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• Aldert de Jong, Zevenhuizen, Leek, Groningen, Nederland († 2016)
• Anna Maria Segers, Teteringen,Noord-Brabant,Nederland († 1968)
• Bernetta Marie Mecca, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1998)
• Antonius_Sarus_Cornelis_Marianus van Waveren, Zeist
• Adriana Josephina Musters, Besoijen, Nederland († 2012)
• Adriana Maria Schoorl, IJmuiden, Nederland († 1985)
• Andries KUHLMAN, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2000)
• Adrianus Smetsers, Berkel-Enschot († 1918)
• Arthur Louis Hill († 1952)
• Barendina Hendrika Jenneke Dirksen († 2011)

• Anthonie van der Maaren Jansen (33), Haarlem
• Barend Timmer (8), Nijkerk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Enzerink (64), Almen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Annette Cornelia Vos (71), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Verduijn (78), Capelle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Harmina Vreman (75), Hengelo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Baukje Berends van Herksen, Leeuwarden
• Amke Kuipers (34), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Arthur Gardener Pyper (19), Caldwell, Canyon, Idaho, United States
• Anne MacLean (58), Largs, Ayrshire, Scotland

• 1914 » Milbourne Christopher, American magician and author († 1984)
• 1915 » Mary Innes-Ker, Duchess of Roxburghe († 2014)
• 1915 » Vasily Zaytsev, Russian captain († 1991)
• 1917 » Harry Cranbrook Allen, English historian († 1998)
• 1918 » Helene Hale, American politician († 2013)
• 1918 » Naoki Kazu, Japanese football player (d.1940s)
• 1918 » Stanley Armour Dunham, American sergeant († 1992)
• 1919 » Carl Graffunder, American architect and educator († 2013)
• 1920 » Neal Edward Smith, American pilot, lawyer and politician
• 1920 » Tetsuharu Kawakami, Japanese baseball player and manager († 2013)

• 1883 » Arthur Macalister, Scottish-Australian politician, 2nd Premier of Queensland (b. 1818)
• 1884 » Henry C. Lord, American businessman (b. 1824)
• 1910 » Nadar, French photographer, journalist, and author (b. 1820)
• 1914 » Rafqa Pietra Choboq Ar-Rayès, Lebanese saint (b. 1832)
• 1923 » Hovhannes Tumanyan, Armenian poet and author (b. 1869)
• 1927 » Paul César Helleu, French painter and etcher (b. 1859)
• 1931 » Bhagat Singh, Indian activist (b. 1907)
• 1931 » Shivaram Rajguru, Indian activist (b. 1908)
• 1931 » Sukhdev Thapar, Indian activist (b. 1907)
• 1953 » Raoul Dufy, French painter and illustrator (b. 1877)

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.
• February 3 » First World War: The American entry into World War I begins when diplomatic relations with Germany are severed due to its unrestricted submarine warfare.
• March 16 » World War I: A German auxiliary cruiser is sunk in the Action of 16 March 1917.
• April 9 » World War I: The Battle of Arras: The battle begins with Canadian Corps executing a massive assault on Vimy Ridge.
• June 7 » World War I: Battle of Messines: Allied soldiers detonate a series of mines underneath German trenches at Messines Ridge, killing 10,000 German troops.
• July 12 » The Bisbee Deportation occurs as vigilantes kidnap and deport nearly 1,300 striking miners and others from Bisbee, Arizona.
• December 2 » World War I: Russia and the Central Powers sign an armistice at Brest-Litovsk, and peace talks leading to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk begin.

The temperature on March 23, 1917 was between -3.3 °C and 4.2 °C and averaged -0.5 °C. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.