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• Cornelia Maria van der Velden, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1918)
• Austin Patrick Keaveny, Sharon, Mercer, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1999)
• Arlene May Ehlers, Grant Township, Tama County, Iowa († 1996)
• Anna Bakker, Breukelen-St.Pieters († 1918)
• Cornelus Adrianus Stephanus Deijkers, Fijnaart, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1994)
• Baltus Jagtenberg, Alphen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1972)
• Anna Van Rijn († 2007)
• Alvina Agnes Gomes, Gustine, Merced, California, Verenigde Staten († 1992)
• Anna Magdalena Victorina Vandenbergh, Dessel (België) († 1993)
• Adriana Hartjesveld, Gastel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2003)

• Adriana Wilhelmina van Drimmelen (14), Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andriena Burger (70), Baarland
• Bernardus Johannes Jonker (65), Vledder, 8381, Nederland
• Berend Bronsema (50), Winschoten, Groningen, Nederland
• Catharina Hermance Groskamp (65), Kesteren
• Anna Aletta van den Bosch (81), Delft
• Alida Kemp (20), gouda
• Annegien Kuiper (81), Kleinemeer (Sappemeer)
• Catharina Hermance Groskamp (65), Opheusden,Gemeente Neder-Betuwe,Gelderland,Netherlands
• Anna Palings (63), Rucphen (NL)

• 1912 » Erich Bagge, German physicist and academic († 1996)
• 1912 » Julius Axelrod, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2004)
• 1914 » Akinoumi Setsuo, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 37th Yokozuna († 1979)
• 1915 » Len Carney, English footballer and soldier († 1996)
• 1916 » Justin Catayée, French soldier and politician († 1962)
• 1916 » Mort Meskin, American illustrator († 1995)
• 1918 » Bob Evans, American businessman, founded Bob Evans Restaurants († 2007)
• 1918 » Pita Amor, Mexican poet and author († 2000)
• 1919 » René Barrientos, Bolivian general and politician, 55th President of Bolivia († 1969)
• 1920 » Franklin J. Schaffner, Japanese-American director and producer († 1989)

• 1892 » Mary Hannah Gray Clarke, American author, correspondent, and poet (b. 1835)
• 1901 » Victor D'Hondt, Belgian mathematician, lawyer, and jurist (b. 1841)
• 1911 » Milton Bradley, American businessman, founded the Milton Bradley Company (b. 1836)
• 1912 » Wilbur Wright, American pilot and businessman, co-founded the Wright Company (b. 1867)
• 1918 » Georgi Plekhanov, Russian philosopher and theorist (b. 1856)
• 1925 » Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, German historian and author (b. 1876)
• 1926 » Vladimir Steklov, Russian mathematician and physicist (b. 1864)
• 1934 » Tōgō Heihachirō, Japanese admiral (b. 1848)
• 1939 » Floyd Roberts, American race car driver (b. 1904)
• 1941 » Prajadhipok, Thai king (b. 1893)

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.
• April 16 » Vladimir Lenin returns to Petrograd, Russia, from exile in Switzerland.
• 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).
• 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.
• August 18 » A Great Fire in Thessaloniki, Greece destroys 32% of the city leaving 70,000 individuals homeless.
• October 26 » First World War: Brazil declares war on the Central Powers.
• November 5 » October Revolution: Lenin calls for the October Revolution.

The temperature on May 30, 1917 was between 9.6 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.