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• Albertus Hulshof († 2002)
• Anna Hollander, Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Aart Port, Oldebroek, Nederland († 1918)
• Anna Gildemeijer, Schoorl
• Cecilia (Cil) Keuren, Roermond, Nederland († 1993)
• Asta Quida de Lyon († 2005)
• Berendina Henderkina Schokker, Nieuw-Weerdinge, Emmen († 2008)
• Adrianus Marinus Koomen, Amsterdam († 2011)
• Angele Irma Decorte, Gits, België († 2010)
• Christiaan Buursink, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1967)

• AntjeTamis Ruiter (80), Spanbroek, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Annigje Bosch (86), Kampen
• Antonia Maria Bils (43), 's Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham van Trommel (73), Rotterdam
• Allie May Underwood (37), Lawrence County, Missouri
• Adrianus van Kempen (57), Barendrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Petronella Johanna Smolders (0), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• anna elisabeth christina jaburg (86), amsterdam
• Adrianus WOUDTS (55), Vught, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Rens (79), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1914 » Bill Owen, English actor and songwriter († 1999)
• 1914 » Lee Hays, American singer-songwriter († 1981)
• 1914 » Lee Petty, American race car driver and businessman, founded Petty Enterprises († 2000)
• 1915 » Alexander Brott, Canadian violinist, composer, and conductor († 2005)
• 1916 » Horton Foote, American author, playwright, and screenwriter († 2009)
• 1917 » Alan Smith, English lieutenant and pilot († 2013)
• 1918 » Zoia Horn, American librarian († 2014)
• 1919 » Max Shulman, American author and screenwriter († 1988)
• 1920 » Dorothy Tyler-Odam, English high jumper († 2014)
• 1920 » Hank Ketcham, American author and cartoonist, created Dennis the Menace († 2001)

• 1877 » Juan Manuel de Rosas, Argentinian general and politician, 17th Governor of Buenos Aires Province (b. 1793)
• 1883 » Karl Marx, German philosopher and theorist (b. 1818)
• 1884 » Quintino Sella, Italian economist and politician, Italian Minister of Finances (b. 1827)
• 1932 » George Eastman, American inventor and businessman, founded Eastman Kodak (b. 1854)
• 1953 » Klement Gottwald, Czechoslovak Communist politician and 14th President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1896)
• 1957 » Evagoras Pallikarides, Cypriot activist (b. 1938)
• 1965 » Marion Jones Farquhar, American tennis player (b. 1879)
• 1968 » Erwin Panofsky, German historian and academic (b. 1892)
• 1969 » Ben Shahn, Lithuanian-American painter, illustrator, and educator (b. 1898)
• 1973 » Howard H. Aiken, American computer scientist and engineer (b. 1900)

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.
• March 26 » World War I: First Battle of Gaza: British troops are halted after 17,000 Turks block their advance.
• September 26 » World War I: The Battle of Polygon Wood begins.
• November 7 » The Gregorian calendar date of the October Revolution, which gets its name from the Julian calendar date of 25 October. On this date in 1917, the Bolsheviks storm the Winter Palace.
• November 8 » The first Council of People's Commissars is formed, including Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin.
• December 6 » Halifax Explosion: A munitions explosion near Halifax, Nova Scotia kills more than 1,900 people in the largest artificial explosion up to that time.

The average temperature on March 14, 1917 was 4.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.