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• Bertus van Bezooijen († 1999)
• Albertus Martinus van der Maat, Warmond, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1980)
• Aaltje Jellesdr Visser, Den Helder († 1978)
• Bernardus Franciscus Antonius Daviena, Oldenzaal, Overijssel, Nederland († 1999)
• Aan Bethlehem, Surhuizum, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 2007)
• * Johannes (Jan) Sleutjes, Woensel († 2008)
• Antoon Coolen, Erp, Veghel († 1994)
• Anna Geertruida Cornelia van Beek, Utrecht († 1938)
• Bernardus Johannes (Benardus) Platen, Horsten Gem. Onstwedde († 1982)
• Adriana Maria Busio, Oosterhout († 1994)

• Carel Michael Huiskamp (75), Dieren, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Aaltje Kallenbach (80), Loosdrecht, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aleida Lamberts (85), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Albertus Wijman (66), Wijk bij Duurstede
• Aaltje Kallenbach (80), Loosdrecht
• Boris Leonidovitsj Prins Viazemsky (33)
• Apolonia Anna Franses (63), Delft
• Antje Harms Pinkster (81), Emmen, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Arendje Bouwmeester (62), Zuidveen
• Adriana Verbeek (21), Buurmalsen

• 1913 » Charles Snead Houston, American physician and mountaineer († 2009)
• 1915 » James Tiptree, Jr., American psychologist and author († 1987)
• 1915 » Wynonie Harris, American singer and guitarist († 1969)
• 1917 » Dennis James, American game show host († 1997)
• 1918 » Sikander Bakht, Indian field hockey player and politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs († 2004)
• 1919 » Enrique Llanes, Mexican wrestler († 2004)
• 1919 » J. Gordon Edwards, American entomologist, mountaineer, and DDT advocate († 2004)
• 1919 » Tosia Altman, member of the Polish resistance in World War II († 1943)
• 1920 » Alex Colville, Canadian painter and academic († 2013)
• 1921 » Eric Simms, English ornithologist and conservationist († 2009)

• 1888 » Rudolf Clausius, German physicist and mathematician (b. 1822)
• 1895 » Albert F. Mummery, English mountaineer and author (b. 1855)
• 1923 » Kate Douglas Wiggin, American author and educator (b. 1856)
• 1930 » Tom Norman, English businessman and showman (b. 1860)
• 1932 » Kate M. Gordon, American activist (b. 1861)
• 1939 » Frederick Carl Frieseke, American painter and educator (b. 1874)
• 1940 » Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, Polish-German technician and inventor, invented the Nipkow disk (b. 1860)
• 1943 » Antonio Alice, Argentinian painter and educator (b. 1886)
• 1943 » Simone Weil, French philosopher and activist (b. 1909)
• 1946 » James Clark McReynolds, American lawyer and judge, 48th United States Attorney General (b. 1862)

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.
• February 23 » First demonstrations in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The beginning of the February Revolution (March 8 in the Gregorian calendar).
• March 26 » World War I: First Battle of Gaza: British troops are halted after 17,000 Turks block their advance.
• July 20 » World War I: The Corfu Declaration, which leads to the creation of the post-war Kingdom of Yugoslavia, is signed by the Yugoslav Committee and Kingdom of Serbia.
• October 25 » Old Style date of the October Revolution in Russia.
• November 26 » The National Hockey League is formed, with the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators, Quebec Bulldogs, and Toronto Arenas as its first teams.

The temperature on August 24, 1917 was between 11.8 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.