About the day » Tuesday April 17, 1917Calender converter

• Verheijen, Arnhem Gld. NL († 1917)
• Albert STORME († 1997)
• Adriaan Kok, Doesburg († 1967)
• Anna van Gisbergen, Hooge en Lage Mierde, Reusel
• Albertus Frederik Stegeman Stegeman, Ambt Vollenhove, Nederland († 2002)
• Aaltje Spinder, Harkema-Opeinde, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1917)
• Barbara van Gerven, Lisse († 1985)
• Alfons Albertus Appeltans, Alken († 1918)
• Bert DEINEMA, Phoenix Cook County Illinois U.S.A († 1977)
• Alfons De Jonghe, Bazel († 2013)

• Albertus Cornelis van den Hoek (66), Nieuwer-Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antoon Geurts (77), Venray
• Anna Petronella Geurts (39), Horst aan de Maas (Horst) (Limburg)
• Antonie van Heukelom (73), Rijswijk (Noord-Brabant)
• Antonia de Groot (67), Gemert, Nederland
• Anna Paulina EIJLDERS (24)
• Verheijen (0), Arnhem Gld. NL
• Antonius van Esch (62), Oss
• Aafke VOS (39), Groningen
• Broekhuizen, Beverwijk

• 1914 » George Davis, American art director († 1984)
• 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 » Chavela Vargas, Costa Rican-Mexican singer-songwriter and actress († 2012)
• 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. 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.
• 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.
• May 26 » Several powerful tornadoes rip through Illinois, including the city of Mattoon.
• June 11 » King Alexander assumes the throne of Greece after his father, Constantine I, abdicates under pressure from allied armies occupying Athens.
• July 20 » World War I: The Corfu Declaration, which leads to the creation of the post-war Kingdom of Yugoslavia, is signed by the Yugoslav Committee and Kingdom of Serbia.
• October 13 » The "Miracle of the Sun" is witnessed by an estimated 70,000 people in the Cova da Iria in Portugal.

The temperature on April 17, 1917 was between -0.7 °C and 6.6 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.