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• Gjalt van Voorst, Lisse († 1998)
• Anna Ulrika Clara Duden, Salatiga, Java, Ned. Indie
• Albertus (Bart) Vos, Emmen († 2005)
• Baukje Deelstra († 1999)
• Anna Jozina van Drunen, Dussen († 2008)
• Albert Everhard van Olden, Soerakarta († 2001)
• Anna Schreurs († 1995)
• Adriaan Verheul, Utrecht († 1917)
• Adriaan Verheul, Utrecht († 1917)
• Albert Dorman, Hardenberg († 1999)

• Bartholomeus Stinesen (80), Duiven, Gelderland, Nederland
• Beert van Beekhuizen (76), Harderwijk
• Anna Alexandrovna Polovceva (56)
• Albert Enterman (35), Holten
• Barbara Lubbers (87), Rotterdam
• Adolf de WILDE (19), Utrecht
• Bouwina Voerma (66), Holland, Ottawa County, Michigan, United States of America
• Anna Catharina Kermans (88), Wilrijk (B)
• Bernard Heinrich Ahlers (83), Nieuwe Pekela, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha Stevens (19), Maashees en Overloon

• 1910 » Freddie Slack, American pianist and bandleader († 1965)
• 1911 » István Bibó, Hungarian lawyer and politician († 1979)
• 1911 » Nicholas Ray, American director and screenwriter († 1979)
• 1913 » George Van Eps, American guitarist († 1998)
• 1916 » Kermit Love, American actor, puppeteer, and costume designer († 2008)
• 1918 » C. Buddingh', Dutch poet and translator († 1985)
• 1918 » Gordon Zahn, American sociologist and author († 2007)
• 1921 » Karel Husa, Czech-American composer and conductor († 2016)
• 1921 » Manitas de Plata, French guitarist († 2014)
• 1924 » Kenneth Kendall, Indian-English journalist and actor († 2012)

• 1893 » Alfredo Catalani, Italian composer and academic (b. 1854)
• 1899 » Jacob Maris, Dutch painter and educator (b. 1837)
• 1900 » Wilhelm Liebknecht, German lawyer and politician (b. 1826)
• 1912 » François-Alphonse Forel, Swiss limnologist and academic (b. 1841)
• 1917 » Edwin Harris Dunning, South African-English commander and pilot (b. 1891)
• 1938 » Konstantin Stanislavski, Russian actor and director (b. 1863)
• 1941 » Rabindranath Tagore, Indian author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1861)
• 1948 » Charles Bryant, English-American actor and director (b. 1879)
• 1953 » Abner Powell, American baseball player and manager (b. 1860)
• 1957 » Oliver Hardy, American actor, singer, and director (b. 1892)

• 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.
• February 5 » The current constitution of Mexico is adopted, establishing a federal republic with powers separated into independent executive, legislative, and judicial branches.
• June 26 » World War I: The American Expeditionary Forces begin to arrive in France. They will first enter combat four months later.
• October 15 » World War I: Dutch dancer Mata Hari is executed by France for espionage.
• November 2 » The Balfour Declaration proclaims British support for the "establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people" with the clear understanding "that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities".
• December 6 » Halifax Explosion: A munitions explosion near Halifax, Nova Scotia kills more than 1,900 people in the largest artificial explosion up to that time.
• December 18 » The resolution containing the language of the Eighteenth Amendment to enact Prohibition is passed by the United States Congress.

The temperature on August 7, 1917 was between 11.6 °C and 23.3 °C and averaged 17.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 13.1 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.