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• Anna Maria Elizabeth van der Hagen, Escharen († 1969)
• Antje Jacoba Pollé, Haarlemmerliede
• Adrianus van Zundert
• Anna Mathilde den Tex, Amsterdam († 1989)
• Anna Petronella Frederika Vos, Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Mathilde den Tex, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alfred Jacob (Fred) van Wijk, Loosduinen, den Haag, Nederland
• Anna Helena do Amaral, Sao Paulo, Brasil
• Adrianus Johannes van Geffen, Heusden († 1974)
• Abraham van Duijm, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1958)

• Antje Oeges van der Meulen (71), Drogeham (Achtkarspelen), Friesland, Nederland
• Clasina Elisabeth Maria van den Wijngaart (28), Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltje van Toor (29), Leerdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aante (Antje) Bikker (34)
• Antje Oeges Meulen, van der (71), Achtkarspelen, Fr, Nederland
• Alida Johanna Degenaars (47), Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Oosterveld (85), Monnickendam
• Antje Oegesd van der Meulen (71), Drogeham, achtkarspelen.fr.nld
• Aplonia Rienksd BROUWER (84), Lutkewierum, Friesland, Nederland
• Catharina Jordan (21), Zuidlaren

• 1901 » Werner Egk, German pianist and composer († 1983)
• 1903 » Cool Papa Bell, American baseball player and manager († 1991)
• 1904 » Marie-Anne Desmarest, French author († 1973)
• 1906 » Zinka Milanov, Croatian-American soprano and educator († 1989)
• 1909 » Julius Sumner Miller, American physicist and academic († 1987)
• 1911 » Lisa Fonssagrives, Swedish-American model († 1992)
• 1911 » Maureen O'Sullivan, Irish-American actress († 1998)
• 1912 » Ace Parker, American baseball and football player († 2013)
• 1912 » Archibald Cox, American lawyer and politician, 31st United States Solicitor General († 2004)
• 1912 » Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner, American inventor († 2006)

• 1886 » John Deere, American blacksmith and businessman, founded the Deere & Company (b. 1804)
• 1888 » Giacomo Zanella, Italian priest and poet (b. 1820)
• 1911 » Frederick August Otto Schwarz, German-American businessman, founded FAO Schwarz (b. 1836)
• 1916 » Boris Borisovich Golitsyn, Russian physicist and seismologist (b. 1862)
• 1917 » Charles Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak (b. 1829)
• 1917 » Clara Ayres, American nurse (b. 1880)
• 1919 » Guido von List, Austrian-German journalist, author, and poet (b. 1848)
• 1921 » Karl Mantzius, Danish actor and director (b. 1860)
• 1922 » Dorothy Levitt, English racing driver and journalist (b. 1882)
• 1927 » Harold Geiger, American pilot and lieutenant (b. 1884)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacobus
10. Adrianus
11. Jacob
12. Wilhelmus
13. Dirk
14. Hendrikus
15. Arie
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Jacoba
11. Petronella
12. Aaltje
13. Grietje
14. Geertruida
15. Neeltje
16. Helena

• 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
• January 6 » Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome, Italy.
• March 24 » The first issue of the Georgian Bolshevik newspaper Dro is published.
• July 29 » Sir Robert Baden-Powell sets up the Brownsea Island Scout camp in Poole Harbour on the south coast of England. The camp runs from August 1 to August 9 and is regarded as the foundation of the Scouting movement.
• August 29 » The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.
• December 14 » The Thomas W. Lawson, the largest ever ship without a heat engine, runs aground and founders near the Hellweather's Reef within the Isles of Scilly in a gale. The pilot and 15 seamen die.
• December 16 » The American Great White Fleet begins its circumnavigation of the world.

The temperature on May 17, 1907 was between 2.9 °C and 11.4 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.