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• Agatha Gezina van Agteren, Amsterdam († 2005)
• Antonia Leeuwis, Barneveld, Gelderland, Nederland († 1999)
• Alle Eeuwes Broersma, Opende († 1978)
• Alec John Stickland, Swanage, Dorset, England († 2004)
• Armand Alphons Coonen, Amersfoort († 1989)
• Anna Francisca Jacoba van de Wier, Tilburg († 1998)
• Adriana Kuijs, Waalwijk († 1917)
• Antonio Folugo († 1991)
• Aagtje Uil, Winschoten, Groningen, Netherlands († 1999)
• Adriaan "Arjaan" SCHRIER, Oostdijk gem. Krabbendijke, Zeeland, Nederland († 1993)

• Bernardus Martinus Jozef Leenders (0), Herwen en Aerdt, Gelderland, Nederland
• Bernardus Martinus Jozef Leenders (0), Herwen en Aerdt, Rijnwaarden
• Aaltje Willems van Bruggen (79), Kampen
• Antonetta Humburg (85), Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland Nederland
• Catharina Nanne (10), Petten
• Antonina PEPITO (1), Brooklyn,Brooklyn,New York State,ÉTATS-UNIS d'AMÉRIQUE
• Prof. Dr. Jan Woltjer (68), Amsterdam
• Benjamin Felstead (87), 39 Farr Street, Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia
• Antonia Catharina Hagers (62), Brielle, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Verhagen (82), Stad aan het Haringvliet

• 1914 » Carmen Dragon, American conductor and composer († 1984)
• 1915 » Charles Hard Townes, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2015)
• 1915 » Dick Sprang, American illustrator († 2000)
• 1915 » Frankie Yankovic, American polka musician († 1998)
• 1916 » David Brown, American journalist and producer († 2010)
• 1920 » Andrew V. McLaglen, English-American director and producer († 2014)
• 1922 » Jacques Piccard, Belgian-Swiss oceanographer and engineer († 2008)
• 1923 » Ray Ellis, American conductor and producer († 2008)
• 1924 » C. T. Vivian, American minister, author, and activist († 2020)
• 1924 » Luigi Musso, Italian race car driver († 1958)

• 1885 » Moses Montefiore, British philanthropist, sheriff and banker (b. 1784)
• 1895 » Edward Beecher, American minister and theologian (b. 1803)
• 1930 » Allvar Gullstrand, Swedish ophthalmologist and optician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1930 » John DeWitt, American hammer thrower (b. 1881)
• 1933 » Nishinoumi Kajirō III, Japanese sumo wrestler, 30th yokozuna (b. 1890)
• 1934 » Louis Tancred, South African cricketer and pilot (b. 1876)
• 1934 » Marie Dressler, Canadian-American actress and singer (b. 1868)
• 1935 » Meletius IV of Constantinople (b. 1871)
• 1942 » Flinders Petrie, English archaeologist and academic (b. 1853)
• 1946 » Saint Alphonsa, first woman of Indian origin to be canonized as a saint by the Catholic Church (b. 1910)

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.
• January 31 » World War I: Germany announces that its U-boats will resume unrestricted submarine warfare after a two-year hiatus.
• May 21 » The Imperial War Graves Commission is established through royal charter to mark, record, and maintain the graves and places of commemoration of the British Empire's military forces.
• May 27 » Pope Benedict XV promulgates the 1917 Code of Canon Law, the first comprehensive codification of Catholic canon law in the legal history of the Catholic Church.
• July 28 » The Silent Parade took place in New York City, in protest to murders, lynchings, and other violence directed towards African Americans.
• November 8 » The first Council of People's Commissars is formed, including Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin.
• November 26 » The Manchester Guardian publishes the 1916 secret Sykes-Picot Agreement between the United Kingdom and France.

The temperature on July 28, 1917 was between 10.9 °C and 23.6 °C and averaged 18.1 °C. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.