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• Adriana Daalwijk, Lekkerkerk
• Andreas Hendrikus Schoenmakers, Oisterwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1925)
• Alida Maria ARINK, Hengelo (O) († 2005)
• Abraham Dupont, Leeuwarden († 1977)
• Arnolda Brummelman, Hengelo († 1918)
• Adrianus Alphonsus van der Kaaij, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1989)
• Beekje Smit, Hoogeveen
• Antoinette Elfering, Beverwijk († 1975)
• Anna Maria Leijen, Bergen,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2007)
• Antonie Christiaan Baks, Woudrichem, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 1919)

• Berendina Aleida Jalink (31), Heino
• Anna Maria Rijkers (75), Best, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aldolphus Henricus Aleven (27), Zevenaar, Gelderland, Nederland
• Bartholomea Alagonda IJpma (63), Assen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anthonia van der Teen (57), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje van Angeren (59), Uithoorn
• Bartholomea Allagonda IJpma (63), Assen
• Arie Copier (63), Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Arnaud Joseph Jacob (0), Verdenne
• Bert Bleaney (21), Palestine

• 1912 » James Callaghan, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 2005)
• 1913 » Theodor Dannecker, German SS officer († 1945)
• 1914 » Budd Schulberg, American author, screenwriter, and producer († 2009)
• 1914 » Richard Denning, American actor († 1998)
• 1915 » Robert Lockwood, Jr., American guitarist († 2006)
• 1917 » Cyrus Vance, American lawyer and politician, 57th United States Secretary of State († 2002)
• 1920 » Colin Rowe, English-American architect, theorist and academic († 1999)
• 1921 » Harold Nicholas, American actor and dancer († 2000)
• 1921 » Moacir Barbosa Nascimento, Brazilian footballer and coach († 2000)
• 1921 » Phil Chess, Czech-American record producer, co-founded Chess Records († 2016)

• 1910 » Alexander Emanuel Agassiz, Swiss-American ichthyologist, zoologist, and engineer (b. 1835)
• 1913 » Richard Montgomery Gano, American minister, physician, and general (b. 1830)
• 1918 » Henry Adams, American journalist, historian, and author (b. 1838)
• 1918 » Martin Sheridan, Irish-American discus thrower and jumper (b. 1881)
• 1921 » Harry Barron, English general and politician, 16th Governor of Western Australia (b. 1847)
• 1922 » Nikolay Sokolov, Russian composer and educator (b. 1859)
• 1923 » James Dewar, Scottish chemist and physicist (b. 1842)
• 1925 » Carl Neumann, German mathematician and academic (b. 1832)
• 1926 » Georges Vézina, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1887)
• 1926 » Kick Kelly, American baseball player, manager, and umpire (b. 1856)

• 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.
• March 26 » World War I: First Battle of Gaza: British troops are halted after 17,000 Turks block their advance.
• 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.
• November 8 » The first Council of People's Commissars is formed, including Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin.
• November 28 » The Estonian Provincial Assembly declares itself the sovereign power of Estonia.
• December 12 » Father Edward J. Flanagan founds Boys Town as a farm village for wayward boys.

The temperature on March 27, 1917 was between -2.5 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (68%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.