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• Anna van Kessel, Ter Aar (Papenveer) († 2009)
• Bastiaan Petrus Goos, Terheijden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1917)
• Arie Kuijvenhoven, Naaldwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2005)
• Andreas BONTHUIS, Haskerland(Friesland) († 1987)
• Bertha Amelia Croon, Wezembeek, 1970, België († 2007)
• A.F(Antonius) oude Tijdhof, Oldenzaal († 1962)
• Agnes Hedwig Tempels, Megchelen (Oude IJsselstreek), Gelderland, Nederland († 1978)
• Antonius Johannes BINNENDIJK, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland († 2003)
• Afra Divera Beerepoot, Wognum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2000)
• Betsy Wiggers, Oldenzaal, Overijssel, Netherlands († 1989)

• Alida Westen (48), Vlagtwedde
• Adriana van Beek (54), Hoenkoop, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Maria CENTEN (82), Wanroij(N-Br.)
• Adrianus Breugom (89), Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aldert Worp (81), Amsterdam
• Adriana van Beek (54), Hoenkoop, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antje (Pieters) de Jong (85), Het Bildt, St. Jacobiparochie
• Alida van Leeuwen (20), Vinkeveen en Waverveen
• Adriana van Beek (54), Hoenkoop, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriana Huizer (1), Rotterdam

• 1914 » Ralph Flanagan, American pianist, composer, and conductor († 1995)
• 1915 » Billie Holiday, American singer-songwriter and actress († 1959)
• 1915 » Henry Kuttner, American author († 1958)
• 1915 » Stanley Adams, American actor and screenwriter († 1977)
• 1916 » Anthony Caruso, American actor († 2003)
• 1917 » R. G. Armstrong, American actor and playwright († 2012)
• 1918 » Bobby Doerr, American baseball player and coach († 2017)
• 1919 » Edoardo Mangiarotti, Italian fencer († 2012)
• 1919 » Roger Lemelin, Canadian author and screenwriter († 1992)
• 1920 » Ravi Shankar, Indian-American sitar player and composer († 2012)

• 1891 » P. T. Barnum, American businessman and politician, co-founded The Barnum & Bailey Circus (b. 1810)
• 1917 » Spyridon Samaras, Greek composer and playwright (b. 1861)
• 1918 » David Kolehmainen, Finnish wrestler (b. 1885)
• 1918 » George E. Ohr, American potter (b. 1857)
• 1920 » Karl Binding, German lawyer and jurist (b. 1841)
• 1922 » James McGowen, Australian politician, 18th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1855)
• 1928 » Alexander Bogdanov, Russian physician, philosopher, and author (b. 1873)
• 1932 » Grigore Constantinescu, Romanian priest and journalist (b. 1875)
• 1938 » Suzanne Valadon, French painter (b. 1865)
• 1939 » Joseph Lyons, Australian educator and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1879)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Catharina
8. Hendrika
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Geertruida
13. Aaltje
14. Grietje
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 6.5 million citizens.
• January 31 » World War I: Germany announces that its U-boats will resume unrestricted submarine warfare after a two-year hiatus.
• March 8 » The United States Senate votes to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule.
• April 12 » World War I: Canadian forces successfully complete the taking of Vimy Ridge from the Germans.
• May 27 » Pope Benedict XV promulgates the 1917 Code of Canon Law, the first comprehensive codification of Catholic canon law in the legal history of the Catholic Church.
• November 24 » In Milwaukee, nine members of the Milwaukee Police Department are killed by a bomb, the most deaths in a single event in U.S. police history until the September 11 attacks in 2001.
• December 11 » World War I: British General Edmund Allenby enters Jerusalem on foot and declares martial law.

The temperature on April 7, 1917 was between -0.8 °C and 7.3 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.