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• Annetje Maria van Eijnatten, Leiden, Nederland († 1993)
• Augustinus Johannes van der Voort van der Kleij, 's Gravenhage († 1998)
• Carolina Brouwers, Dorst († 1998)
• * Huberdina Adriana Brokken, Waalwijk († 2000)
• Antonius,Franciscus de Rooy, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1981)
• * Carolina # Brouwers, Dorst († 1997)
• Antje Abma, Lollum, Wonseradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1998)
• Anne Terpstra, Suameer, gem. Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• HUT, Ruinen († 1917)
• Coleta Elisabeth Luyckx, Tessenderlo, 3980, België († 2010)

• Abraham Visser (85), Purmerend
• Anthonia Roodhuis (73), Ede
• Catharina Cornelia van Dinther (0), Liempde
• Albertus van Riet (48), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonetta de Laat (89), Raamsdonk, Nederland
• Antonetta de LAAT (89), Raamsdonk, 4125, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Catherina Josephina Raben (92), Delft
• Anna PRIJDEN (86), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Bakker (50), Abcoude Ptoosdij
• Anthonia Roodhuis (72), Ede

• 1912 » Chien-Shiung Wu, Chinese-American experimental physicist († 1997)
• 1914 » Akira Ifukube, Japanese composer and educator († 2006)
• 1916 » Bert Haanstra, Dutch director, producer, and screenwriter († 1997)
• 1918 » Lloyd Quarterman, African American chemist († 1982)
• 1918 » Robert Osterloh, American actor († 2001)
• 1919 » Robie Macauley, American editor, novelist and critic († 1995)
• 1921 » Alida Valli, Austrian-Italian actress and singer († 2006)
• 1921 » Andrew Grima, Anglo-Italian jewellery designer († 2007)
• 1921 » Edna Doré, English actress († 2014)
• 1921 » Howard Reig, American radio and television announcer († 2008)

• 1899 » Stefanos Koumanoudis, Greek archaeologist, teacher and writer (b. 1818)
• 1908 » Louis-Honoré Fréchette, Canadian author, poet, and politician (b. 1839)
• 1909 » Thomas Price, Welsh-Australian politician, 24th Premier of South Australia (b. 1852)
• 1910 » Elizabeth Blackwell, English-American physician and educator (b. 1821)
• 1931 » Felix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau, Canadian cardinal (b. 1866)
• 1931 » Willy Stöwer, German author and illustrator (b. 1864)
• 1945 » Odilo Globocnik, Italian-Austrian SS officer (b. 1904)
• 1954 » Antonis Benakis, Greek art collector and philanthropist, founded the Benaki Museum (b. 1873)
• 1957 » Leopold Staff, Polish poet and academic (b. 1878)
• 1957 » Stefanos Sarafis, Greek general and politician (b. 1890)

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

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

• 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 6.5 million citizens.
• April 12 » World War I: Canadian forces successfully complete the taking of Vimy Ridge from the Germans.
• May 19 » The Norwegian football club Rosenborg BK is founded.
• July 28 » The Silent Parade took place in New York City, in protest to murders, lynchings, and other violence directed towards African Americans.
• October 12 » World War I: The First Battle of Passchendaele takes place resulting in the largest single-day loss of life in New Zealand history.
• November 8 » The first Council of People's Commissars is formed, including Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin.
• December 6 » Halifax Explosion: A munitions explosion near Halifax, Nova Scotia kills more than 1,900 people in the largest artificial explosion up to that time.

The temperature on May 31, 1917 was between 9.5 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (60%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.