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• Annie Grothues, Velsen († 1986)
• Adriaan Beijerinck, Almelo († 1984)
• Aaltje Hadderingh († 1960)
• Barbara van Gerven († 1985)
• Albertus van Rein, Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland († 2006)
• Annette Mercedes Anderson, Northport, Michigan († 1996)
• 4. Hubert William Brugman, Nichols, Muscatine, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 1987)
• Augustinus Albertus Geukens, Geel, België († 1973)
• Aaltje Hadderingh, Anloo, Drenthe, Nederland († 1960)
• Annie Verboom, Enschede († 2010)

• Anna Elisabeth Viskaal (0), Slagharen
• Adriana Agnieta Jacoba Brunsveld (1), Arnhem
• Aaltje Mudde (57), Lekkerkerk
• Alexis Gregorius Hendricus Janse (44), Rotterdam
• Adriana Stork (1), Amsterdam
• Aart Johan Bullee (58), Beesd, Geldermalsen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antje van der Schaaf (58), Kortezwaag
• Adrianus Timmermans (59), Dubbeldam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Joostdr Bart (75), Andijk, Noord Holland
• Antonia Kuijstermans (88), Etten-Leur

• 1915 » Elizabeth Catlett, African-American sculptor and illustrator († 2012)
• 1916 » Alfred S. Bloomingdale, American businessman († 1982)
• 1916 » Helene Hanff, American author and screenwriter († 1997)
• 1917 » Elmer Gedeon, American baseball player and bomber pilot († 1944)
• 1917 » Hans Conried, American actor († 1982)
• 1917 » James Kee, American lawyer and politician († 1989)
• 1918 » Hans Billian, German film director, screenwriter, and actor († 2007)
• 1919 » Alberto Breccia, Uruguayan-Argentinian author and illustrator († 1993)
• 1920 » Godfrey Stafford, English-South African physicist and academic († 2013)
• 1920 » Thomas Szasz, Hungarian-American psychiatrist and academic († 2012)

• 1889 » Father Damien, Belgian priest and saint (b. 1840)
• 1898 » Te Keepa Te Rangihiwinui, New Zealand commander and politician
• 1912 » Victims of the Titanic disaster:
• 1917 » János Murkovics, Slovene author, poet, and educator (b. 1839)
• 1927 » Gaston Leroux, French journalist and author (b. 1868)
• 1938 » César Vallejo, Peruvian journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1892)
• 1942 » Robert Musil, Austrian-Swiss author and playwright (b. 1880)
• 1943 » Aristarkh Lentulov, Russian painter and set designer (b. 1882)
• 1944 » Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin, Russian general (b. 1901)
• 1945 » Hermann Florstedt, German SS officer (b. 1895)

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.
• April 9 » World War I: The Battle of Arras: The battle begins with Canadian Corps executing a massive assault on Vimy Ridge.
• June 13 » World War I: The deadliest German air raid on London of the war is carried out by Gotha G.IV bombers and results in 162 deaths, including 46 children, and 432 injuries.
• September 26 » World War I: The Battle of Polygon Wood begins.
• 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.
• October 31 » World War I: Battle of Beersheba: The "last successful cavalry charge in history".
• November 25 » World War I: German forces defeat Portuguese army of about 1,200 at Negomano on the border of modern-day Mozambique and Tanzania.

The temperature on April 15, 1917 was between 2.5 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.