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• Albert Boon-, Kray, Duitsland († 1981)
• Aaltje Zaal, Loenersloot († 1966)
• Antonius Joseph Reeuwijk, Bloemendaal,Noord Holland,Nederland († 1910)
• Adriana Elisabeth Jannetje Eversdijk, Teteringen
• Aaltje Sytsema, Hallum
• Alouisius Anthonius Melis, Amsterdam, NH, Nederland
• Hanssen
• Adrienne van Beeck Calkoen, Cothen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Albertje Meindina Broekema, Groningen
• Zwiers, Haaksbergen

• Anna Maria de Kort (8), Tilburg
• Bernadina Eekhoudt (68), Druten, Prov.Gelderland, Niederlande
• Anna Cornelia KLAASSEN (30), Woensdrecht
• Antje Nap (67), Amsterdam
• Catharina Johanna Schepens (51), Jutphaas
• Catharina Eijgelsheim (2), Rotterdam
• Andries Broers Jager (74), bergum
• Anton Adolf Joseph Duthois (48), Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• Adriana van Dorenmalen (69), Tilburg
• Berend van der Sligte, Middel (Olst), Gem. Olst-Wijhe, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1904 » Marie-Anne Desmarest, French author († 1973)
• 1906 » Zinka Milanov, Croatian-American soprano and educator († 1989)
• 1909 » Julius Sumner Miller, American physicist and academic († 1987)
• 1911 » Lisa Fonssagrives, Swedish-American model († 1992)
• 1911 » Maureen O'Sullivan, Irish-American actress († 1998)
• 1912 » Ace Parker, American baseball and football player († 2013)
• 1912 » Archibald Cox, American lawyer and politician, 31st United States Solicitor General († 2004)
• 1912 » Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner, American inventor († 2006)
• 1913 » Hans Ruesch, Swiss racing driver and author († 2007)
• 1914 » Robert N. Thompson, American-Canadian chiropractor and politician († 1997)

• 1886 » John Deere, American blacksmith and businessman, founded the Deere & Company (b. 1804)
• 1888 » Giacomo Zanella, Italian priest and poet (b. 1820)
• 1911 » Frederick August Otto Schwarz, German-American businessman, founded FAO Schwarz (b. 1836)
• 1916 » Boris Borisovich Golitsyn, Russian physicist and seismologist (b. 1862)
• 1917 » Charles Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak (b. 1829)
• 1917 » Clara Ayres, American nurse (b. 1880)
• 1919 » Guido von List, Austrian-German journalist, author, and poet (b. 1848)
• 1921 » Karl Mantzius, Danish actor and director (b. 1860)
• 1922 » Dorothy Levitt, English racing driver and journalist (b. 1882)
• 1927 » Harold Geiger, American pilot and lieutenant (b. 1884)

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

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

• 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
• May 4 » The Royal Canadian Navy is created.
• June 19 » The first Father's Day is celebrated in Spokane, Washington.
• June 25 » The United States Congress passes the Mann Act, which prohibits interstate transport of women or girls for “immoral purposes”; the ambiguous language would be used to selectively prosecute people for years to come.
• October 20 » The hull of the RMSOlympic, sister-ship to the ill-fated RMS Titanic, is launched from the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.
• November 14 » Aviator Eugene Burton Ely performs the first takeoff from a ship in Hampton Roads, Virginia, taking off from a makeshift deck on the USS Birmingham in a Curtiss pusher.
• December 3 » Modern neon lighting is first demonstrated by Georges Claude at the Paris Motor Show.

The temperature on May 17, 1910 was between 11.4 °C and 23.2 °C and averaged 16.9 °C. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.