About the day » Monday April 17, 1916Calender converter

• Antonius SEP, Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1986)
• Alfred Heilbrun Heilbron, Berlin, Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany († 1942)
• Alphonsus Noordermeer, Monster, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1993)
• Albertus van Duinkerken († 1978)
• Almera Lucille Price, North Carolina († 1997)
• Antonius Hendrikus ten BRUMMELHUIS, Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 1986)
• Catharina Carolina Frederika Durville, Groningen, Nederland († 1999)
• Arie Gerrit van Breukelen, IJsselstein, Utrecht, Nederland († 1978)
• Adrianus Johannes Sprangers, Dongen († 1992)
• Adriana Emma den Hoedt, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1916)

• Antje Rosendal (79), Kollumerland
• Alijda Henderika Huitingh Schijf (73), Arnhem
• Alberdina Stegeman (65), Laren, Lochem, Nederland
• smid Fredericus Johannes Mattijssen (61), Gendt
• andries middelbeek (0)
• Antje Dirks Rosendal (79), Westergeest, gem. Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland
• Annigje Gort (83), Hoogeveen nederland
• anna, maria (mieke) hamers (79), Rotterdam
• Aartje Langstraat (78), Zwartewaal
• Alida Henderika Huitingh Schijf (73), Arnhem

• 1914 » George Davis, American art director († 1984)
• 1914 » Mac Raboy, American illustrator († 1967)
• 1915 » Joe Foss, American general and politician, 20th Governor of South Dakota († 2003)
• 1915 » Martin Clemens, Scottish soldier († 2009)
• 1915 » Regina Ghazaryan, Armenian painter († 1999)
• 1916 » A. Thiagarajah, Sri Lankan educator and politician († 1981)
• 1916 » Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, world's first female prime minister († 2000)
• 1916 » Win Maung, 3rd President of Union of Myanmar († 1989)
• 1918 » William Holden, American actor († 1981)
• 1919 » Gilles Lamontagne, Canadian lieutenant and politician, 24th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec († 2016)

• 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 » Dimitrios Psarros, Greek lieutenant, founded the National and Social Liberation (b. 1893)
• 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. 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.
• February 21 » World War I: In France, the Battle of Verdun begins.
• February 29 » Child labor: In South Carolina, the minimum working age for factory, mill, and mine workers is raised from 12 to 14 years old.
• August 27 » World War I: The Kingdom of Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary, entering the war as one of the Allied nations.
• September 7 » US federal employees win the right to Workers' compensation by Federal Employers Liability Act (39 Stat. 742; 5 U.S.C. 751)
• September 17 » World War I: Manfred von Richthofen ("The Red Baron"), a flying ace of the German Luftstreitkräfte, wins his first aerial combat near Cambrai, France.
• November 7 » Woodrow Wilson is reelected as President of the United States.

The temperature on April 17, 1916 was between 3.3 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 8.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.