About the day » Tuesday February 27, 1917Calender converter

• Berdina Johanna van den Heuvel, Baardwijk († 1917)
• Casimir Frederik van Guldener, Beilen (gem. Midden-Drenthe) († 1991)
• Anna Maria Mechtildis Smackers, Stein, Limburg, Nederland († 2005)
• Arne Fabian Morén, Grönviken, Bräcke (Z) († 1995)
• Alijda Petronella van Deutekom, Baarle-Nassau († 2000)
• Belia Meijer, Gorinchem († 1942)
• Anetta den Hartog, `s-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Florent Van Mele, Temse (Oost-Vlaanderen, België) († 2004)
• Albert Lesquillier, Tjilatjap, Banjoemas
• Albert Joseph Van Acker, Sint-Joris-ten-Distel, België († 1991)

• Anna Maria Egelmeers (80), Oerle
• (68), Zevenbergen
• Adriana van der Kleij (76), Leiden
• Adriaantje van der Linden (71)
• Anna Glorie (33), Uitgeest
• Andries Pieters Hoeksma (20), in het militair hospitaal te Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Glorie (33), Castricum
• Adriana (Jacoba) den Heijer (92), Scheveningen
• Aaltjen Klein Nagelvoort (77), Zuna (wierden)
• Aaldert van Beek (48), Renkum

• 1912 » Kusumagraj, Indian author, poet, and playwright († 1999)
• 1912 » Lawrence Durrell, Indian-French author, poet, and playwright († 1990)
• 1913 » Irwin Shaw, American author and screenwriter († 1984)
• 1913 » Kazimierz Sabbat, Polish soldier and politician, President of Poland († 1989)
• 1913 » Paul Ricœur, French philosopher and academic († 2005)
• 1915 » Denis Whitaker, Canadian general, football player, and businessman († 2001)
• 1917 » John Connally, American lieutenant and politician, 61st United States Secretary of Treasury († 1993)
• 1920 » Reg Simpson, English cricketer († 2013)
• 1921 » Theodore Van Kirk, American soldier, pilot, and navigator († 2014)
• 1922 » Hans Rookmaaker, Dutch historian, author, and scholar († 1977)

• 1887 » Alexander Borodin, Russian composer and chemist (b. 1833)
• 1892 » Louis Vuitton, French fashion designer and businessman, founded Louis Vuitton (b. 1821)
• 1902 » Harry "Breaker" Morant, English-Australian lieutenant (b. 1864)
• 1921 » Schofield Haigh, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1871)
• 1931 » Chandra Shekhar Azad, Indian revolutionary (b. 1906)
• 1936 » Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1849)
• 1936 » Joshua W. Alexander, American judge and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1852)
• 1937 » Emily Malbone Morgan, American saint, foundress of the Society of the Companions of the Holy Cross (b. 1862)
• 1937 » Hosteen Klah, Navajo artist, medicine man, and weaver (b. 1867)
• 1943 » Kostis Palamas, Greek poet and playwright (b. 1859)

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.
• March 11 » World War I: Mesopotamian campaign: Baghdad falls to Anglo-Indian forces commanded by General Stanley Maude.
• June 11 » King Alexander assumes the throne of Greece after his father, Constantine I, abdicates under pressure from allied armies occupying Athens.
• June 28 » World War I: Greece joins the Allied powers.
• August 28 » Ten Suffragettes are arrested while picketing the White House.
• December 6 » World War I: USSJacob Jones is the first American destroyer to be sunk by enemy action when it is torpedoed by German submarine SMU-53.
• December 18 » The resolution containing the language of the Eighteenth Amendment to enact Prohibition is passed by the United States Congress.

The temperature on February 27, 1917 was between 0.2 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 2.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.