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• Anna Safford
• aan den Boom, Neer († 1917)
• Adriana Hekhuis, Vlissingen († 2006)
• Aron Wijnschenk, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Anneken Hogeweg, Neede, Gelderland, Nederland († 2000)
• Adriaan Cijvat, Oost en West Souburg, Zeeland, NL († 1919)
• Aaltje Protzman, Almelo († 2007)
• August Van Miert, Oud-Turnhout (B), België († 1992)
• Benedictus Volbeda, Sneek, Friesland, Nederland († 1979)
• Anna Vandecruys, Geel, Belgie († 1977)

• Adrianus Franciscus van Wijngaarden (14), Naaldwijk
• Anthonia Hendrika Vaarkamp (75), Nijkerk
• Antonia Westenberg (73), Zwollerkerspel (Genne),, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adrianus Daalhuisen (1), Utrecht
• Aafien Nijland (69), Winschoten
• Albert Antonio MARIEN (0), Snaaskerke Belgie
• Bastiaan van Andel (31), Woudrichem,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• aan den Boom (0), Neer
• Alida Susanna Kuiters (68), 's-Gravenhage
• Bartus van Oorspronk (74), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1915 » Norman Foster Ramsey Jr., American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2011)
• 1916 » Gordon Bashford, English engineer, co-designed the Range Rover († 1991)
• 1916 » Martha Raye, American actress and comedian († 1994)
• 1916 » Tony Harris, South African cricketer and rugby player († 1993)
• 1917 » Peanuts Lowrey, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1986)
• 1918 » Jelle Zijlstra, Dutch economist and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands († 2001)
• 1919 » Murray Grand, American singer-songwriter and pianist († 2007)
• 1919 » Pee Wee Butts, American baseball player and coach († 1972)
• 1920 » Baptiste Manzini, American football player († 2008)
• 1920 » James Molyneaux, Baron Molyneaux of Killead, Northern Irish soldier and politician († 2015)

• 1891 » Samuel C. Pomeroy, American businessman and politician (b. 1816)
• 1903 » Kusumoto Ine, first Japanese female doctor of Western medicine (b. 1827)
• 1909 » Emil Christian Hansen, Danish physiologist and mycologist (b. 1842)
• 1922 » Reşat Çiğiltepe, Turkish colonel (b. 1879)
• 1929 » Herman Potočnik, Croatian-Austrian engineer (b. 1892)
• 1931 » Francis Marion Smith, American miner and businessman (b. 1846)
• 1931 » Frank Harris, Irish-American journalist and author (b. 1856)
• 1931 » Willem Hubert Nolens, Dutch priest and politician (b. 1860)
• 1935 » Childe Hassam, American painter and academic (b. 1859)
• 1944 » Georg von Boeselager, German soldier (b. 1915)

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 11 » The Kingsland munitions factory explosion occurs as a result of sabotage.
• February 24 » World War I: The U.S. ambassador Walter Hines Page to the United Kingdom is given the Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany pledges to ensure the return of New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona to Mexico if Mexico declares war on the United States.
• March 16 » World War I: A German auxiliary cruiser is sunk in the Action of 16 March 1917.
• May 19 » The Norwegian football club Rosenborg BK is founded.
• July 17 » King George V issues a Proclamation stating that the male line descendants of the British Royal Family will bear the surname Windsor.
• December 20 » Cheka, the first Soviet secret police force, is founded.

The temperature on August 27, 1917 was between 11.0 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 11.9 mm of rain. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.