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• Anna Majoor, Emmen († 1983)
• Antonius Adrianus Aanraad, Geldrop († 1943)
• Adriana van Poortvliet, St. Annaland († 1987)
• Adriana Hendrika van Olm, Vlissingen († 1990)
• ADRIANUS DUBBELMAN, LAGE ZWALUWE († 1934)
• Adriana van Poortvliet, Sint Annaland,Gemeente Tholen,Zeeland,Netherlands († 1987)
• Antonius Johannes Wilhelmus Mulder, Groenlo († 1917)
• Albert Nijland, Barger-Erfscheidenveen (Emmen) († 1985)
• Albertus Hermannus Schabbink, Hertme, Borne, Overijssel, Nederland († 2002)
• Aart van Grootheest († 1962)

• van Polen (0), Exloërmond (Odoorn)
• Alberdina Ottos BLEEKER (58), Scheemda Groningen Netherlands
• Adrianus van den Maagdenberg (49), Oud en nieuw Gastel
• Adrianus Thuijs (Thuys, Thuysch, Thuis, Thuiss, Thuijs, Thuijsch, Thuijssch) (63), Heemstede, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert van der Veen (76)
• Abraham van Iwaarden (35), Sint Annaland
• Adriaantje Houtenbos (84), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna (Antje) VOOIJS (63), Oegstgeest, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Vooijs (63), Oegstgeest, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Alberdina Keurhorst (72), Apeldoorn

• 1914 » Arthur Kennedy, American actor († 1990)
• 1914 » Wayne Morris, American actor and producer († 1959)
• 1916 » Alexander Obolensky, Russian rugby player and pilot († 1940)
• 1916 » Don Tallon, Australian cricketer († 1984)
• 1916 » Raf Vallone, Italian footballer and actor († 2002)
• 1918 » Jacqueline Ferrand, French mathematician († 2014)
• 1918 » William Bronk, American poet and academic († 1999)
• 1919 » J. M. S. Careless, Canadian historian and academic († 2009)
• 1919 » Joe Hunt, American tennis player († 1945)
• 1919 » Kathleen Freeman, American actress and singer († 2001)

• 1874 » Adolphe Quetelet, Belgian astronomer, mathematician, and sociologist (b. 1796)
• 1890 » Christopher Latham Sholes, American publisher and politician (b. 1819)
• 1905 » William Bickerton, English-American religious leader, leader in the Latter Day Saint movement (b. 1815)
• 1909 » Geronimo, American tribal leader (b. 1829)
• 1912 » Edgar Evans, Welsh sailor and explorer (b. 1876)
• 1919 » Wilfrid Laurier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1841)
• 1934 » Albert I of Belgium (b. 1875)
• 1934 » Siegbert Tarrasch, German chess player and theoretician (b. 1862)
• 1939 » Willy Hess, German violinist and educator (b. 1859)
• 1946 » Dorothy Gibson, American actress and singer (b. 1889)

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. Arie

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 5 » The Congress of the United States passes the Immigration Act of 1917 over President Woodrow Wilson's veto.
• April 12 » World War I: Canadian forces successfully complete the taking of Vimy Ridge from the Germans.
• May 13 » Three children report the first apparition of Our Lady of Fátima in Fátima, Portugal.
• May 21 » The Great Atlanta fire of 1917 causes $5.5million in damages, destroying some 300 acres including 2,000 homes, businesses and churches, displacing about 10,000 people but leading to only one fatality (due to heart attack).
• October 12 » World War I: The First Battle of Passchendaele takes place resulting in the largest single-day loss of life in New Zealand history.
• November 5 » Tikhon is elected the Patriarch of Moscow and of the Russian Orthodox Church.

The temperature on February 17, 1917 was between -1.1 °C and 6.6 °C and averaged 3.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.