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• Alida Lopes Cardozo, amsterdam, Nederland († 1943)
• Antonia Geertruda Braspenning, Roosendaal († 1992)
• Antje Brink, Kootwijk, gem. Apeldoorn
• Adriana Nieswaag, Schiedam
• Annegien Bakker, Groningen († 1914)
• Anna Maria Theresia Brakus, Den Haag († 2000)
• Antje Tabak, Fehndorf,,Deutschland
• Anna Peper, Borgerhout, Antwerpen, België († 1943)
• Abraham Jacob Guequierre, Milwaukee,Milwaukee County,Wis.,United States († 1987)
• Anthonie Leendert Christiaan Biskanter, Alkmaar

• Betje Keijzer (75), Korendijk gem. Zuid-Beijerland
• Albertine "Cécile" Antoinette Pasquet de Salagnac (87), Cabourg, Calvados, France
• Berendina Hinkamp (65), Rochester Monroe, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana Maria van der Hoeven (65), Dordrecht
• Anna Elizabeth Ebbinkhoff (82), Den Helder
• Aaltje HARTE (21), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Cannegieter (68), Ferwerderadeel
• Aimée Eloyse MULLIEZ (62), Roubaix, Nord, Nord-Pas-De-Calais-FR
• Albert Owens (73), Rockcastle County, Kentucky
• Antonia Maria Henrica Simons- (20), Tilburg, Nederland

• 1910 » Evangelos Averoff, Greek historian and politician, Greek Minister of Defence († 1990)
• 1910 » Ivan Goff, Australian screenwriter and producer († 1999)
• 1911 » Hervé Bazin, French author and poet († 1996)
• 1911 » Lester Rodney, American soldier and journalist († 2009)
• 1912 » Marta Eggerth, Jewish-Hungarian-American actress and singer († 2013)
• 1914 » George Davis, American art director († 1984)
• 1914 » Mac Raboy, American illustrator († 1967)
• 1915 » Joe Foss, American general and politician, 20th Governor of South Dakota († 2003)
• 1915 » Martin Clemens, Scottish soldier († 2009)
• 1915 » Regina Ghazaryan, Armenian painter († 1999)

• 1882 » George Jennings, English engineer and plumber, invented the Flush toilet (b. 1810)
• 1888 » E. G. Squier, American archaeologist and journalist (b. 1821)
• 1892 » Alexander Mackenzie, Scottish-Canadian journalist and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1822)
• 1921 » Manwel Dimech, Maltese journalist, author, and philosopher (b. 1860)
• 1923 » Laurence Ginnell, Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1852)
• 1930 » Alexander Golovin, Russian painter and stage designer (b. 1863)
• 1933 » Kote Marjanishvili, Georgian director and playwright (b. 1872)
• 1936 » Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck, Dutch lawyer and politician, 28th Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1873)
• 1942 » Jean Baptiste Perrin, French-American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1870)
• 1944 » J. T. Hearne, English cricketer and coach (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. Wilhelmus
13. Gerardus
14. Antonius
15. Dirk
16. Hendrikus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Grietje
13. Aaltje
14. Geertruida
15. Neeltje
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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• 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 6.1 million citizens.
• February 17 » The Armory Show opens in New York City, displaying works of artists who are to become some of the most influential painters of the early 20th century.
• February 20 » King O'Malley drives in the first survey peg to mark commencement of work on the construction of Canberra.
• August 16 » Completion of the Royal Navy battlecruiser HMSQueen Mary.
• September 23 » Roland Garros of France becomes the first to fly in an airplane across the Mediterranean (from St. Raphael in France to Bizerte, Tunisia).
• November 5 » King Otto of Bavaria is deposed by his cousin, Prince Regent Ludwig, who assumes the title Ludwig III.
• November 9 » The Great Lakes Storm of 1913, the most destructive natural disaster ever to hit the lakes, reaches its greatest intensity after beginning two days earlier. The storm destroys 19 ships and kills more than 250 people.

The temperature on April 17, 1913 was between 1.2 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.