About the day » Saturday July 17, 1915Calender converter

• Huitema, Ureterp († 1915)
• Anthonia Martha van Klooster, Eemnes, Utrecht, Nederland († 1998)
• Albert, Bernard DE VLEESSCHAUWER († 1984)
• Adrianus Johannes Ruijgt, Nootdorp, Zuid Holland († 2000)
• Adrianus Johannes Ruijgt, Nootdorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2000)
• Albertus Ludovicus Van de Dorst, Wilmarsdonk († 1967)
• Adrianus Cornelis Johannes Broers
• Antonius Vincent Wilhelmus Lempens, Swalmen († 1974)
• Antonius A. de Vos († 1970)
• 't Hart, Maassluis († 1915)

• Adriaantje de Waard (72), Rotterdam
• Adriaantje de Waard (73), Rotterdam
• Anacleto Mondragon (75), Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Antje Gerbens Slottje (42), Utingeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriaan Hendrik Johan Bowier (67), Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam,North Holland,Netherlands
• Antonetta Slegers (52), Nieuwkuijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aart Foppen (0), Harderwijk
• Arnoldus Onderdijk (7), Ermelo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Amünd Amundsen Klinkenberg (63)
• Anna Jans Pel (34), Heerenveen, Heerenveen, Friesland, Nederland

• 1912 » Art Linkletter, Canadian-American radio and television host († 2010)
• 1912 » Erwin Bauer, German race car driver († 1958)
• 1913 » Bertrand Goldberg, American architect, designed the Marina City Building († 1997)
• 1914 » Eleanor Steber, American soprano and educator († 1990)
• 1915 » Arthur Rothstein, American photographer and educator († 1985)
• 1915 » Bijon Bhattacharya, Indian actor, singer, and screenwriter († 1978)
• 1917 » Christiane Rochefort, French author († 1998)
• 1917 » Kenan Evren, Turkish general and politician, 7th President of Turkey († 2015)
• 1917 » Lou Boudreau, American baseball player and manager († 2001)
• 1917 » Phyllis Diller, American actress, comedian, and voice artist († 2012)

• 1894 » Leconte de Lisle, French poet and translator (b. 1818)
• 1900 » Thomas McIlwraith, Scottish-Australian politician, 8th Premier of Queensland (b. 1835)
• 1907 » Hector Malot, French author and critic (b. 1830)
• 1912 » Henri Poincaré, French mathematician, physicist, and engineer (b. 1854)
• 1918 » Victims of the Shooting of the Romanov family
• 1925 » Lovis Corinth, German painter (b. 1858)
• 1928 » Álvaro Obregón, Mexican general and politician, 39th President of Mexico (b. 1880)
• 1928 » Giovanni Giolitti, Italian politician, 13th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1842)
• 1932 » Rasmus Rasmussen, Norwegian actor, singer, and director (b. 1862)
• 1935 » George William Russell, Irish poet and painter (b. 1867)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Geertruida
13. Grietje
14. Neeltje
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 6.3 million citizens.
• March 20 » Albert Einstein publishes his general theory of relativity.
• May 7 » World War I: German submarine U-20 sinks RMS Lusitania, killing 1,198 people, including 128 Americans. Public reaction to the sinking turns many former pro-Germans in the United States against the German Empire.
• May 9 » World War I: Second Battle of Artois between German and French forces.
• July 28 » The United States begins a 19-year occupation of Haiti.
• September 5 » The pacifist Zimmerwald Conference begins.
• September 15 » The Empire Picture Theatre (now The New Empire Cinema), the oldest running cinema in mainland Australia, opens in Bowral, New South Wales.

The temperature on July 17, 1915 was between 12.4 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 23.0 mm of rain. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.