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• Andreas Mattheus Joseph Noordegraaf, Rotterdam († 1920)
• Adriaan Gideonse, Biggekerke, Walcheren, NL († 1990)
• Anna Maria Catharina Hochstenbach, Grevenbicht, Nederland († 2003)
• Andreas Johannes Nobel, Rotterdam († 1925)
• Annechien - Annie Bakker, Barger-Compascuum, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2010)
• Anna Maria Hubertina den Holder, Tegelen († 1952)
• Adriana Petronella van de Pavoordt, Rotterdam († 2013)
• Adrianus Andreas NABER, Amsterdam (Noord-Holland) († 1992)
• Antonetta Johanna Christina Klerkx, Breda, NB Netherlands († 1975)
• Adrian Peter Johannes Paets tot Gansoyen, Munchen († 1970)

• Dirk van Beukelen (28), Den Haag
• David Johan Nicolaas Verboog (69), Leiden
• Anna van der Heide (0), Ommen
• Dirkje Patist (35), Utrecht
• Aafje Kraal (76), Grootebroek, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Bron (69), Scheveningen
• Betje Salomon van der Stam (74), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Lagraa (69)
• Cornelia Hofman (0), Wijchen
• Anna Philippina Nafzger (13), Maastricht

• 1917 » Lou Boudreau, American baseball player and manager († 2001)
• 1918 » Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio, Guatemalan soldier and politician, President of Guatemala († 2003)
• 1918 » Red Sovine, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1980)
• 1920 » Gordon Gould, American physicist and academic, invented the laser († 2005)
• 1920 » Juan Antonio Samaranch, Spanish businessman, 7th President of the International Olympic Committee († 2010)
• 1921 » František Zvarík, Slovak actor († 2008)
• 1921 » George Barnes, American guitarist, producer, and songwriter († 1977)
• 1921 » Louis Lachenal, French mountaineer († 1955)
• 1921 » Mary Osborne, American guitarist († 1992)
• 1921 » Toni Stone, American baseball player († 1996)

• 1900 » Thomas McIlwraith, Scottish-Australian politician, 8th Premier of Queensland (b. 1835)
• 1907 » Hector Malot, French author and critic (b. 1830)
• 1912 » Henri Poincaré, French mathematician, physicist, and engineer (b. 1854)
• 1918 » Victims of the Shooting of the Romanov family
• 1925 » Lovis Corinth, German painter (b. 1858)
• 1928 » Álvaro Obregón, Mexican general and politician, 39th President of Mexico (b. 1880)
• 1928 » Giovanni Giolitti, Italian politician, 13th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1842)
• 1932 » Rasmus Rasmussen, Norwegian actor, singer, and director (b. 1862)
• 1935 » George William Russell, Irish poet and painter (b. 1867)
• 1942 » Robina Nicol, New Zealand photographer and suffragist (b. 1861)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Catharina
8. Hendrika
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Aaltje
13. Geertruida
14. Grietje
15. Helena
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 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 6.8 million citizens.
• January 7 » The New York State Assembly refuses to seat five duly elected Socialist assemblymen.
• April 15 » Two security guards are murdered during a robbery in South Braintree, Massachusetts. Anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti would be convicted of and executed for the crime, amid much controversy.
• May 5 » Authorities arrest Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti for alleged robbery and murder.
• August 15 » Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, so-called Miracle at the Vistula.
• September 7 » Two newly purchased Savoia flying boats crash in the Swiss Alps en route to Finland where they would serve with the Finnish Air Force, killing both crews.
• October 25 » After 74 days on hunger strike in Brixton Prison, England, the Sinn Féin Lord Mayor of Cork, Terence MacSwiney dies.

The temperature on July 17, 1920 was between 14.1 °C and 26.2 °C and averaged 19.6 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. There was 10.2 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.