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• Anna van der Veen († 2011)
• Arie Bakker, Rotterdam († 2001)
• Andrina Ruiter, Harderwijk († 1997)
• Aaldert Hendrik Dijkstra, Avereest, Overijssel, Nederland († 1982)
• Antonius Wilhelmus Henricus Godefrooij, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 2005)
• Adrianus LAUWRIJSSEN, Hoeven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1918)
• Arie Osnabrug, Den Haag († 1949)
• Alphons Schluter († 1939)
• Berend SETZ, Emmen († 1978)
• Korte, Haar, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany († 1917)

• Allie Smit (85), Odoorn, Drenthe, Netherlands(Exloermond)
• Antonius Johannes Terbrack (25), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Fokkiena Woltjes (33), Groningen,Gemeente Groningen,Groningen,Nederland
• Anskjen Jouwerts Slottje (59), Amsterdam
• Aaltje Mortier (86), Zwartsluis, Overijssel, Nederland
• Albartus Albartusen Wind (0), Barsbeek, Ambt Vollenhove
• Aaltje de Pet (57), Het Bildt, Friesland, Netherlands
• Arnold Rongen (37), Berlin, Brandenburg, Duitsland
• Aaron Neil Giberson (86), Caribou, Aroostook County, Maine, United States of America
• Korte (0), Haar, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany

• 1913 » Frank Brimsek, American ice hockey player († 1998)
• 1914 » Achille Compagnoni, Italian skier and mountaineer († 2009)
• 1914 » Jack LaLanne, American fitness expert († 2011)
• 1917 » Réal Caouette, Canadian journalist and politician († 1976)
• 1917 » Tran Duc Thao, Vietnamese-French philosopher and theorist († 1993)
• 1918 » Eric Morley, English businessman and television host, founded the Miss World († 2000)
• 1919 » Barbara Britton, American actress († 1980)
• 1919 » Matilde Camus, Spanish poet and author († 2012)
• 1922 » Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia († 2014)
• 1922 » Takis Miliadis, Greek actor († 1985)

• 1902 » Levi Strauss, German-American businessman, founded Levi Strauss & Co. (b. 1829)
• 1904 » John Fitzwilliam Stairs, Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1848)
• 1904 » Lafcadio Hearn, Greek-Japanese author and academic (b. 1850)
• 1922 » Charles Wade, Australian politician, 17th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1863)
• 1935 » Andy Adams, American author (b. 1859)
• 1935 » Iván Persa, Slovene-Hungarian priest and author (b. 1861)
• 1937 » Bessie Smith, American singer and actress (b. 1894)
• 1943 » Henri Fertet, French Resistance fighter (b. 1926)
• 1945 » Béla Bartók, Hungarian pianist and composer (b. 1881)
• 1946 » William Strunk, Jr., American author and educator (b. 1869)

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 31 » World War I: Germany announces that its U-boats will resume unrestricted submarine warfare after a two-year hiatus.
• May 27 » Pope Benedict XV promulgates the 1917 Code of Canon Law, the first comprehensive codification of Catholic canon law in the legal history of the Catholic Church.
• June 26 » World War I: The American Expeditionary Forces begin to arrive in France. They will first enter combat four months later.
• July 25 » Sir Robert Borden introduces the first income tax in Canada as a "temporary" measure (lowest bracket is 4% and highest is 25%).
• July 27 » World War I: The Allies reach the Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele.
• November 20 » World War I: Battle of Cambrai begins: British forces make early progress in an attack on German positions but are later pushed back.

The temperature on September 26, 1917 was between 11.6 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.