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• Aldegonda Gerarda Maria SCHNEIDER, Delden (Hof van Twente) Overijssel Netherlands († 1995)
• Anna Margaretha Maria Warnecke, Leiden
• Anna den Brok, Berghem, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2001)
• Antonius Bouwman († 1917)
• Adriana van Zijl, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands († 2004)
• Aldegonda Gerarda Maria (Alda) Schneider, Delden, 7491, Nederland († 1995)
• Berend Meijer († 1973)
• Berend Meijer, Lutten († 1973)
• Berendina Oldenhof, Vollenhove († 2001)
• Abraham Dekens, Erica, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1996)

• Anna Kuil (52), Blijham, gemeente Wedde, provincie Groningen
• Adriaan Berman (87), Zonnemaire
• Adriana Zweeden van (76), Goes
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Pijls (43), Schinnen
• Antje Pieters BAKKER (77), Assendelft, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Andries Rengersen van de Bunt (146), Nijkerk
• Aaltje Wortel (73), Edam
• Anna Maria Curvers (0), Tegelen
• Allegonda Maria van den Berg (11), Zeeland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aletta Geertruida van den Berg (0), Bodegraven

• 1914 » Gul Khan Nasir, Pakistani journalist, poet, and politician († 1983)
• 1914 » William Thomas Tutte, British codebreaker and mathematician († 2002)
• 1916 » Lance Dossor, English-Australian pianist and educator († 2005)
• 1916 » Marco Zanuso, Italian architect and designer († 2001)
• 1916 » Robert F. Christy, Canadian-American physicist and astronomer († 2012)
• 1917 » Lou Harrison, American composer and critic († 2003)
• 1917 » Norman Luboff, American composer and conductor († 1987)
• 1919 » John Hope, American soldier and meteorologist († 2002)
• 1919 » Solange Chaput-Rolland, Canadian journalist and politician († 2001)
• 1921 » Richard Deacon, American actor († 1984)

• 1906 » Carl Schurz, German-American general, journalist, and politician, 13th United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1829)
• 1912 » August Strindberg, Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist (b. 1849)
• 1912 » Frederick VIII of Denmark (b. 1843)
• 1918 » James Gordon Bennett, Jr., American journalist and publisher (b. 1841)
• 1919 » Henry J. Heinz, American businessman, founded the H. J. Heinz Company (b. 1844)
• 1923 » Charles de Freycinet, French engineer and politician, 43rd Prime Minister of France (b. 1828)
• 1923 » N. G. Chandavarkar, Indian jurist and politician (b. 1855)
• 1931 » David Belasco, American director, producer, and playwright (b. 1853)
• 1934 » Lou Criger, American baseball player and manager (b. 1872)
• 1935 » Magnus Hirschfeld, German physician and sexologist (b. 1868)

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 12 » World War I: Canadian forces successfully complete the taking of Vimy Ridge from the Germans.
• May 21 » The Great Atlanta fire of 1917 causes $5.5million in damages, destroying some 300 acres including 2,000 homes, businesses and churches, displacing about 10,000 people but leading to only one fatality (due to heart attack).
• October 25 » Old Style date of the October Revolution in Russia.
• November 26 » The National Hockey League is formed, with the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators, Quebec Bulldogs, and Toronto Arenas as its first teams.
• December 12 » Father Edward J. Flanagan founds Boys Town as a farm village for wayward boys.
• December 15 » World War I: An armistice between Russia and the Central Powers is signed.

The temperature on May 14, 1917 was between 12.4 °C and 23.4 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 3.6 mm of rain. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.