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• Amalia Herlitska, Membruggen, Riemst (B) († 2005)
• Anna Maria Meijer, Groningen († 1914)
• Alice Clea Hunt [KB], Wayne County, North Carolina († 2002)
• Alphonsina Maria Timmermans, Riksingen († 1988)
• Agina Klazina Koster, Appingedam († 1983)
• Alida van Schaik, awp († 1990)
• Alexander van OUWENDIJCK
• Adriaan Carel Dijxhoorn, Doesburg, Gelderland, Nederland († 1946)
• Aleida Maria Steggink, Hezingen († 1916)
• Anna Maria Rutten, Maashees en Overloon

• Bettie J Todd (1), Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelis van 't Hof (1), Rotterdam
• Adriana Cornelia Boelhouwer (45), Amsterdam
• Arie Twigt (82), Krimpen aan den IJssel
• Cornelia Dekkers (79), Breda
• Elizabeth van Doeland (78), Haaften
• Adriana van Asten (81), Udenhout
• Adriana Brouwers (56), Roosendaal en Nispen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelis Best (68), Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Elisabeth van Doeland (78), Haaften, Gld, NL

• 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 » Arthur Rothstein, American photographer and educator († 1985)
• 1915 » Bijon Bhattacharya, Indian actor, singer, and screenwriter († 1978)
• 1917 » Lou Boudreau, American baseball player and manager († 2001)
• 1917 » Phyllis Diller, American actress, comedian, and voice artist († 2012)

• 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)
• 1932 » Rasmus Rasmussen, Norwegian actor, singer, and director (b. 1862)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Hendrika
8. Catharina
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Grietje
13. Geertruida
14. Aaltje
15. Helena
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 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 6.2 million citizens.
• January 9 » The Phi Beta Sigma fraternity is founded by African-American students at Howard University in Washington D.C., United States.
• February 13 » Copyright: In New York City the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers is established to protect the copyrighted musical compositions of its members.
• April 24 » The Franck–Hertz experiment, a pillar of quantum mechanics, is presented to the German Physical Society.
• August 6 » World War I: Serbia declares war on Germany; Austria declares war on Russia.
• August 29 » World War I: Start of the Battle of St. Quentin in which the French Fifth Army counter-attacked the invading Germans at Saint-Quentin, Aisne.
• September 1 » The last known passenger pigeon, a female named Martha, dies in captivity in the Cincinnati Zoo.

The temperature on July 17, 1914 was between 8.2 °C and 22.2 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 11.2 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.