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• Antje Dimphina Strating, Recklinghausen, Nordrijn-Westfalen, Duitsland († 1988)
• Rovers, Etten-Leur, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Hendrika Jantina Hackert, den haag († 1918)
• Antonia Maria Overmars, Olst († 1995)
• Antonia Vreugdenhil, Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1996)
• Adrianus Antonius van Gulick, Gestel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alfred William Esten, Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States of America († 1999)
• Albertha Roelfina Collij, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana van Doremalen, Schijndel in de Heikant († 1978)
• Adam Graf von Moltke-Hvitfeldt

• Catharina Maria Bernardina Stael (1), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaris van Dijk (1), Veenendaal, Utrecht, NL
• Anthonia Kompier (0), Woerden
• Barend van der Veen (78), IDaarderadeel
• Antonius van den Bogaard (17), Jemeppe-sur-Meusse (B)
• Adrianus de GRAAF (72), Princenhage (N.Br. Nl)
• Adrianus de Graaf (72), Princenhage, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Aslander (1), Uitwierde, Nederland
• Amelia Rosalia DE GUFFROY (76), Izegem
• Antje Bakker (86), Bovenkarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 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)
• 1913 » Hans Ruesch, Swiss racing driver and author († 2007)

• 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)

• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
• January 24 » The first Boy Scout troop is organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell.
• March 4 » The Collinwood school fire, Collinwood near Cleveland, Ohio, kills 174 people.
• March 9 » Inter Milan was founded on Football Club Internazionale, following a schism from A.C. Milan.
• June 18 » The University of the Philippines is established.
• July 23 » The Second Constitution accepted by the Ottomans.
• September 16 » The General Motors Corporation is founded.

The temperature on May 17, 1908 was between 8.3 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.