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• Adriana Elisabeth Anna Koeleman, Ter Aar (Papenveer)
• Anna Janna Goudswaard, rotterdam (zuid holland)
• Groot, Enkhuizen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1982)
• anna catharina maria de boer, amsterdam
• Adriana Leijnse, Middelburg, Zeeland, NL
• Achilles Camilles Baecke, Hoofdplaat († 1974)
• Abel Klaas van Bolhuis, Rotterdam († 1995)
• Aaltje Meerens, Harderwijk
• Adriana Francisca Maria Straver, Ouderkerk aan de Amstel, Ouder-Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2006)
• Adriana van Zeeland, Schoten, Haarlem, Noord Holland, Nederland

• Cornelia Martha van der Jagt (0), Uithoorn, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Alexander Imlah (77), Fairfield, Oregon
• Cornelis van de Bergh, Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Klaasen Kuiper (82), De Rijp
• Aaltje Sikkens (1), Smilde
• Cornelis Douwe Julius (82), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Pieters Kolk (59), Utingeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Annette Tonnard (0), Maastricht
• Anna Meert (43), Aalst, Alost, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
• Peters (0), Emmen

• 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)
• 1918 » Birgit Nilsson, Swedish operatic soprano († 2005)
• 1918 » Joan Benham, English actress († 1981)

• 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)
• 1934 » Cass Gilbert, American architect (b. 1859)
• 1935 » Paul Dukas, French composer, critic, and educator (b. 1865)

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

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

• 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
• August 5 » World War I: The guns of Point Nepean fort at Port Phillip Heads in Victoria (Australia) fire across the bows of the Norddeutscher Lloyd steamer SSPfalz which is attempting to leave the Port of Melbourne in ignorance of the declaration of war and she is detained; this is said to be the first Allied shot of the War.
• August 27 » World War I: Battle of Étreux: A British rearguard action by the Royal Munster Fusiliers during the Great Retreat.
• August 29 » World War I: Start of the Battle of St. Quentin in which the French Fifth Army counter-attacked the invading Germans at Saint-Quentin, Aisne.
• October 27 » First World War: The new British battleship HMS Audacious is sunk by a minefield laid by the armed German merchant-cruiser Berlin.
• November 13 » Zaian War: Berber tribesmen inflict the heaviest defeat of French forces in Morocco at the Battle of El Herri.
• December 24 » World War I: The "Christmas truce" begins.

The temperature on May 17, 1914 was between 7.6 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 14.1 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.