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• Albertje Geerds, Napels(Scheemda) († 2002)
• C. van Bommel († 1993)
• Atte Cornelis Visser, Amsterdam († 2002)
• Adam Koenderman, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, Nederland († 1998)
• Cornelia Kentson († 2012)
• Aafke Pieters de Jong († 2002)
• Trijntje van Essen, Haarlemmermeer († 1989)
• Adriaan van Rijswijk, Rotterdam († 1923)
• Adeleitha Catharina Podde, Enschede
• Barbara Kiddie Henderson, Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland († 1996)

• Ankje Oebeles Kamminga (59), Surhuisterveen, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Johanna Willems (9), Huissen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonia Janssen (43), Nijmegen, Gemeente Nijmegen, Gelderland, Niederlande
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Cornelis Aarts (0)
• August Masbaum (55)
• Antje Kamminga (59), Surhuisterveen, Achtkarspelen
• Berendina Bouma (52), Foxhol gem. Hoogezand
• Antonia Janssen (43), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Bernardus van Ingen (52), Den Helder
• Antje Schuitemaker (64), Avenhorn

• 1912 » George Johnston, Australian journalist and author († 1970)
• 1914 » Charilaos Florakis, Greek politician († 2005)
• 1914 » Dobri Dobrev, Bulgarian philanthropist († 2018)
• 1914 » Ersilio Tonini, Italian cardinal († 2013)
• 1918 » Cindy Walker, American singer-songwriter and dancer († 2006)
• 1919 » Edmund Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer and explorer († 2008)
• 1919 » Jacquemine Charrott Lodwidge, English writer († 2012)
• 1920 » Elliot Richardson, American lieutenant and politician, 11th United States Secretary of Defense († 1999)
• 1921 » Henri Alleg, English-French journalist and author († 2013)
• 1922 » Alan Stephenson Boyd, American lawyer and politician, 1st United States Secretary of Transportation

• 1903 » Leo XIII, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1810)
• 1908 » Demetrius Vikelas, Greek businessman and author (b. 1835)
• 1908 » Karl Bernhard Zoeppritz, German geophysicist and seismologist (b. 1881)
• 1910 » Anderson Dawson, Australian politician, 14th Premier of Queensland (b. 1863)
• 1922 » Andrey Markov, Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1856)
• 1923 » Pancho Villa, Mexican general and politician, Governor of Chihuahua (b. 1878)
• 1926 » Felix Dzerzhinsky, Russian educator and politician (b. 1877)
• 1927 » Ferdinand I, king of Romania (b. 1865)
• 1928 » Kostas Karyotakis, Greek poet and author (b. 1896)
• 1932 » René Bazin, French author and academic (b. 1853)

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.
• March 31 » According to the terms of the Treaty of the Danish West Indies, the islands become American possessions.
• April 12 » World War I: Canadian forces successfully complete the taking of Vimy Ridge from the Germans.
• October 4 » World War I: The Battle of Broodseinde is fought between the British and German armies in Flanders.
• November 5 » Tikhon is elected the Patriarch of Moscow and of the Russian Orthodox Church.
• November 7 » The Gregorian calendar date of the October Revolution, which gets its name from the Julian calendar date of 25 October. On this date in 1917, the Bolsheviks storm the Winter Palace.
• November 8 » The first Council of People's Commissars is formed, including Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin.

The temperature on July 20, 1917 was between 10.0 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 13.6 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.