• 1942 » Siegmund Glücksmann, German politician (b. 1884)
• 1945 » Leonardo Conti, German SS officer (b. 1900)
• 1947 » Leevi Madetoja, Finnish composer and critic (b. 1887)
• 1951 » Otto Fritz Meyerhof, German-American physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1884)
• 1951 » Will Keith Kellogg, American businessman, founded the Kellogg Company (b. 1860)

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 24 » World War I: The U.S. ambassador Walter Hines Page to the United Kingdom is given the Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany pledges to ensure the return of New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona to Mexico if Mexico declares war on the United States.
• May 26 » Several powerful tornadoes rip through Illinois, including the city of Mattoon.
• July 17 » King George V issues a Proclamation stating that the male line descendants of the British Royal Family will bear the surname Windsor.
• September 14 » The Russian Empire is formally replaced by the Russian Republic.
• October 26 » First World War: Brazil declares war on the Central Powers.
• December 6 » Finland declares independence from Soviet Russia.

The temperature on October 6, 1917 was between 4.1 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 7.9 mm of rain. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.