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• Aleida Antonetta Zandscholten, Zutphen († 1995)
• Albert Henry (Mick) LEE, Mole Creek, Tasmania, Australia († 2006)
• Alexander JANSSENS, Stabroek, Antwerpen, Belgie († 1994)
• Aaltje van den Blink, hellevoetsluis
• Aaltje van den Blink, Hellevoetsluis
• Alida Geertruida Maria Pruim, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1996)
• Anna Maria (Marie) Wehkamp, Barger Compascuum, Drenthe, Nederland († 1984)
• Anna Maria Dewulf, Ardooie († 1996)
• ANNA THEODORA KRANENBORG, BARNEVELD († 2001)
• Anna Catharina Willems, Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands

• Bernardina Maria Bisschop (69), Beverwijk, Nederland
• Albert Zwart (33), Fr. Stroobos
• Agatha (Agathe) Quanten (74), Maastricht, L, The Netherlands
• Aukje Tolsma (64), leeuwarden
• Aukje Jogchums Vos (71), Idskenhuizen, Doniawerstal, Friesland, Nederland
• Aukje Vos (71), Idskenhuizen, Friesland, Nederland
• Agatha Quanten (74), Maastricht
• Barbara Ette Boley (41), Utah, Utah
• Catharina Andriesia Poldervaart (74), Maastricht
• Albert Jans Zwart (33), Stroobos

• 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)
• 1914 » Robert N. Thompson, American-Canadian chiropractor and politician († 1997)
• 1918 » Birgit Nilsson, Swedish operatic soprano († 2005)
• 1918 » Joan Benham, English actress († 1981)

• 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)
• 1934 » Cass Gilbert, American architect (b. 1859)
• 1935 » Paul Dukas, French composer, critic, and educator (b. 1865)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Adrianus
10. Jacob
11. Jacobus
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 3 » The Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, authorizing the Federal government to impose and collect an income tax.
• March 3 » Thousands of women march in the Woman Suffrage Procession in Washington, D.C.
• April 4 » First Balkan War: Greek aviator Emmanouil Argyropoulos becomes the first pilot to die in the Hellenic Air Force when his plane crashes.
• April 24 » The Woolworth Building, a skyscraper in New York City, is opened.
• May 29 » Igor Stravinsky's ballet score The Rite of Spring receives its premiere performance in Paris, France, provoking a riot.
• October 10 » U.S. President Wilson triggers the explosion of the Gamboa Dike, completing major construction on the Panama Canal.

The temperature on May 17, 1913 was between 7.1 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.