About the day » Tuesday July 17, 1900Calender converter

• Aletta STUURMAN, Dordrecht
• Gelok
• Agatha Schmitt, São Pedro de Alcântara, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1958)
• Andrea, Christina Klerks, Gemert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1974)
• Adrianus Versteeg, Ruwiel, Utrecht, Nederland († 1935)
• * Adriaan Jongepier, Ost en West Souburg († 1987)
• Albert Flokstra, Smilde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Alma Charlton, Tyler County, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 1976)
• Alida Jonkman, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Cornelia van Landeghem, Wouw, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 1979)

• Charles Frans Marie PILLOT, Halsteren (tot 1997) Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Stöhr (57), Bollinghausen, Ostfriesland, Germany
• Benedictus Troostwijk (74), Zwolle, Zwolle, Overijssel, The Netherlands
• Arie Lagrouw (40), Almkerk
• Albert Meijer (1), Musselkanaal (gem. Stadskanaal)
• Betje Margaretha Edel (0), Purmerend, Provincie Noord-Holland
• Bernardus Mol (0), Wognum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anke Siemens TERPSTRA (0), Noordwijk (Marum) Groningen Netherlands
• Alida Lamberta SILVIUS (2), Rotterdam, Gemeente Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
• Binne Oebeles de Boer (70), Twijzel

• 1896 » Rupert Atkinson, English RAF officer († 1919)
• 1898 » Berenice Abbott, American photographer († 1991)
• 1898 » Osmond Borradaile, Canadian soldier and cinematographer († 1999)
• 1899 » James Cagney, American actor and dancer († 1986)
• 1900 » Marcel Dalio, French actor († 1983)
• 1901 » Bruno Jasieński, Polish poet and author († 1938)
• 1901 » Luigi Chinetti, Italian-American race car driver († 1994)
• 1901 » Patrick Smith, Irish farmer and politician, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine († 1982)
• 1902 » Christina Stead, Australian author and academic († 1983)
• 1905 » William Gargan, American actor († 1979)

• 1883 » Tự Đức, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1829)
• 1885 » Jean-Charles Chapais, Canadian farmer and politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Agriculture (b. 1811)
• 1887 » Dorothea Dix, American nurse and activist (b. 1802)
• 1893 » Frederick A. Johnson, American banker and politician (b. 1833)
• 1894 » Josef Hyrtl, Austrian anatomist and biologist (b. 1810)
• 1894 » Leconte de Lisle, French poet and translator (b. 1818)
• 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

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

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

• 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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
• January 6 » Second Boer War: Having already besieged the fortress at Ladysmith, Boer forces attack it, but are driven back by British defenders.
• May 17 » The children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, is first published in the United States. The first copy is given to the author's sister.
• May 26 » Thousand Days' War: The Colombian Conservative Party turns the tide of war in their favor with victory against the Colombian Liberal Party in the Battle of Palonegro.
• August 16 » The Battle of Elands River during the Second Boer War ends after a 13-day siege is lifted by the British. The battle had begun when a force of between 2,000 and 3,000 Boers had surrounded a force of 500 Australians, Rhodesians, Canadians and British soldiers at a supply dump at Brakfontein Drift.
• September 13 » Filipino insurgents defeat a small American column in the Battle of Pulang Lupa, during the Philippine–American War.
• November 7 » Second Boer War: Battle of Leliefontein, a battle during which the Royal Canadian Dragoons win three Victoria Crosses.

The temperature on July 17, 1900 was about 22.0 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%.