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• Adriana Vermaat, 's-Gravenhage, ZH, Nederland († 1989)
• Baijens Franciscus Jacobus, Baarle-Hertog, Antwerpen, België († 1954)
• (Stillborn) SPEK, Harlingen Friesland Netherlands († 1909)
• Aleida Van Haaren, Schneppenbaum, Northrein-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Worthen, Jackson, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 1909)
• Albertus Visch, Epe († 1915)
• Abraham Potter, Bellingwolde, Groningen, Netherlands († 1910)
• Aaltje Rensen, Pijnacker, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2006)
• Adrianus van Velzen, Leiden
• Antonetta Smetsers, Berkel-Enschot († 1991)

• (Stillborn) SPEK (0), Harlingen Friesland Netherlands
• Anna Maria Tax (geboren Nieboer) (76), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Annechien de Groot (32), Haren, Groningen, Nederland
• Antonius Willemsen (86), Huissen, Gelderland, the Netherlands
• Aaltje Schuurman (44), Doornspijk, Nederland
• Anna Geertruida Adams (76), Dieren, Steenderen, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Anthonia Cornelia Verkuijl (21), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Anna Mikó van Hidvég (60), Boedapest
• Attje Klazes Bosscher (2), Utingeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Angeline D Yerger (77), Boyertown, Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States of America

• 1904 » Chaim Gross, Austrian-American sculptor and educator († 1991)
• 1906 » Brigitte Helm, German-Swiss actress († 1996)
• 1907 » Jean Van Houtte, Belgian academic and politician, 50th Prime Minister of Belgium († 1991)
• 1907 » Takeo Miki, Japanese politician, 41st Prime Minister of Japan († 1988)
• 1910 » Sonny Werblin, American businessman and philanthropist († 1991)
• 1912 » Bayard Rustin, American activist († 1987)
• 1914 » Sammy Baugh, American football player and coach († 2008)
• 1915 » Bill Roycroft, Australian equestrian rider († 2011)
• 1915 » Ray Ellington, English drummer and bandleader († 1985)
• 1915 » Robert S. Arbib Jr., American ornithologist, writer and conservationist († 1987)

• 1871 » Robert Chambers, Scottish geologist and publisher, co-founded Chambers Harrap (b. 1802)
• 1875 » Ferdinand Laub, Czech violinist and composer (b. 1832)
• 1893 » Jules Ferry, French lawyer and politician, 44th Prime Minister of France (b. 1832)
• 1917 » Franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist (b. 1838)
• 1926 » Aleksei Brusilov, Georgian-Russian general (b. 1853)
• 1937 » Austen Chamberlain, English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1863)
• 1940 » Philomène Belliveau, Canadian artist (b. 1854)
• 1946 » Dai Li, Chinese general (b. 1897)
• 1949 » Aleksandra Ekster, Russian-French painter and set designer (b. 1882)
• 1956 » Fred Allen, American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and author (b. 1894)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Jacoba
11. Petronella
12. Grietje
13. Aaltje
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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
• January 25 » Richard Strauss's opera Elektra receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera.
• January 28 » United States troops leave Cuba with the exception of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base after being there since the Spanish–American War.
• March 23 » Theodore Roosevelt leaves New York for a post-presidency safari in Africa. The trip is sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and National Geographic Society.
• April 13 » The military of the Ottoman Empire reverses the Ottoman countercoup of 1909 to force the overthrow of Sultan Abdul Hamid II.
• August 19 » The first automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
• August 24 » Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.

The temperature on March 17, 1909 was between -4.0 °C and 1.2 °C and averaged -1.5 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.