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• Arendje Jannetje Ardon, Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2005)
• Albert de Roo, De Wijk, Drenthe, Nederland († 2015)
• Alida Teiwes, Amsterdam († 1941)
• Adolf Gustaaf Jacobs, Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• Anna Maria Johanna Gaarthuis, Limmen
• Annechien Brouwer, Appelscha, Friesland, Netherlands († 1984)
• Aleida Polman, Haarlem († 1982)
• Catharina Anna Gretha Haller, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Christ Deelen († 2006)
• Bernardus Franciscus C. DER LEEUW, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1991)

• Aagje Groen (70), Oudkarspel
• Egbert Schimmel (76), Emmen Dr., NL
• Anna Elisabeth Franssen (76), Geleen, Sittard-Geleen
• Anna Isabella van der STEE (73), Zandvliet, Antwerpen, Belgie
• Egbert Hindriks Schimmel (76), Emmen
• Ellen Elizabeth Abbott **** (79), Ammon, Bonneville County, Idaho, United States of America
• Albert Hermsen (0), Echteld
• Egbert Schimmel (76), Emmen
• Ellen Cornelia Covington (31), Loa, Wayne County, Utah, United States of America
• Antje Vermaas (77), Naarden

• 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)
• 1918 » Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio, Guatemalan soldier and politician, President of Guatemala († 2003)
• 1918 » Red Sovine, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1980)

• 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. Jacob
10. Albert
11. Adrianus
12. Jacobus
13. Wilhelmus
14. Gerardus
15. Dirk
16. Marinus

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

• 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 6.4 million citizens.
• January 9 » World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli concludes with an Ottoman Empire victory when the last Allied forces are evacuated from the peninsula.
• February 29 » Tokelau is annexed by the United Kingdom.
• August 14 » Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary.
• September 17 » World War I: Manfred von Richthofen ("The Red Baron"), a flying ace of the German Luftstreitkräfte, wins his first aerial combat near Cambrai, France.
• December 6 » World War I: The Central Powers capture Bucharest.
• December 18 » World War I: The Battle of Verdun ends when German forces under Chief of staff Erich von Falkenhayn are defeated by the French, and suffer 337,000 casualties.

The temperature on July 17, 1916 was between 9.9 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.