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• Adriaantje de Jong († 2007)
• Anna Neeltje (Annie) Martinusd Wijker, EaZ († 2013)
• Anna Henrica Filomena Maria Brands, Loon op Zand († 1990)
• Andreas Petrus Ruijters, Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• Cornelia Wilhelmina van Rijn, 's-Gravenzande, Nederland († 1999)
• Bernardinus Johannes van Geffen, Appeltern († 2001)
• Anna Neeltje Wijker, Egmond aan Zee, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2013)
• Adrianus Willeminus VERHOEKS, Varik (Gld.) († 1992)
• Catharina Adriana Quirina de Vreede, Delft († 1921)
• * Arie Snoek, Gorinchem († 1984)

• Annechiena Detmers (39), Assen
• Amalia Wilhelmina van Dorresteijn (0), Soest
• Anthonius, Gijsbertus Scheerder (73), Rotterdam
• Antje Johannes Mensinga (79), Leek
• Bernardus Stumpel (85), Tilburg
• Cornelia Booms (27), Haarlem, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Anthony Kraal (45), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Johannes Minsenga (79), Leek, Leek, Groningen, Nederland
• Albert van Van Olst (52), Doorwerth(Renkum)
• Albert van Olst (52), Heerde (Doorwerth), Nederland

• 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)
• 1923 » Larry Rivers, American painter and sculptor († 2002)

• 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. Adrianus
9. Petrus
10. Jacob
11. Jacobus
12. Wilhelmus
13. Gerardus
14. Antonius
15. Hendrikus
16. Arie

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

• 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 6.9 million citizens.
• February 27 » The International Working Union of Socialist Parties is founded in Vienna.
• March 19 » Irish War of Independence: One of the biggest engagements of the war takes place at Crossbarry, County Cork. About 100 Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteers escape an attempt by over 1,300 British forces to encircle them.
• May 3 » The Government of Ireland Act 1920 is passed, dividing Ireland into Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland.
• May 19 » The United States Congress passes the Emergency Quota Act establishing national quotas on immigration.
• June 30 » U.S. President Warren G. Harding appoints former President William Howard Taft as Chief Justice of the United States.
• September 7 » The Legion of Mary, the largest apostolic organization of lay people in the Catholic Church, is founded in Dublin, Ireland.

The temperature on August 17, 1921 was between 12.6 °C and 24.3 °C and averaged 18.8 °C. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.