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• Antonius Franciscus Johannes Pothof, Lichtenvoorde
• Amelia, Johanna, Jacoba Goetschalckx, Meer (Belgie) († 1999)
• Albert Kramer, Urk, Flevoland, Nederland († 1976)
• Anna Maria van Schaijk, Berghem, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2015)
• Addie Jane Hamrick, North Carolina († 1999)
• Albert Hoffer, Hoogkarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1977)
• Abram Wurms, Amsterdam, North Holland, The Netherlands († 1943)
• Aaltje Jacobse, Middelburg († 1943)
• Andries Spin *, Steenwijkerwold († 1938)
• Antonij Bongers, Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1916)

• Aaldert Jonkman (78), Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje Vording (69), Fremont, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Antonius Henricus Hubertus Leonardus Caris (0), Nederweert
• Alphonsus SANNEN (21), Zuidschote
• Anne Annes Dekinga (25), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands
• Adrianus Verhoef (68), Lopik
• 'n Levenloos geboren dochter van Akerboom (0), Ter Aar (Langeraar)
• Aloysius Weyn (68), Hamme-Damstraat
• Arie Rodenburg (72), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Leendert Krijn van Munster (0), Rotterdam

• 1911 » Mikhail Botvinnik, Russian chess player and engineer († 1995)
• 1913 » Mark Felt, American lawyer and agent, 2nd Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation († 2008)
• 1913 » Oscar Alfredo Gálvez, Argentinian race car driver († 1989)
• 1913 » Rudy York, American baseball player and manager († 1970)
• 1914 » Bill Downs, American journalist († 1978)
• 1914 » Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr., American lawyer and politician († 1988)
• 1916 » Moses Majekodunmi, Nigerian physician and politician († 2012)
• 1918 » Evelyn Ankers, British-American actress († 1985)
• 1918 » Ike Quebec, American saxophonist and pianist († 1963)
• 1918 » Michael John Wise, English geographer and academic († 2015)

• 1897 » William Jervois, English engineer and diplomat, 10th Governor of South Australia (b. 1821)
• 1901 » Edmond Audran, French organist and composer (b. 1842)
• 1903 » Hans Gude, Norwegian-German painter and academic (b. 1825)
• 1908 » Radoje Domanović, Serbian satirist and journalist (b. 1873)
• 1909 » Madan Lal Dhingra, Indian activist (b. 1883)
• 1918 » Moisei Uritsky, Russian activist and politician (b. 1873)
• 1920 » Ray Chapman, American baseball player (b. 1891)
• 1924 » Tom Kendall, English-Australian cricketer and journalist (b. 1851)
• 1925 » Ioan Slavici, Romanian journalist and author (b. 1848)
• 1935 » Adam Gunn, American decathlete (b. 1872)

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 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 1 » The RMSLusitania departs from New York City on her 202nd, and final, crossing of the North Atlantic. Six days later, the ship is torpedoed off the coast of Ireland with the loss of 1,198 lives.
• June 5 » Denmark amends its constitution to allow women's suffrage.
• July 7 » The First Battle of the Isonzo comes to an end.
• July 24 » The passenger ship SSEastland capsizes while tied to a dock in the Chicago River. A total of 844 passengers and crew are killed in the largest loss of life disaster from a single shipwreck on the Great Lakes.
• July 28 » The United States begins a 19-year occupation of Haiti.

The temperature on August 17, 1915 was between 9.5 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.