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• Aagje_Cornelia Roos, Den Helder
• Andreas Antonius Van Oirschot († 2000)
• Albert Bijkerk, Zuidveen, Steenwijkerwold, O., NL († 2003)
• Antoon KUHLMAN († 2009)
• Albert Bijkerk *, Steenwijkerwold († 2003)
• "François" Maurice Pierre Jacquin de Margerie, Broindon, Côte-d'Or, France († 2008)
• Adriana Petronella van de KLEUT, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1920)
• Anna Cornelia de Rouwe, Dordrecht († 2003)
• († 1925)
• Alexander Diamant, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2000)

• Anna Maria Josepha van Buel (0), Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Augustinus Franciscus Antonius Maassen (17), Haelen
• Adrianus Peijs (76), Hooge en Lage Mierde, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antoon Roet (1), Beemster, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Alexander Cornelis van Veluwen (0), amsterdam, Nederland
• Augustinus Franciscus Antonius (Frans) Maassen (17), Haelen, Nederland
• Cornelia Petronella Jacoba Maria Kuijpers (1), Tilburg
• Antje Elsiena Blik (22), Scheemda, Groningen, Nederland
• Barteld Keiter (61), Groningen
• Alida Parlevliet (51), Den Haag

• 1913 » John Argyris, Greek engineer and academic († 2004)
• 1913 » Peter Kemp, Indian-English soldier and author († 1993)
• 1914 » Fumio Hayasaka, Japanese composer († 1955)
• 1914 » Lajos Baróti, Hungarian footballer and manager († 2005)
• 1914 » Rose Heilbron, British barrister and judge († 2005)
• 1915 » Alfred Rouleau, Canadian businessman († 1985)
• 1915 » Ring Lardner, Jr., American journalist and screenwriter († 2000)
• 1916 » Dennis Poore, English race car driver and businessman († 1987)
• 1918 » Jimmy Rowles, American singer-songwriter and pianist († 1996)
• 1919 » Malcolm Forbes, American publisher and politician († 1990)

• 1895 » John Wesley Hardin, American Old West outlaw, gunfighter (b. 1853)
• 1900 » Jean-Baptiste Accolay, Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1833)
• 1914 » Franz Xavier Wernz, German religious leader, 25th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1844)
• 1915 » Tevfik Fikret, Turkish poet and educator (b. 1867)
• 1923 » Vilfredo Pareto, Italian sociologist and economist (b. 1845)
• 1928 » Stephanos Skouloudis, Greek banker and diplomat, 97th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1838)
• 1929 » Sergei Diaghilev, Russian critic and producer, founded Ballets Russes (b. 1872)
• 1932 » Louis Anquetin, French painter (b. 1861)
• 1936 » Federico García Lorca, Spanish poet, playwright, and director (b. 1898)
• 1942 » Harald Kaarmann, Estonian footballer (b. 1901)

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. Antonius

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.
• May 26 » Several powerful tornadoes rip through Illinois, including the city of Mattoon.
• 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.
• 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.
• July 6 » World War I: Arabian troops led by T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") and Auda ibu Tayi capture Aqaba from the Ottoman Empire during the Arab Revolt.
• November 28 » The Estonian Provincial Assembly declares itself the sovereign power of Estonia.

The temperature on August 19, 1917 was between 11.9 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (52%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.