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• Adib Feres, São Paulo, Brasil († 1969)
• Aloijsius Maria Prater, Tilburg († 1916)
• Antje Dalstra, GORREDIJK († 1998)
• Adriana Jacoba van Zon, Oisterwijk († 1917)
• Anthonia van Waalwijk van Doorn, Rotterdam († 1993)
• Vink, Wageningen († 1915)
• Adriaan Teunisz Ligter, Laren († 1993)
• Antje van Essen, Zuidbroek († 1917)
• Aaltje Koning, Winschoten
• Annigje Kolthoorn, Zwolle, Nederland († 2000)

• Cornelia Pietersd (Neeltje) Konijn (86), 't Veld
• Aaltje Trap (5), Beverwijk
• Aders Jørgen Paulsen (80), Vågan i Lofoten, Norway
• Babette Wiesenthal Stern (77)
• catharina hent (66), amsterdam
• Vink (0), Wageningen
• Cornelia Konijn- (86), 't Veld, Nederland
• Abraham Spoor (2), Kalkwijk gem. Hoogezand
• Annie Euphemia Coon (72), Gainsborough, Ontario, Canada
• Cornelia de Lange (74), Purmerend, North Holland, Netherlands

• 1910 » Red Foley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1968)
• 1914 » John Hersey, American journalist and author († 1993)
• 1915 » David "Stringbean" Akeman, American singer and banjo player († 1973)
• 1915 » Marcel Cadieux, Canadian civil servant and diplomat, Canadian Ambassador to the United States († 1981)
• 1916 » Terry Gilkyson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1999)
• 1917 » Dufferin Roblin, Canadian politician, 14th Premier of Manitoba († 2010)
• 1918 » Ajahn Chah, Thai monk and educator († 1992)
• 1919 » Beryl Reid, English actress († 1996)
• 1919 » John Moffat, Scottish lieutenant and pilot († 2016)
• 1919 » William Kaye Estes, American psychologist and academic († 2011)

• 1889 » Lozen, Chiracaua Apache warrior woman (b. ~1840)
• 1898 » Edward Burne-Jones, English soldier and painter (b. 1833)
• 1904 » Nikolay Bobrikov, Russian soldier and politician, Governor-General of Finland (b. 1839)
• 1936 » Julius Seljamaa, Estonian journalist, politician, and diplomat, Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1883)
• 1939 » Allen Sothoron, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1893)
• 1939 » Eugen Weidmann, German criminal (b. 1908)
• 1940 » Arthur Harden, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1941 » Johan Wagenaar, Dutch organist and composer (b. 1862)
• 1942 » Charles Fitzpatrick, Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Chief Justice of Canada (b. 1853)
• 1952 » Jack Parsons, American chemist and engineer (b. 1914)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Geertruida
13. Grietje
14. Neeltje
15. Helena
16. Margaretha

• 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 6.3 million citizens.
• January 12 » The United States House of Representatives rejects a proposal to require states to give women the right to vote.
• June 29 » The North Saskatchewan River flood of 1915 is the worst flood in Edmonton history.
• July 7 » The First Battle of the Isonzo comes to an end.
• August 29 » US Navy salvage divers raise F-4, the first U.S. submarine sunk in an accident.
• September 15 » The Empire Picture Theatre (now The New Empire Cinema), the oldest running cinema in mainland Australia, opens in Bowral, New South Wales.
• October 14 » World War I: Bulgaria joins the Central Powers.

The temperature on June 17, 1915 was between 6.3 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.