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• Armandus Logé, Gent, 9000, Oost Vlaanderen († 1989)
• Adriana Maria Vos, Roosendaal († 2008)
• Amedeus Theodorus Van der Herten, Krommenie, Zaanstad, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2002)
• Abraham Roelof Schaut, Amsterdam, NH, Netherlands († 1984)
• Antonetta Maria Goos, Princenhage, Gemeente Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1919)
• Arie Willem van den Bor, Baarn († 2004)
• Adrianus Hollemans, Sloten, Nederland († 1976)
• Adriana Jacoba Haverkamp, Den Helder († 1990)
• Abraham de Wit, Fijnaart, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2004)
• Antoinette Adriana Van Lingen, Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie

• Catharina Donga (69), Goes, Zeeland, Nederland NED
• Anna Maria Hubertina Vorselen (0), Thorn
• Coert Hendrik Hins (59), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Gerbrigje Aukes Huisman (20), Harderwijk, Gem. Harderwijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Gerbrigje Huisman (20), Harderwijk
• Anna Maria Aleida Vonke (36), Zwartemeer
• Carole van LINT (60), Tubize,Province du Brabant Wallon,Walloon Region,Belgi
• van Goor (0), Stadskanaal
• Adriana Bijl (1), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Schimmel (73), Altstätten, Zwitserland

• 1914 » Bill Downs, American journalist († 1978)
• 1914 » Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr., American lawyer and politician († 1988)
• 1916 » Moses Majekodunmi, Nigerian physician and politician († 2012)
• 1918 » Evelyn Ankers, British-American actress († 1985)
• 1918 » Ike Quebec, American saxophonist and pianist († 1963)
• 1918 » Michael John Wise, English geographer and academic († 2015)
• 1919 » Georgia Gibbs, American singer († 2006)
• 1920 » Lida Moser, American photographer and author († 2014)
• 1920 » Maureen O'Hara, Irish-American actress and singer († 2015)
• 1921 » Geoffrey Elton, German-English historian and academic († 1994)

• 1901 » Edmond Audran, French organist and composer (b. 1842)
• 1903 » Hans Gude, Norwegian-German painter and academic (b. 1825)
• 1908 » Radoje Domanović, Serbian satirist and journalist (b. 1873)
• 1909 » Madan Lal Dhingra, Indian activist (b. 1883)
• 1918 » Moisei Uritsky, Russian activist and politician (b. 1873)
• 1920 » Ray Chapman, American baseball player (b. 1891)
• 1924 » Tom Kendall, English-Australian cricketer and journalist (b. 1851)
• 1925 » Ioan Slavici, Romanian journalist and author (b. 1848)
• 1935 » Adam Gunn, American decathlete (b. 1872)
• 1935 » Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American sociologist and author (b. 1860)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacob
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Wilhelmus
13. Albert
14. Gerardus
15. Hendrikus
16. Johan

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Petronella
11. Aaltje
12. Jacoba
13. Geertruida
14. Helena
15. Grietje
16. Margaretha

• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
• January 27 » Beginning of the Finnish Civil War.
• July 4 » Mehmed V died at the age of 73 and Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI ascends to the throne.
• July 17 » Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his immediate family and retainers are executed by Bolshevik Chekists at the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg, Russia.
• October 10 » RMS Leinster is torpedoed and sunk by UB-123, killing 564, the worst-ever on the Irish Sea.
• November 3 » Austria-Hungary enters into the Armistice of Villa Giusti with the Allies, and the Habsburg-ruled empire dissolves.
• November 26 » The Montenegran Podgorica Assembly votes for a "union of the people", declaring assimilation into the Kingdom of Serbia.

The temperature on August 17, 1918 was between 11.3 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.