About the day » Sunday August 17, 1919Calender converter

• Albertje Holtjer, Emmer-Compascuum Emmen Drenthe Nederland († 1994)
• Antonius Hendrikus (Antoon) Klein Hofmeijer, Zwolle, 8011, Nederland († 1976)
• Catharina Petronella Johanna Maria Deenen, Oostelbeers († 2010)
• "Henri" Marie Pierre Yves Maxence de Damas († 1994)
• Annigje Veenhuis, Wapse, Diever, Drenthe, Nederland († 1919)
• Binnert Philips Jonkheer de Beaufort, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1945)
• Alida Delmeer, Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1920)
• Carroll Newell [WkWk], Stafford County, Kansas († 2003)
• Abeltje Bruggink († 2002)
• Antonius Schuijffel, Cuijk († 1921)

• Alida Sjardijn (3), Leiden
• Adriaan van Oerle (23), Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Ariën Koppes (46), Heiloo
• Abraham Vos (74), Keytesville, Missouri, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana Maria van Barneveld (0), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Abraham Voss (73)
• Arian de Graaf (80)
• "Joseph" Franz Seraphin Ghislain von Gudenus (78), Schloss Mühlbach, Mühlbach am Manhartsberg, Autriche
• Arian de Graaf (80)
• Augustus Henry (Harry) Oakes (79), The Nook, Milford, Guildford, Surrey, England

• 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)
• 1922 » Roy Tattersall, English cricketer († 2011)
• 1923 » Carlos Cruz-Diez, Venezuelan artist († 2019)

• 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)
• 1936 » José María of Manila, Spanish-Filipino priest and martyr (b. 1880)

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

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

• 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 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 6.7 million citizens.
• January 18 » World War I: The Paris Peace Conference opens in Versailles, France.
• February 5 » Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D. W. Griffith launch United Artists.
• April 16 » Mohandas Gandhi organizes a day of "prayer and fasting" in response to the killing of Indian protesters in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre by the British colonial troops three days earlier.
• June 28 » The Treaty of Versailles is signed, ending the state of war between Germany and the Allies of World War I.
• July 11 » The eight-hour day and free Sunday become law for workers in the Netherlands.
• October 2 » U.S. President Woodrow Wilson suffers a massive stroke, leaving him incapacitated for several weeks.

The temperature on August 17, 1919 was between 11.4 °C and 23.2 °C and averaged 17.6 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.