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• Andreas Schuijffel, Cuijk en Sint Agatha († 1977)
• Antonius Frerejean, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1944)
• Anne Campbell, London GB († 1986)
• Aagje Jongewaard, Zaandam († 2006)
• Antonius Petrus Cools, Tilburg († 1998)
• Antoon Bernard Fontein, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Adrianus Martinus van der Sar, Maasland, 3155, Nederland († 1985)
• Beatrijs van IJsendoorn, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1991)
• Albert Koridon, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1993)
• Anna Stella SCHWEITZER, West Mifflin, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1987)

• Alfred Ernest DOYLE (30), Ww1.France
• Anna Maria Leideritz (3), Amsterdam
• Andriesje Lugtmeijer (79), Steenwijkerwold, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antje Tabes Annema
• Catharina Antonia Treurniet (3), Ermelo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Elisabetha Lievens (1), Geel, België
• Andriesje Lugtmeijer (79), Emmen
• Carl Wilhelm Heinrich Ferdinand van Bantemer (50)
• Cornelia Suurland (63), Tholen
• Berendina Geertruida van den Boogaard (80), Maassluis

• 1912 » Ted Drake, English footballer and manager († 1995)
• 1913 » Menachem Begin, Belarusian-Israeli politician, Prime Minister of Israel, Nobel Prize laureate († 1992)
• 1915 » Al Hibbler, American baritone singer († 2001)
• 1916 » Iggy Katona, American race car driver († 2003)
• 1917 » Matt Christopher, American author († 1997)
• 1917 » Roque Cordero, Panamanian composer and educator († 2008)
• 1919 » Karl-Heinz Euling, German captain († 2014)
• 1920 » Charles Bukowski, German-American poet, novelist, and short story writer († 1994)
• 1922 » Ernie Freeman, American pianist and bandleader († 2001)
• 1922 » James Casey, English comedian, radio scriptwriter and producer († 2011)

• 1899 » Robert Bunsen, German chemist and academic (b. 1811)
• 1900 » José Maria de Eça de Queirós, Portuguese journalist and author (b. 1845)
• 1904 » Prentiss Ingraham, American soldier and author (b. 1843)
• 1911 » Patrick Francis Moran, Irish-Australian cardinal (b. 1830)
• 1914 » Carl Theodor Schulz, German-Norwegian gardener (b. 1835)
• 1916 » George Scott, English footballer (b. 1885)
• 1920 » Henry Daglish, Australian politician, 6th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1866)
• 1921 » Peter I of Serbia (b. 1844)
• 1938 » Andrej Hlinka, Slovak priest, journalist, and politician (b. 1864)
• 1938 » Robert Johnson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1911)

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 19 » The Norwegian football club Rosenborg BK is founded.
• August 30 » Vietnamese prison guards led by Trịnh Văn Cấn mutiny at the Thái Nguyên penitentiary against local French authority.
• October 4 » World War I: The Battle of Broodseinde is fought between the British and German armies in Flanders.
• 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 12 » Father Edward J. Flanagan founds Boys Town as a farm village for wayward boys.

The temperature on August 16, 1917 was between 12.5 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (52%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.