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• Antonia Hakkeling, Noorden, Nederland († 2010)
• Anna Cornelia van Steen, Standdaarbuiten,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1985)
• Adrianus Antonius Deckers Dekkers, Roosendaal († 1919)
• Antje Blom, Monnickendam († 1959)
• Antje Gerrtidina Kikkert, De Waal († 2007)
• Antje Gerritdina Kikkert, De Waal Texel († 2007)
• Alphonsus Steinbusch, Recklinghausen (D) († 1921)
• Anna Elisabeth Kickken, Schin op Geul, Valkenburg aan de Geul († 1997)
• Antoon Antonius Martinus Petrus Bernardus Kollau, Tilburg († 1990)
• Adrianus Verwater, Rotterdam,Zuid-Holland,Nederland († 1917)

• Adriaan Geene (61), Wolphaartsdijk, Gemeente Goes, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anne Rens (1), Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aleida Berendina Grutterink (52), Varsseveld (Oude Ijsselstreek), Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje SCHERMER (81), Graft, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus van der Biezen (54), Heesch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Kielman (85), Slochteren, Groningen, The Netherlands
• Kristiaan Kielman (83), Kolham
• Annigje Banen (0), Het Schut, Hoogeveen
• Anna Hestrea Lambertina Terwogt (76), Utrecht
• Aafje Dina Nieuwenhoff (54), Almelo

• 1914 » Yuri Andropov, Russian politician († 1984)
• 1915 » Nini Theilade, Danish ballet dancer, choreographer, and educator († 2018)
• 1915 » Thomas Huckle Weller, American biologist and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 2008)
• 1916 » Herbert A. Simon, American political scientist and economist, Nobel Prize laureate († 2001)
• 1916 » Horacio Salgán, Argentinian pianist, composer, and conductor († 2016)
• 1916 » Olga Erteszek, Polish-American fashion designer († 1989)
• 1917 » John Fenn, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2010)
• 1917 » Lash LaRue, American actor and producer († 1996)
• 1917 » Michalis Genitsaris, Greek singer-songwriter († 2005)
• 1918 » François Tombalbaye, Chadian politician, 1st President of Chad († 1975)

• 1888 » Frederick III, German Emperor (b. 1831)
• 1889 » Mihai Eminescu, Romanian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1850)
• 1890 » Unryū Kyūkichi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 10th Yokozuna (b. 1822)
• 1917 » Kristian Birkeland, Norwegian physicist and academic (b. 1867)
• 1934 » Alfred Bruneau, French cellist and composer (b. 1857)
• 1938 » Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German painter and illustrator (b. 1880)
• 1941 » Evelyn Underhill, English mystic and author (b. 1875)
• 1941 » Otfrid Foerster, German neurologist and physician (b. 1873)
• 1945 » Count Albert von Mensdorff-Pouilly-Dietrichstein, Austrian diplomat
• 1961 » Giulio Cabianca, Italian racing driver (b. 1923)

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.
• March 8 » The United States Senate votes to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule.
• March 11 » World War I: Mesopotamian campaign: Baghdad falls to Anglo-Indian forces commanded by General Stanley Maude.
• April 2 » World War I: United States President Woodrow Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.
• May 13 » Three children report the first apparition of Our Lady of Fátima in Fátima, Portugal.
• November 25 » World War I: German forces defeat Portuguese army of about 1,200 at Negomano on the border of modern-day Mozambique and Tanzania.
• December 15 » World War I: An armistice between Russia and the Central Powers is signed.

The temperature on June 15, 1917 was between 11.9 °C and 26.9 °C and averaged 20.6 °C. There was 13.8 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.