About the day » Friday March 17, 1916Calender converter

• Adna Venstra, Ogden-Iowa (USA) († 1984)
• Antonia Boschloo, Gorssel († 2005)
• Anne Campbell McClymont, Elderslie, Renfrewshire, Scotland († 2008)
• van Oord, De Werken en Sleeuwijk († 1916)
• Albertus Ivo Ribbens, Loenhout († 2009)
• Arie Molenaar, Voorburg († 1916)
• Anje Holtjer, Ten Boer, Groningen, Nederland († 1999)
• Abraham Vonk, Zoeterwoude, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1972)
• Ariaantje Schillemans, Leiden († 1967)
• Andrew Peter Dykstra, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2002)

• Aaltje Keetman (75), Berkhout, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Hendrika van der Horst (0)
• Albert Zuiderweg (71), Wildervank, Nederland
• Aletta Bijman (71), Vleuten
• Adriaan Pleune (92), Cascade Township, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Akke Ruurds DE JONG (88), Sint Nicolaasga, Friesland, Netherlands
• Adriana Verduijn (87), 's-Heeraartsberg, Bergambacht
• Steur (0), Edam Volendam
• Aagje Kleerebezem (53), Monnickendam
• Albert Zuiderweg (71), Wildervank

• 1910 » Sonny Werblin, American businessman and philanthropist († 1991)
• 1912 » Bayard Rustin, American activist († 1987)
• 1914 » Sammy Baugh, American football player and coach († 2008)
• 1915 » Bill Roycroft, Australian equestrian rider († 2011)
• 1915 » Ray Ellington, English drummer and bandleader († 1985)
• 1915 » Robert S. Arbib Jr., American ornithologist, writer and conservationist († 1987)
• 1919 » Nat King Cole, American singer, pianist, and television host († 1965)
• 1920 » Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladeshi politician, 1st President of Bangladesh († 1975)
• 1921 » Meir Amit, Israeli general and politician, 12th Israeli Minister of Communications († 2009)
• 1922 » Patrick Suppes, American psychologist and philosopher († 2014)

• 1875 » Ferdinand Laub, Czech violinist and composer (b. 1832)
• 1893 » Jules Ferry, French lawyer and politician, 44th Prime Minister of France (b. 1832)
• 1917 » Franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist (b. 1838)
• 1926 » Aleksei Brusilov, Georgian-Russian general (b. 1853)
• 1937 » Austen Chamberlain, English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1863)
• 1940 » Philomène Belliveau, Canadian artist (b. 1854)
• 1946 » Dai Li, Chinese general (b. 1897)
• 1949 » Aleksandra Ekster, Russian-French painter and set designer (b. 1882)
• 1956 » Fred Allen, American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and author (b. 1894)
• 1956 » Irène Joliot-Curie, French physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Hendrika
8. Catharina
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Aaltje
13. Grietje
14. Geertruida
15. Helena
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 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 6.4 million citizens.
• January 27 » World War I: The British government passed a legislation that introduced conscription in the United Kingdom.
• March 9 » Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa leads nearly 500 Mexican raiders in an attack against the border town of Columbus, New Mexico.
• April 29 » World War I: The UK's 6th Indian Division surrenders to Ottoman Forces at the Siege of Kut in one of the largest surrenders of British forces up to that point.
• May 6 » Vietnamese Emperor Duy Tân is captured while calling upon the people to rise up against the French, and is later deposed and exiled to Réunion island.
• September 3 » World War I: Leefe Robinson destroys the German airship Schütte-Lanz SL 11 over Cuffley, north of London; the first German airship to be shot down on British soil.
• December 23 » World War I: Battle of Magdhaba: Allied forces defeat Turkish forces in the Sinai Peninsula.

The temperature on March 17, 1916 was between 6.3 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.