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• Adriana Sibles van der Werf, Lemelerveld, Overijssel, Nederland († 2001)
• Adrianus Verboon, Maasland († 1986)
• Alida Mathilda Plantema, Nijmegen († 1992)
• Aaltje Westerhof († 1997)
• Adriana Johanna van der Werf, Lemelerveld († 2001)
• Akke van de Werf, Emmer-Compascuum, Emmen († 2016)
• Aaltje Schilder († 1943)
• Bultsma, Doniawerstal, Friesland, Nederland († 1917)
• Adriana Hoogendoorn, Harmelen, Utrecht, Nederland († 2007)
• Arie Slegers († 1989)

• Antje Sytzes Kooistra (60)
• Adrianus Suijkerbuijk (78), Wouw, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• ALIDA VENTE (90), BERGSCHENHOEK
• Baukje Laurens KRAMER (74), Loosduinen, Zuid-Holland (Nederland)
• Adrianus Casper Honders (56), Utrecht
• Adrianus Casper Honders- (56), Utrecht, Nederland
• Bastiaan Johannes van Leer (59), Zwijndrecht, Nederland
• Anna Maria Vinken (50), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arend Meijerhof (3), Woldendorp (NL)
• Aaltje Fris (73), Zaandam

• 1914 » Nuccio Bertone, Italian automobile designer († 1997)
• 1915 » Timmie Rogers, American actor and singer-songwriter († 2006)
• 1916 » Iva Toguri D'Aquino, American typist and broadcaster († 2006)
• 1918 » Alec Bedser, English cricketer († 2010)
• 1918 » Eppie Lederer, American journalist and radio host († 2002)
• 1918 » Eric Bedser, English cricketer († 2006)
• 1918 » Johnnie Parsons, American race car driver († 1984)
• 1918 » Pauline Phillips, American journalist and radio host, created Dear Abby († 2013)
• 1918 » King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV of Tonga, († 2006)
• 1920 » Norm Drucker, American basketball player and referee († 2015)

• 1901 » Johannes Schmidt, German linguist and academic (b. 1843)
• 1902 » Vivekananda, Indian monk and saint (b. 1863)
• 1905 » Élisée Reclus, French geographer and author (b. 1830)
• 1910 » Giovanni Schiaparelli, Italian astronomer and historian (b. 1835)
• 1910 » Melville Fuller, American lawyer and jurist, Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1833)
• 1916 » Alan Seeger, American soldier and poet (b. 1888)
• 1922 » Lothar von Richthofen, German lieutenant and pilot (b. 1894)
• 1926 » Pier Giorgio Frassati, Italian activist and saint (b. 1901)
• 1934 » Marie Curie, French-Polish physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
• 1938 » Otto Bauer, Austrian philosopher and politician, Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1881)

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 17 » The United States pays Denmark $25 million for the Virgin Islands.
• May 13 » Three children report the first apparition of Our Lady of Fátima in Fátima, Portugal.
• August 28 » Ten Suffragettes are arrested while picketing the White House.
• November 20 » World War I: Battle of Cambrai begins: British forces make early progress in an attack on German positions but are later pushed back.
• December 7 » World War I: The United States declares war on Austria-Hungary.
• December 9 » World War I: Field Marshal Allenby captures Jerusalem, Palestine.

The temperature on July 4, 1917 was between 10.4 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 13.6 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.