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• Alberta Johanna Maria Willems, Zaltbommel († 2009)
• Adrian Faasse, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2003)
• Albert Michel Bosmans, Gruitrode, Provincie Limburg, België († 1994)
• Anna Viktoria Owczarek, Herne (Germany) († 1957)
• Akke Koster, Rijperkerk († 2013)
• Anna Maria Bollebakker, Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude († 2001)
• Adrianus van den Hoek, Haastrecht († 1988)
• Anneke Johanna van Helden, barendrecht (zuid holland) († 2003)
• Arnold Frederics, Valkenburg, Valkenburg aan de Geul († 1996)
• Albert Gruisinga, Zeijen, Tynaarlo, Drenthe, Nederland († 1989)

• Anna Elisabeth CEULEMANS (84), Tielen, Kasterlee, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
• Adriaantje Vreeswijk (15), Nieuwe Tonge, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Anna Geertruida Ozinga (3), Zandvoort, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Annigje Oosting (80), Bonnen
• Aaltje Olderen van (74), Kesteren, Nederland
• Annigje Oosting (80), Gieten, Drenthe, Netherlands(Bonnen)
• Albert Everding (66), Kossuth County, Iowa
• Krabbendam (92), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Anna Petronella Keesom (35), Den Hoorn (Texel)
• Aaltje Schuiling (82), Het Bildt, Friesland, Nederland

• 1914 » María Félix, Yaqui/Basque-Mexican actress († 2002)
• 1915 » Ivan Supek, Croatian physicist, philosopher and writer († 2007)
• 1917 » Grigori Kuzmin, Russian-Estonian astronomer († 1988)
• 1917 » Hubertus Ernst, Dutch bishop († 2017)
• 1917 » Lloyd Bott, Australian public servant († 2004)
• 1917 » Winifred Asprey, American mathematician and computer scientist († 2007)
• 1918 » Betty Ford, American wife of Gerald Ford, 40th First Lady of the United States († 2011)
• 1918 » Glendon Swarthout, American author and academic († 1992)
• 1919 » Ian Smith, Zimbabwean lieutenant and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Rhodesia († 2007)
• 1921 » Franco Corelli, Italian tenor and actor († 2003)

• 1894 » Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, Indian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1838)
• 1906 » Auguste Deter, German woman, first person diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease (b. 1850)
• 1919 » Loránd Eötvös, Hungarian physicist, academic, and politician, Hungarian Minister of Education (b. 1848)
• 1920 » Charles Griffes, American pianist and composer (b. 1884)
• 1931 » Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Swedish poet Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
• 1936 » Božena Benešová, Czech poet and novelist (b. 1873)
• 1936 » Róbert Bárány, Austrian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1876)
• 1941 » Marcel Prévost, French novelist and playwright (b. 1862)
• 1942 » Kostas Skarvelis, Greek guitarist and composer (b. 1880)
• 1947 » Olaf Frydenlund, Norwegian target shooter (b. 1862)

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.
• February 3 » First World War: The American entry into World War I begins when diplomatic relations with Germany are severed due to its unrestricted submarine warfare.
• February 5 » The Congress of the United States passes the Immigration Act of 1917 over President Woodrow Wilson's veto.
• March 16 » World War I: A German auxiliary cruiser is sunk in the Action of 16 March 1917.
• July 17 » King George V issues a Proclamation stating that the male line descendants of the British Royal Family will bear the surname Windsor.
• August 18 » A Great Fire in Thessaloniki, Greece destroys 32% of the city leaving 70,000 individuals homeless.
• November 26 » The Manchester Guardian publishes the 1916 secret Sykes-Picot Agreement between the United Kingdom and France.

The temperature on April 8, 1917 was between -2.2 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 3.3 °C. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.