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• Christina Daniella van den Bos, Delft († 1979)
• Anna Maria Van Der Meer, Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• Arnoldus Bertus Dekkers, ·Äòs Gravenhage († 1981)
• Carolina Scheffer, Susteren, Limburg, Nederland († 1922)
• Anna Maria van Vugt, Tilburg († 2001)
• Anna Elisabeth PALING, DEN HAAG, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1995)
• Cor Broeders, Raamsdonksveer († 1996)
• Arnoldus Bertus Dekkers, 's-Gravenhage († 1981)
• Adolf Petrus (Dolf) Wassenaar, Haarlem, Haarlem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1994)
• Anna Gijsberta van de Luijtgaarden, Zevenbergen († 2001)

• antje VERSCHOOR (45), zuid beijerland
• Charlotte Emaline Stout (45), Okemah, Okfuskee, Oklahoma
• Aart "Arthur" Kool (78), Manlius Township, Allegan, Michigan, United States
• Wijling, den haag
• Cornelis Nicolaas Hoogteijling (58), Zegwaard
• Annigje Verhoeff (35), streefkerk (zuid holland)
• Barbara Vanthuyne (86), Meulebeke
• Cornelia Lijntje van Kesteren (63), 's-Gravenhage, ZH, Nederland
• Aaltje Booij (0), De Krim, Gramsbergen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aart Johannes Verhoef (8), Lopik

• 1915 » M. F. Husain, Indian painter and director († 2011)
• 1916 » Mary Stewart, English-Scottish author and poet († 2014)
• 1917 » Ib Melchior, Danish-American author and screenwriter († 2015)
• 1917 » Isang Yun, South Korean-German composer and educator († 1995)
• 1918 » Chaim Herzog, Irish-born Israeli general and politician, 6th President of Israel († 1997)
• 1918 » Lea Gottlieb, Hungarian-Israeli fashion designer, founded the Gottex Company († 2012)
• 1920 » Dinah Sheridan, English actress († 2012)
• 1922 » Agostinho Neto, Angolan poet and politician, 1st President of Angola († 1979)
• 1923 » Hank Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1953)
• 1923 » Ralph Sharon, English-American pianist, composer, and conductor († 2015)

• 1907 » Edmonia Lewis, American sculptor (b. 1844)
• 1907 » Ignaz Brüll, Czech-Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1846)
• 1908 » Henri Julien, Canadian cartoonist (b. 1852)
• 1908 » Thomas Selfridge, American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1882)
• 1909 » Thomas Bent, Australian businessman and politician, 22nd Premier of Victoria (b. 1838)
• 1911 » Edmonia Lewis, American sculptor (b. 1844)
• 1923 » Stefanos Dragoumis, Greek judge and politician, 92nd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1842)
• 1925 » Carl Eytel, German-American painter and illustrator (b. 1862)
• 1933 » Joseph De Piro, Maltese priest and missionary (b. 1877)
• 1936 » Ettie Annie Rout, New Zealand author and activist (b. 1877)

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.
• January 13 » The Reichstag Bloodbath of January 13, 1920, the bloodiest demonstration in German history.
• January 19 » The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is founded.
• May 7 » Kiev Offensive: Polish troops led by Józef Piłsudski and Edward Rydz-Śmigły and assisted by a symbolic Ukrainian force capture Kiev only to be driven out by the Red Army counter-offensive a month later.
• July 20 » The Greek Army takes control of Silivri after Greece is awarded the city by the Paris Peace Conference; by 1923 Greece effectively lost control to the Turks.
• August 15 » Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, so-called Miracle at the Vistula.

The temperature on September 17, 1920 was between 9.9 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (45%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.