About the day » Wednesday April 17, 1907Calender converter

• Adriana Theodora Liduina van der Heijden, Schiedam († 1988)
• Albert Johan Wilmink, Enschede († 1959)
• Adriaan Jankewitz, Rotterdam († 1911)
• Andreas Konings, Haarlem († 1976)
• Albert Koops, Radewijk († 1977)
• Aleida Johanna Jaarsveld, Heerewaarden,, Gelderland, Nederland († 1989)
• Aaltje Grooters, Dedemsvaart, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adrianus Lijten, Tongelre (Noord-Brabant, NLD) († 1996)
• Vendelbosch, Leerdam († 1907)
• Spooren, Bladel

• Alida Wensveen (83), Wassenaar
• Adrianus Jong de (58), Rotterdam ( Zuid Holland )
• Anna Hendriks Klamer (34), Drachten
• Anje Wiltjer (0), Slochteren (NL)
• Aart Pater (47), Kootwijkerbroek(Barneveld)
• Aaltje Alberts Thijs (79), Schinnelarij, Gem. Sleen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anette Weijl (61), Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Smits (86), Horst, Limburg, Nederland
• Antoon Joseph Nelis (48), Kerkrade (L
• Aaltje (79), Schinnelarij (gem. Sleen)

• 1903 » Gregor Piatigorsky, Ukrainian-American cellist and educator († 1976)
• 1903 » Morgan Taylor, American hurdler and coach († 1975)
• 1903 » Nicolas Nabokov, Russian-American composer and educator († 1978)
• 1905 » Arthur Lake, American actor († 1987)
• 1905 » Louis Jean Heydt, American journalist and actor († 1960)
• 1906 » Sidney Garfield, American physician, co-founded Kaiser Permanente († 1984)
• 1909 » Alain Poher, French politician, President of France († 1996)
• 1910 » Evangelos Averoff, Greek historian and politician, Greek Minister of Defence († 1990)
• 1910 » Helenio Herrera, French footballer and manager († 1997)
• 1910 » Ivan Goff, Australian screenwriter and producer († 1999)

• 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. Petrus
9. Jacobus
10. Adrianus
11. Jacob
12. Wilhelmus
13. Dirk
14. Hendrikus
15. Arie
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Jacoba
11. Petronella
12. Aaltje
13. Grietje
14. Geertruida
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 August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
• April 15 » Triangle Fraternity is founded at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
• May 28 » The first Isle of Man TT race was held.
• June 14 » The National Association for Women's Suffrage succeeds in getting Norwegian women the right to vote in parliamentary elections.
• August 9 » The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in southern England.
• August 15 » Ordination in Constantinople of Fr. Raphael Morgan, the first African-American Orthodox priest, "Priest-Apostolic" to America and the West Indies.
• December 6 » A coal mine explosion at Monongah, West Virginia, kills 362 workers.

The temperature on April 17, 1907 was between 4.1 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.