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• Anna van Diepen, Grosthuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1919)
• antonius johannes (anton) joosten, maasbree († 1993)
• Lagasa, Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, Verenigde Staten († 1917)
• Albert T. Brown, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 1995)
• Anna van Diepen, Grosthuizen, North Holland, Netherlands († 1919)
• Augusta Verbist, Haarlem, Gemeente Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1990)
• Aleida Wilhelmina Lammers, Hengelo († 2022)
• Abraham Prins, Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Martina Dirks, Tilburg († 1994)
• Abraham Eijgen, Leiden

• Bruisten VOS (80), Ammerzoden (Gld.)
• Christiaan RIEBORN (28), Rotterdam, Gemeente Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
• Aelze Teije Blom (0), Leeuwarden
• Bruijsten Vos (80), Ammerzoden
• Aaltje KORF (40), Delfzijl Groningen Netherlands
• Antonius van Daalen (74), Boekel
• Aaltje Korf (41), Delfzijl (gem. Eemsdelta)
• Anna Maria van Schoonderwalt (32), Gestel
• Arendina Harmina Breedschede (74), Neede, Berkelland, Gelderland, Nederland
• CAREL VAN DER KELLEN (77), UTRECHT

• 1914 » Eleanor Steber, American soprano and educator († 1990)
• 1915 » Arthur Rothstein, American photographer and educator († 1985)
• 1915 » Bijon Bhattacharya, Indian actor, singer, and screenwriter († 1978)
• 1917 » Christiane Rochefort, French author († 1998)
• 1917 » Kenan Evren, Turkish general and politician, 7th President of Turkey († 2015)
• 1917 » Lou Boudreau, American baseball player and manager († 2001)
• 1917 » Phyllis Diller, American actress, comedian, and voice artist († 2012)
• 1918 » Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio, Guatemalan soldier and politician, President of Guatemala († 2003)
• 1918 » Red Sovine, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1980)
• 1920 » Gordon Gould, American physicist and academic, invented the laser († 2005)

• 1894 » Leconte de Lisle, French poet and translator (b. 1818)
• 1900 » Thomas McIlwraith, Scottish-Australian politician, 8th Premier of Queensland (b. 1835)
• 1907 » Hector Malot, French author and critic (b. 1830)
• 1912 » Henri Poincaré, French mathematician, physicist, and engineer (b. 1854)
• 1918 » Victims of the Shooting of the Romanov family
• 1925 » Lovis Corinth, German painter (b. 1858)
• 1928 » Álvaro Obregón, Mexican general and politician, 39th President of Mexico (b. 1880)
• 1928 » Giovanni Giolitti, Italian politician, 13th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1842)
• 1932 » Rasmus Rasmussen, Norwegian actor, singer, and director (b. 1862)
• 1935 » George William Russell, Irish poet and painter (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.
• January 22 » World War I: President Woodrow Wilson of the still-neutral United States calls for "peace without victory" in Europe.
• February 5 » The Congress of the United States passes the Immigration Act of 1917 over President Woodrow Wilson's veto.
• March 8 » International Women's Day protests in St. Petersburg mark the beginning of the February Revolution (February 23rd in the Julian calendar).
• March 8 » The United States Senate votes to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule.
• March 16 » World War I: A German auxiliary cruiser is sunk in the Action of 16 March 1917.
• July 31 » World War I: The Battle of Passchendaele begins near Ypres in West Flanders, Belgium.

The temperature on July 17, 1917 was between 9.9 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was 11.6 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.