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• Adriana Antonia de Kievit, Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alfred Gustaaf Wulgaert, Assenede († 1982)
• Adriana Agatha Bommer
• Adriana van Dorst, 's Gravenhage
• Aartje Schotsman, Nijkerk
• Alida Maria de Vrind, Leiderdorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Alice, Ester Noxel, Humberstone, Twp, Welland, County Ontario, Canada († 1986)
• Agatha van Wees, Amsterdam († 1910)
• Nieuwold, Groningen Groningen Nederland († 1909)
• Alberta Bolhuis, Wetsinge, Adorp,, Groningen, Nederland

• Cornelia Jacoba van der Meer (60), Teteringen, Breda
• Cornelia Ariens XXX Prins (87), EaZ
• Albertje Zwart (0), Egmond aan Zee, prov. Noord Holland
• Ann Macdonald (74), Nairn, Highland, Scotland
• Alida Schruijer (33), Vlaardingen,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Ariensd Prins (87), Egmond aan Zee
• Bartholomeus van Beek (82), Driebergen
• Albert Geert Nijborg (0), Harkstede, Midden-Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Arendje DUPRà?????????? Adr (36), Oostzaan, Zaanstreek, NL-ZH
• Catharina Hannesen (79), Beek, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1905 » William Gargan, American actor († 1979)
• 1910 » Frank Olson, American chemist and microbiologist († 1953)
• 1910 » James Coyne, Canadian lawyer and banker, 2nd Governor of the Bank of Canada († 2012)
• 1911 » Heinz Lehmann, German-Canadian psychiatrist and academic († 1999)
• 1911 » Lionel Ferbos, American trumpet player († 2014)
• 1912 » Art Linkletter, Canadian-American radio and television host († 2010)
• 1912 » Erwin Bauer, German race car driver († 1958)
• 1913 » Bertrand Goldberg, American architect, designed the Marina City Building († 1997)
• 1914 » Eleanor Steber, American soprano and educator († 1990)
• 1915 » Bijon Bhattacharya, Indian actor, singer, and screenwriter († 1978)

• 1893 » Frederick A. Johnson, American banker and politician (b. 1833)
• 1894 » Josef Hyrtl, Austrian anatomist and biologist (b. 1810)
• 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)

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 9 » Ernest Shackleton, leading the Nimrod Expedition to the South Pole, plants the British flag 97 nautical miles (180km; 112mi) from the South Pole, the farthest anyone had ever reached at that time.
• February 2 » The Paris Film Congress opens. An attempt by European producers to form an equivalent to the MPCC cartel in the United States.
• February 15 » The Flores Theater fire in Acapulco, Mexico kills 250.
• March 10 » By signing the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909, Thailand relinquishes its sovereignty over the Malay states of Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis and Terengganu, which become British protectorates.
• May 13 » The first Giro d'Italia starts from Milan. Italian cyclist Luigi Ganna will be the winner.
• August 28 » A group of mid-level Greek Army officers launches the Goudi coup, seeking wide-ranging reforms.

The temperature on July 17, 1909 was between 13.4 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.