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• Adriana Hendriksdr Wiegman, Amsterdam
• Adrianus Cornelis Pijl, Avereest, Overijssel, Netherlands († 1990)
• Dammer
• Adriana Maria Wilhelmina Colsters, Tilburg († 1997)
• Abraham Reens, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Adrianus Wilhelmus van Loon, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1976)
• Adriana WIEGMAN, Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Albert Vondeling, Termunten, Groningen, Netherlands († 1958)
• Lambertus Schel(Huijberts), Geffen († 1901)
• Alida Wilhelmina Schimmel, Venlo

• * Lamberdina Antoniusdr van den Dungen (van Dongen) (77), Tilburg
• Cathérine Thérèse Thevelin (84), Mesen
• Cornelis Schenkels (74), Oosterhout
• Carsten Friedrich Precht (37), Bremen
• Antonetta van de Ven (85), Esch
• Cesina Poulviquet (0), Amsterdam
• Cornelis Henricus Carolus"Henri" Machen (71), Warmond
• Anna Maria Wielders (61), Tiel
• Antonius Schrijver (77), Lochem,Gelderland,Niederlande
• Catharina Sara Vercouteren (0), Vlissingen

• 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.
• September 17 » Second Boer War: A Boer column defeats a British force at the Battle of Blood River Poort.
• November 1 » Sigma Phi Epsilon, the largest national male collegiate fraternity, is established at Richmond College, in Richmond, Virginia.
• November 27 » The U.S. Army War College is established.
• December 3 » In a State of the Union message, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt delivers a 20,000-word speech to the House of Representatives asking Congress to curb the power of trusts "within reasonable limits".
• December 10 » The first Nobel Prize ceremony is held in Stockholm on the fifth anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death.

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%).