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• Adriana WIEGMAN, Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Jan Dees, Hoek, Zeeland, Nederland († 1984)
• Adriana Wiegman, Amsterdam
• Adrianus Cornelis Pijl, Avereest, Overijssel, Netherlands († 1990)
• Jantje Bies, Horst
• adriana jacoba verhoef, renkum, oosterbeek († 1903)
• Agatha Johanna Maria Margaretha Kloos, Schiedam
• Albert Vondeling, Termunten, Groningen, Netherlands († 1958)
• Adriana Jacoba Verhoef, Renkum(Oosterbeek) († 1903)
• Adriaan Pieter Jumelet, Bruinisse gem. Schouwen Duiveland Zld. NL († 1981)

• Griffioen (0), Odijk
• Angela Vercruyssen (78), Munte
• Anna Maria Wilhelmina HOOGERS (0), Sevenum, Limburg, Netherlands
• Attje Hendriks Prins (56), Hemelumer Oldeferd
• Anna Maria Langehorst (64), Rotterdam
• Cornelis de Bruijn (5), Rucphen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antoon Maria de Gier (3), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Abraham Marijs (86), Middelburg
• Cathérine Thérèse Thevelin (84), Mesen
• Anne Marie Josâephine Zaman (53), Bruxelles-Belgique

• 1898 » Carl Hermann, German physicist and academic († 1961)
• 1898 » Harry Patch, English soldier and firefighter († 2009)
• 1898 » M. C. Escher, Dutch illustrator († 1972)
• 1900 » Evelyn Irons, Scottish journalist and war correspondent († 2000)
• 1900 » Martin Bormann, German politician († 1945)
• 1902 » Alec Hurwood, Australian cricketer († 1982)
• 1902 » Sammy Fain, American pianist and composer († 1989)
• 1903 » Ruth Graves Wakefield, American chef, created the chocolate chip cookie († 1977)
• 1904 » J. Vernon McGee, American pastor and theologian († 1988)
• 1904 » Ralph Bellamy, American actor († 1991)

• 1866 » Joseph Méry, French poet and author (b. 1798)
• 1889 » Lozen, Chiracaua Apache warrior woman (b. ~1840)
• 1898 » Edward Burne-Jones, English soldier and painter (b. 1833)
• 1904 » Nikolay Bobrikov, Russian soldier and politician, Governor-General of Finland (b. 1839)
• 1936 » Julius Seljamaa, Estonian journalist, politician, and diplomat, Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1883)
• 1939 » Allen Sothoron, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1893)
• 1939 » Eugen Weidmann, German criminal (b. 1908)
• 1940 » Arthur Harden, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1941 » Johan Wagenaar, Dutch organist and composer (b. 1862)
• 1942 » Charles Fitzpatrick, Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Chief Justice of Canada (b. 1853)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Adriana
8. Hendrika
9. Catharina
10. Jacoba
11. Aaltje
12. Grietje
13. Geertruida
14. Petronella
15. Neeltje
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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
• March 1 » The Australian Army is formed.
• June 17 » The College Board introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner to the SAT.
• July 4 » William Howard Taft becomes American governor of the Philippines.
• August 10 » The U.S. Steel recognition strike by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers begins.
• September 17 » Second Boer War: Boers capture a squadron of the 17th Lancers at the Battle of Elands River.
• November 8 » Gospel riots: Bloody clashes take place in Athens following the translation of the Gospels into demotic Greek.

The temperature on June 17, 1901 was between 4.4 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 9.7 °C. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (3%).