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• Alicia Jacoba Kalff, Totowa, Paterson, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten († 1981)
• Anthony Allen Blackburn, Minersville, Beaver County, Utah († 2000)
• Antonius Jacobus Rutjes, `s gravenhage
• Catharina Anna van den Berg, Noordwijkerhout († 1918)
• Abraham van der JAGT, Zuid Beijerland († 2000)
• Agatha Nieuweboer, Wervershoof, Netherlands († 1999)
• Anna Guurtruida van Veen, Heiloo
• Albertus Hendrikus Rietberg, Holten, Overijssel, Nederland († 1977)
• Albert Bernard Kamp, Borne († 1999)
• Barbara Edith Elvena Kitchens, Oklahoma († 1995)

• Albertus Leemkuil (4), Apeldoorn
• "Dieverke Brantjes" Dieuwke Dieuwke (84), Kollumerland
• Antje Hagen (66), Groningen (Groningen)
• Bernardus LOOS (78), Wognum(Nh)
• Bote Sterkenburgh (66), 's Hertogenbosch, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Antonetta Johanna Maria Dekker (52), Heiloo, Nederland
• Alberta Johanna Schut (0), Apeldoorn, Nederland
• Adriana van der Knoop (4), Den Haag
• Berendina Johanna Hendrika Klumpers (61), Bathmen
• Alma Otilia M Ekvall (48), Old Orchard, Maine, Verenigde Staten

• 1912 » Maurice K. Goddard, American colonel and politician († 1995)
• 1914 » Leonard Feather, English-American pianist, composer, producer, and journalist († 1994)
• 1916 » Roald Dahl, British novelist, poet, and screenwriter († 1990)
• 1917 » Carol Kendall, American historian and author († 2012)
• 1917 » Robert Ward, American soldier, composer, and educator († 2013)
• 1918 » Dick Haymes, Argentinian actor and singer († 1980)
• 1918 » Ray Charles, American singer-songwriter and conductor († 2015)
• 1919 » George Weidenfeld, Baron Weidenfeld, Austrian-English journalist, publisher, and philanthropist († 2016)
• 1919 » Mary Midgley, English philosopher and author († 2018)
• 1920 » Else Holmelund Minarik, Danish-American journalist and author († 2012)

• 1905 » René Goblet, French lawyer and politician, 52nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1828)
• 1910 » Rajanikanta Sen, Bangladeshi poet and composer (b. 1865)
• 1912 » Joseph Furphy, Australian author and poet (b. 1843)
• 1912 » Nogi Maresuke, Japanese general (b. 1849)
• 1913 » Aurel Vlaicu, Romanian pilot and engineer (b. 1882)
• 1915 » Andrew L. Harris, American general and politician, 44th Governor of Ohio (b. 1835)
• 1918 » Frederic Crowninshield, American artist and author (b. 1845)
• 1928 » Italo Svevo, Italian author and playwright (b. 1861)
• 1929 » Jatindra Nath Das, Indian activist (b. 1904)
• 1931 » Lili Elbe, Danish model and painter (b. 1882)

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.
• January 22 » World War I: President Woodrow Wilson of the still-neutral United States calls for "peace without victory" in Europe.
• March 11 » World War I: Mesopotamian campaign: Baghdad falls to Anglo-Indian forces commanded by General Stanley Maude.
• June 5 » World War I: Conscription begins in the United States as "Army registration day".
• August 6 » World War I: Battle of Mărășești between the Romanian and German armies begins.
• August 30 » Vietnamese prison guards led by Trịnh Văn Cấn mutiny at the Thái Nguyên penitentiary against local French authority.

The temperature on September 13, 1917 was between 8.9 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 4.3 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.