About the day » Sunday March 17, 1901Calender converter

• Albertus van Meeteren, Maastricht
• Anna de Boer, Grootebroek († 1901)
• Agnes HOOYBERGHS, Mol Belgie († 1981)
• Amandus Van Gaver, Sint-Gillis-Waas († 1975)
• Anna Maria Ulbes Twijnstra
• Anna Maria Ludovica HEEREN, Brasschaat, België († 1987)
• Alida COOLIGEM, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1976)
• Alexander Jozef Lenaerts, Merksplas, Antwerpen, België († 1981)
• Adrianus Joseph Maria De Leijer, Waalwijk, North Brabant, Netherlands († 1974)
• Alida Wilhelmina van Vliet, Schiedam († 1982)

• Roelof Van Eck (5), Hollandscheveld
• Aplonia van Helden (35), Moerkapelle, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Arie Boon (63), Texel, Noord Holland, Netherlands
• Anna van Beers (77), Oirschot
• Anna Maria van Bers (14), Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• antoon van de voort (59), meijel
• Anton - Antoon Möhlmann (42), Nieuw-Schoonebeek, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Hilberands Schoonbeek (81), Weerdingemarke (NL)
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Dekker (0), Zevenbergen
• Anna van Beers (77), Oirschot, NL

• 1892 » Sayed Darwish, Egyptian singer-songwriter and producer († 1923)
• 1894 » Paul Green, American playwright and academic († 1981)
• 1895 » Lloyd Rees, Australian painter († 1988)
• 1901 » Alfred Newman, American composer and conductor († 1970)
• 1902 » Bobby Jones, American golfer and lawyer († 1971)
• 1904 » Chaim Gross, Austrian-American sculptor and educator († 1991)
• 1906 » Brigitte Helm, German-Swiss actress († 1996)
• 1907 » Jean Van Houtte, Belgian academic and politician, 50th Prime Minister of Belgium († 1991)
• 1907 » Takeo Miki, Japanese politician, 41st Prime Minister of Japan († 1988)
• 1910 » Sonny Werblin, American businessman and philanthropist († 1991)

• 1853 » Christian Doppler, Austrian physicist and mathematician (b. 1803)
• 1871 » Robert Chambers, Scottish geologist and publisher, co-founded Chambers Harrap (b. 1802)
• 1875 » Ferdinand Laub, Czech violinist and composer (b. 1832)
• 1893 » Jules Ferry, French lawyer and politician, 44th Prime Minister of France (b. 1832)
• 1917 » Franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist (b. 1838)
• 1926 » Aleksei Brusilov, Georgian-Russian general (b. 1853)
• 1937 » Austen Chamberlain, English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1863)
• 1940 » Philomène Belliveau, Canadian artist (b. 1854)
• 1946 » Dai Li, Chinese general (b. 1897)
• 1949 » Aleksandra Ekster, Russian-French painter and set designer (b. 1882)

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.
• March 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the Platt Amendment limiting the autonomy of Cuba, as a condition of the withdrawal of American troops.
• June 11 » The boundaries of the Colony of New Zealand are extended by the UK to include the Cook Islands.
• July 24 » O. Henry is released from prison in Columbus, Ohio, after serving three years for embezzlement from a bank.
• August 6 » Kiowa land in Oklahoma is opened for white settlement, effectively dissolving the contiguous reservation.
• September 28 » Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas kill more than forty American soldiers while losing 28 of their own.

The temperature on March 17, 1901 was between 1.8 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (6%).