About the day » Wednesday April 17, 1895Calender converter

• Abraham Coomans, Sint Maartensdijk
• Adrianus Johannes Pompe, Voorburg
• Adriana van Burgh, Zierikzee († 1990)
• Adrianus Slotboom, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1895)
• Huizing, Kalkwijk, Groningen, Nederland
• Adrianna Petronella Pel, Woerden, Utrecht, Nederland († 1972)
• Albert Puister, Groningen 565
• Adrianus Celestinus Antonius Ruijs, Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Schreuders, Heerewaarden († 1919)
• Adrianus Hendrikus Oerlemans, Capelle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1927)

• Annigje Blokland (62), Hardinxveld
• Abraham MOATI (80), Alger, Algérie
• Adrianus Hornis (61), Gouda
• Aaltje Kikkert (33), Den Helder, Noord Holland, Netherlands
• Agatha Maria Knijnenburg (3), Wassenaar
• Huizing (0), Kalkwijk, Groningen, Nederland
• Aaltje Kikkert (33), Den Helder
• Agnes Theunissen (12), Veldwezelt, Lanaken (B)
• Anna Christine Hollstein (84), Kornel (D)
• Adam ARNOLD (63), Juniata County, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten

• 1888 » Herms Niel, German soldier, trombonist, and composer († 1954)
• 1891 » George Adamski, Polish-American ufologist and author († 1965)
• 1895 » Robert Dean Frisbie, American soldier and author († 1948)
• 1896 » Señor Wences, Spanish-American ventriloquist († 1999)
• 1897 » Edouard Wyss-Dunant, Swiss physician and mountaineer († 1983)
• 1897 » Nisargadatta Maharaj, Indian philosopher and educator († 1981)
• 1897 » Thornton Wilder, American novelist and playwright († 1975)
• 1899 » Aleksander Klumberg, Estonian decathlete and coach († 1958)
• 1903 » Gregor Piatigorsky, Ukrainian-American cellist and educator († 1976)
• 1903 » Nicolas Nabokov, Russian-American composer and educator († 1978)

• 1882 » George Jennings, English engineer and plumber, invented the Flush toilet (b. 1810)
• 1888 » E. G. Squier, American archaeologist and journalist (b. 1821)
• 1892 » Alexander Mackenzie, Scottish-Canadian journalist and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1822)
• 1921 » Manwel Dimech, Maltese journalist, author, and philosopher (b. 1860)
• 1923 » Laurence Ginnell, Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1852)
• 1930 » Alexander Golovin, Russian painter and stage designer (b. 1863)
• 1933 » Kote Marjanishvili, Georgian director and playwright (b. 1872)
• 1936 » Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck, Dutch lawyer and politician, 28th Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1873)
• 1942 » Jean Baptiste Perrin, French-American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1870)
• 1944 » J. T. Hearne, English cricketer and coach (b. 1867)

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

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

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
• March 15 » Heian Shrine is founded.
• April 3 » The trial in the libel case brought by Oscar Wilde begins, eventually resulting in his imprisonment on charges of homosexuality.
• April 24 » Joshua Slocum, the first person to sail single-handedly around the world, sets sail from Boston, Massachusetts aboard the sloop "Spray".
• June 11 » Paris–Bordeaux–Paris, sometimes called the first automobile race in history or the "first motor race", takes place.
• September 18 » The Atlanta Exposition Speech on race relations is delivered by Booker T. Washington.
• October 8 » Korean Empress Myeongseong is assassinated by Japanese infiltrators.

The temperature on April 17, 1895 was about 12.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 58%.