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• Albertus Gerardus Hogervorst, Nieuwer-Amstel († 1938)
• Anna Catharina Schimmel († 2007)
• Andries Hendrik van den Berg, Avereest († 2023)
• Antonius A. de Vos († 1970)
• Albert, Bernard DE VLEESSCHAUWER († 1984)
• Albert de PAUL de BARCHIFONTAINE, Stevoort,Provincie Limburg,Flanders,Belgi († 1969)
• Adriana Maria [Rie] van der Kruk, Den Haag († 1950)
• Antonius A. de Vos († 1970)
• Antonia van der Heijden, Heesch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1960)
• Antonius Vincent Wilhelmus Lempens, Swalmen († 1974)

• Anna Jans Pel (34), Heerenveen, Heerenveen, Friesland, Nederland
• Arthur William Woodbury (23)
• Anacleto Mondragon (75), Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Antje Gerbens Slottje (42), utingeradeel
• Aart Foppen (0), Harderwijk
• Adrianus Heuvelman (57), Ouderkerk aan den IJssel, Nederland
• Antje Gerbens Slottje (42), Oldeboorn
• Anna PEL (35), Schoterland Friesland Netherlands
• Adrianus Groeneveld (62), Rockanje, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham MEIJER

• 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 » Christiane Rochefort, French author († 1998)
• 1917 » Kenan Evren, Turkish general and politician, 7th President of Turkey († 2015)
• 1917 » Lou Boudreau, American baseball player and manager († 2001)
• 1917 » Phyllis Diller, American actress, comedian, and voice artist († 2012)

• 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)
• 1935 » George William Russell, Irish poet and painter (b. 1867)

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.
• January 19 » German strategic bombing during World War I: German zeppelins bomb the towns of Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn in the United Kingdom killing at least 20 people, in the first major aerial bombardment of a civilian target.
• May 6 » Babe Ruth, then a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, hits his first major league home run.
• August 17 » A Category 4 hurricane hits Galveston, Texas with winds at 135 miles per hour (217km/h).
• August 27 » Attempted assassination of Bishop Patrick Heffron, bishop of the Diocese of Winona by Rev. Louis M. Lesches.
• September 12 » French soldiers rescue over 4,000 Armenian Genocide survivors stranded on Musa Dagh.

The temperature on July 17, 1915 was between 12.4 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 23.0 mm of rain. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.