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• Arie ONDERDELINDEN, Maassluis († 2003)
• Bastiaan Parlevliet, Katwijk aan Zee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1981)
• Aaltiena Geziena van Delden, Bergentheim (Hardenberg) († 1918)
• Alphonsus van der Smaal († 2006)
• Beatrice Cornelia Pekelaer, Fijnaart en Heijningen (gem. Moerdijk) († 1940)
• Augusta Virgenie Maintz, Sittard, Limburg, Nederland († 1945)
• Albert Pater, Inwood (Lyon, Iowa, USA) († 2009)
• Arend Dijkhuis († 1972)
• Antonius Nicolas Antonius Edelbroek, Dongen, North Brabant, Netherlands († 1981)
• Adrianus Nicolaas Antonius Edelbroek, Dongen († 1981)

• Alijda Maasen (76), Amersfoort
• Adriaantje Groen (71), Rotterdam
• Alexander Mensink (81), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adam van Vugt (0), Rijswijk (Noord-Brabant)
• Alijda Maasen (Maassen) (76), Amersfoort
• Adolph Josephus Kuipers (8), Rotterdam
• Abraham Silberstein (85), Rotterdam, 3000, Nederland
• Arnold Basil Ritz, Putten
• Arie van Esse (32), Amerongen
• Arie Van Esse (32), Amerongen, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1913 » Mark Felt, American lawyer and agent, 2nd Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation († 2008)
• 1914 » Bill Downs, American journalist († 1978)
• 1914 » Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr., American lawyer and politician († 1988)
• 1916 » Moses Majekodunmi, Nigerian physician and politician († 2012)
• 1918 » Evelyn Ankers, British-American actress († 1985)
• 1918 » Ike Quebec, American saxophonist and pianist († 1963)
• 1918 » Michael John Wise, English geographer and academic († 2015)
• 1919 » Georgia Gibbs, American singer († 2006)
• 1920 » Lida Moser, American photographer and author († 2014)
• 1920 » Maureen O'Hara, Irish-American actress and singer († 2015)

• 1901 » Edmond Audran, French organist and composer (b. 1842)
• 1903 » Hans Gude, Norwegian-German painter and academic (b. 1825)
• 1908 » Radoje Domanović, Serbian satirist and journalist (b. 1873)
• 1909 » Madan Lal Dhingra, Indian activist (b. 1883)
• 1918 » Moisei Uritsky, Russian activist and politician (b. 1873)
• 1920 » Ray Chapman, American baseball player (b. 1891)
• 1924 » Tom Kendall, English-Australian cricketer and journalist (b. 1851)
• 1925 » Ioan Slavici, Romanian journalist and author (b. 1848)
• 1935 » Adam Gunn, American decathlete (b. 1872)
• 1935 » Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American sociologist and author (b. 1860)

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.
• April 9 » World War I: The Battle of Arras: The battle begins with Canadian Corps executing a massive assault on Vimy Ridge.
• May 26 » Several powerful tornadoes rip through Illinois, including the city of Mattoon.
• June 28 » World War I: Greece joins the Allied powers.
• July 17 » King George V issues a Proclamation stating that the male line descendants of the British Royal Family will bear the surname Windsor.
• July 27 » World War I: The Allies reach the Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele.
• December 11 » World War I: British General Edmund Allenby enters Jerusalem on foot and declares martial law.

The temperature on August 17, 1917 was between 11.8 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.