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• Adriana Maria Niessink, Rotterdam († 1947)
• Anna Aleida Lohuis, Zwartemeer, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Antonia Maria MIDDELKOOP, Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2006)
• Anna Bernhardine van BEKKUM, Borbeck († 2013)
• Anna Jager, Veendam, Groningen, Netherlands († 2001)
• Antje Sipkesd ANEMA, Franeker, Friesland, Nederland († 2010)
• Anna Pannekoek († 1964)
• Moerman, Jacobus, Nieuwenhoorn († 1920)
• Antonie (Anette) Emelie Schmidt († 2003)
• Adrianus Groeneveld, Ammerzoden (Gl) († 1994)

• Agnes Maria Vernooij (48), Werkhoven, Utrecht, Nederland
• antonie eijkelenkamp (82), Deventer
• Anna Margaretha van der Holst (27), Anna Paulowna
• Agnis Maria Vernooij (48), Werkhoven
• Agnis \ Agnes Maria Vernooij (48), Werkhoven, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anny Willemine Walstra (17), Soekaboemi N.I
• Arie Moret (33), Strijen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Keuter (0), Barnflair, Vlagtwedde, Groningen, Nederland
• Adrianus VERMEULEN (77), Reeuwijk
• Anna Louisa Shailer (75), Spokane, Spokane, Washington

• 1912 » Reuben David, Indian veterinarian and zoo founder († 1989)
• 1913 » Frances Farmer, American actress († 1970)
• 1913 » Helen Ward, American singer († 1998)
• 1915 » Germán Valdés, Mexican actor, singer, and producer († 1973)
• 1918 » Pablita Velarde, Santa Clara Pueblo (Native American) painter († 2006)
• 1919 » Amalia Hernández, Mexican choreographer and dancer († 2000)
• 1919 » Roger Grenier, French journalist and author († 2017)
• 1920 » Roger Angell, American journalist and author
• 1921 » Billy Ward, American R&B singer-songwriter († 2002)
• 1921 » Paulo Freire, Brazilian philosopher, theorist, and academic († 1997)

• 1893 » Alexander Tilloch Galt, English-Canadian politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Finance (b. 1817)
• 1902 » Masaoka Shiki, Japanese poet, author, and critic (b. 1867)
• 1905 » Thomas John Barnardo, Irish-English philanthropist (b. 1845)
• 1906 » Maria Georgina Grey, English educator, founded the Girls' Day School Trust (b. 1816)
• 1924 » Alick Bannerman, Australian cricketer and coach (b. 1854)
• 1927 » Michael Ancher, Danish painter (b. 1849)
• 1935 » Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Russian scientist and engineer (b. 1857)
• 1936 » Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, Indian singer and musicologist (b. 1860)
• 1942 » Condé Montrose Nast, American publisher, founded Condé Nast Publications (b. 1873)
• 1944 » Guy Gibson, Indian-English commander, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1918)

• 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.
• March 2 » The enactment of the Jones–Shafroth Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.
• March 11 » World War I: Mesopotamian campaign: Baghdad falls to Anglo-Indian forces commanded by General Stanley Maude.
• March 31 » According to the terms of the Treaty of the Danish West Indies, the islands become American possessions.
• July 31 » World War I: The Battle of Passchendaele begins near Ypres in West Flanders, Belgium.
• October 4 » World War I: The Battle of Broodseinde is fought between the British and German armies in Flanders.
• December 12 » Father Edward J. Flanagan founds Boys Town as a farm village for wayward boys.

The temperature on September 19, 1917 was between 15.9 °C and 20.4 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.