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• Alphonse Albert VRANCKEN, Rillaar Vlaams Brabant * († 1991)
• Ann Sorkin, Illinois († 2005)
• Aaltje Stijf, Heerde († 1995)
• Anthonius Bakker, Heiloo, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1988)
• Antonette ten Tije, Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 1998)
• Albert Bos, Krewerd († 2011)
• Spapens, Rotterdam
• Arie Corstiaan Leendert Vlaardingerbroek, Loosduinen, Nederland († 2009)
• Antonie de Bruijn, Streefkerk († 1997)
• Albert Ernest Paul Joseph Lieben, Vilvoorde, Vlaams-Brabant, België († 1983)

• Alberdina Wilhelmina Booij (23), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Agatha Maria Baroness Van Aerssen (91), Brummen, Gldrln, Nthr
• Anke Venenga (71), Parker, Turner County, South Dakota
• * levenloos kind Keegstra (0)
• Agatha Maria Françoise van Aerssen Beijeren van Voshol, barones (91), Brummen
• Abeltje Jacobs Russchen (68), Donkerbroek, Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Anne de Vries (29), Steenwijk
• Agatha M.F. Aerssen Beijeren van Voshol, van (91), Brummen, huis Voorstonden
• Agatha Maria Françoise van Aerssen Beijeren (91), Voorstonden, Brummen, Pays-Bas
• Aaltje den Ouden (18), Rotterdam

• 1913 » Godfried Bomans, Dutch television host and author († 1971)
• 1913 » Mort Cooper, American baseball player († 1958)
• 1914 » Martin Ritt, American actor and film director († 1990)
• 1915 » John Burton, Australian public servant and diplomat, Australian High Commissioner to Ceylon († 2010)
• 1917 » David Goodis, American author and screenwriter († 1967)
• 1917 » Desi Arnaz, Cuban-American actor, singer, and producer († 1986)
• 1917 » Jim Konstanty, American baseball player and coach († 1976)
• 1919 » Eddie Lawrence, American actor, singer, and playwright († 2014)
• 1919 » Jennifer Jones, American actress († 2009)
• 1919 » Tamara Toumanova, Russian-American ballerina and actress († 1996)

• 1895 » Berthe Morisot, French painter (b. 1841)
• 1895 » Isma'il Pasha, Egyptian politician (b. 1830)
• 1896 » Jubal Early, American general (b. 1816)
• 1921 » Champ Clark, American lawyer and politician, 41st Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1850)
• 1930 » D. H. Lawrence, English novelist, poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1885)
• 1938 » Ben Harney, American pianist and composer (b. 1871)
• 1939 » Howard Carter, English archaeologist and historian (b. 1874)
• 1943 » Gisela Januszewska, Jewish-Austrian physician (b.1867)
• 1944 » Ida Maclean, British biochemist, the first woman admitted to the London Chemical Society (b. 1877)
• 1945 » Emily Carr, Canadian painter and author (b. 1871)

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. Antonius

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.
• January 19 » Silvertown explosion: A blast at a munitions factory in London kills 73 and injures over 400. The resulting fire causes over £2,000,000 worth of damage.
• April 9 » World War I: The Battle of Arras: The battle begins with Canadian Corps executing a massive assault on Vimy Ridge.
• May 18 » World War I: The Selective Service Act of 1917 is passed, giving the President of the United States the power of conscription.
• August 28 » Ten Suffragettes are arrested while picketing the White House.
• October 25 » Old Style date of the October Revolution in Russia.
• November 7 » World War I: Third Battle of Gaza ends: British forces capture Gaza from the Ottoman Empire.

The temperature on March 2, 1917 was between -0.2 °C and 2.3 °C and averaged 1.2 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.