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• Berber Jelsma, Hommerts, Nederland († 2007)
• Andries Johannes DE HAAS, Den Haag (NL/ZH) († 2023)
• Arnold Laurentius Joseph Schunck, Heerlen, Heerlen, Limburg, Netherlands († 1917)
• Anne Hermine Kuipers, Grand Rapids (Kent County) (Michigan) († 2001)
• Beitje Hendrikje Hendriksma, (FR) Sneek († 2013)
• Antje Breedveld, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1936)
• Bastiaan Jacob Bakker, Sliedrecht († 2014)
• Berber Jelsema († 2007)
• (Tony) Antoinette Maria Heijlands, Bingelrade, Nederland († 1995)
• Overal, Tzum († 2006)

• Antje Leeflang (67), Rotterdam
• Linkenhof (0), Wadenoijen gem. Tiel Gld. N'L
• Aghata Aplonia van Os (25), Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Vlug (66), Sloten, Nederland
• Anne Kalsbeek (93), Renkum
• Alexander Josef Helfrich (62), Den Haag
• Anne Geerts Kalsbeek (93), Renkum, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albert Pagters (68), Emmen
• Albert Pagters (68), Emmen,Drenthe,Niederlande
• acobus Alides Schagen (0)

• 1915 » Al Casey, American guitarist and composer († 2005)
• 1915 » Fawn M. Brodie, American historian and author († 1981)
• 1916 » Frederick C. Weyand, American general († 2010)
• 1916 » Margaret Lockwood, Pakistani-English actress († 1990)
• 1917 » Buddy Jeannette, American basketball player and coach († 1998)
• 1917 » Hilde Gueden, Austrian soprano († 1988)
• 1918 » Alfred D. Chandler Jr., American historian and academic († 2007)
• 1918 » Margot Loyola, Chilean singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2015)
• 1918 » Nipsey Russell, American comedian and actor († 2005)
• 1918 » Phil Lamason, New Zealand soldier and pilot († 2012)

• 1893 » Thomas Hawksley, English engineer (b. 1807)
• 1915 » Ernest Gagnon, Canadian organist and composer (b. 1834)
• 1921 » Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, Austrian-Russian general (b. 1886)
• 1926 » Rudolf Christoph Eucken, German philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1846)
• 1930 » Milton Sills, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1882)
• 1938 » Thomas Wolfe, American novelist (b. 1900)
• 1940 » William B. Bankhead, American lawyer and politician, 47th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1874)
• 1945 » André Tardieu, French journalist and politician, 97th Prime Minister of France (b. 1876)
• 1945 » Anton Webern, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1883)
• 1945 » Linnie Marsh Wolfe, American librarian and author (b. 1881)

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.
• April 12 » World War I: Canadian forces successfully complete the taking of Vimy Ridge from the Germans.
• June 13 » World War I: The deadliest German air raid on London of the war is carried out by Gotha G.IV bombers and results in 162 deaths, including 46 children, and 432 injuries.
• June 28 » World War I: Greece joins the Allied powers.
• August 28 » Ten Suffragettes are arrested while picketing the White House.
• October 25 » Old Style date of the October Revolution in Russia.
• November 5 » Tikhon is elected the Patriarch of Moscow and of the Russian Orthodox Church.

The temperature on September 15, 1917 was between 5.9 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.7 hours of sunshine (76%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.