About the day » Thursday February 22, 1917Calender converter

• Berend Koning, Hoogezand, Hoogezand-Sappemeer, Groningen, Netherlands († 1992)
• Aimée Cecile Charlotte Marie van Hövell van Wezeveld en Westerflier, Breda († 2021)
• Aaltje Pasterkamp († 1998)
• Baudouin ROELANTS du VIVIER, Hoeselt (Limburg) (B) († 2011)
• Peperzak, Nijmegen († 1996)
• Aaltjen Pasterkamp, Urk († 1998)
• Adriana ONDERDELINDEN, Middelharnis († 1999)
• Aaltjen Pasterkamp, Urk
• Baudouin ROELANTS du VIVIER, Hoeselt, Provincie Limburg, Vlaanderen, Belgie († 2011)
• Albert Niemeijer, Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland († 1981)

• Anna - Maria van Hooijdonk (72), Teteringen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Masselink (71), Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• Andries KUNST (73), Sint Philipsland
• Aafje Ariane Johanna Weel (44), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia van Niekerk (83), Amersfoort, UTR, Nederland
• Anne Durks Keuning (59), Duurswoude (gem. Opsterland)
• Adriana Alida Rietveld (16), rotterdam (zuid holland)
• Albert Ijfs (75), Alkmaar
• Aaltje Piek (33), Alkmaar, Nederland
• Antonia van Niekerk (83), Amersfoort

• 1914 » Renato Dulbecco, Italian-American virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2012)
• 1915 » Gus Lesnevich, American boxer († 1964)
• 1917 » Reed Crandall, American illustrator († 1982)
• 1918 » Don Pardo, American radio and television announcer († 2014)
• 1918 » Robert Wadlow, American man, the tallest person in recorded history († 1940)
• 1918 » Sid Abel, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager († 2000)
• 1921 » Giulietta Masina, Italian actress († 1994)
• 1921 » Jean-Bédel Bokassa, Central African general and politician, 2nd President of the Central African Republic († 1996)
• 1922 » Joe Wilder, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader († 2014)
• 1922 » Marshall Teague, American race car driver († 1959)

• 1897 » Charles Blondin, French tightrope walker and acrobat (b. 1824)
• 1898 » Heungseon Daewongun, Korean king (b. 1820)
• 1903 » Hugo Wolf, Austrian composer (b. 1860)
• 1904 » Leslie Stephen, English historian, author, and critic (b. 1832)
• 1913 » Ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss linguist and author (b. 1857)
• 1913 » Francisco I. Madero, Mexican president and author (b. 1873)
• 1923 » Théophile Delcassé, French politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1852)
• 1939 » Antonio Machado, Spanish-French poet and author (b. 1875)
• 1942 » Stefan Zweig, Austrian journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1881)
• 1943 » Christoph Probst, German activist (b. 1919)

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 24 » World War I: The U.S. ambassador Walter Hines Page to the United Kingdom is given the Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany pledges to ensure the return of New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona to Mexico if Mexico declares war on the United States.
• March 16 » World War I: A German auxiliary cruiser is sunk in the Action of 16 March 1917.
• June 7 » World War I: Battle of Messines: Allied soldiers detonate a series of mines underneath German trenches at Messines Ridge, killing 10,000 German troops.
• September 26 » World War I: The Battle of Polygon Wood begins.
• October 15 » World War I: Dutch dancer Mata Hari is executed by France for espionage.
• November 5 » Tikhon is elected the Patriarch of Moscow and of the Russian Orthodox Church.

The temperature on February 22, 1917 was between -1.0 °C and 4.1 °C and averaged 1.0 °C. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.