About the day » Thursday March 15, 1917Calender converter

• Benjamin Odens († 2005)
• Antje Martje Scholte, Amsterdam
• Adrianus Johannes Kuijs, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1918)
• Arthurr Clifford Schurr, Royersford, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States of America († 1998)
• Anthonius Tjipjes, Assendelft NH NL († 1918)
• Antonie Sonneveldt, Hillegersberg, Nederland († 1981)
• Alvire Obdam, Bangkalan († 1917)
• Abraham Spruit, Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2000)
• Arnold Douven, Kerkrade († 1988)
• Anna Maria STRIEN, van, Raamsdonk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2001)

• Yttje Blesma (15), Sneek
• Alberdina Loois (85), Lutten
• Cornelia Elisabeth Drost (78), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland NL
• Arnoldus VOGELS (64), Beek en Donk, 3302, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Schots (72), Goirle, Nederland
• "Jacob" van Houten (71), Droegeham, Friesland, Nederland
• Charles Erskine Stuart (34), Died of wounds received in action
• Cornelia Leenaarts (78), Rijsbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anthonie Dopman (73), Veenhuizen (gem. Norg)
• Harm Veld (0), Hoogeveen

• 1913 » Jack Fairman, English race car driver († 2002)
• 1913 » Macdonald Carey, American actor († 1994)
• 1916 » Fadil Hoxha, Kosovar commander and politician, 2nd President of Kosovo († 2001)
• 1916 » Frank Coghlan, Jr., American actor and pilot († 2009)
• 1916 » Harry James, American trumpet player, bandleader, and actor († 1983)
• 1918 » Punch Imlach, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager († 1987)
• 1918 » Richard Ellmann, American author and critic († 1987)
• 1919 » Lawrence Tierney, American actor († 2002)
• 1920 » E. Donnall Thomas, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2012)
• 1921 » Madelyn Pugh, American television writer and producer († 2011)

• 1891 » Joseph Bazalgette, English engineer and academic (b. 1819)
• 1897 » James Joseph Sylvester, English mathematician and academic (b. 1814)
• 1898 » Henry Bessemer, English engineer and businessman (b. 1813)
• 1921 » Talaat Pasha, Ottoman politician, 281st Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1874)
• 1927 » Hector Rason, English-Australian politician, 7th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1858)
• 1933 » Gustavo Jiménez, Peruvian colonel and politician, 73rd President of Peru (b. 1886)
• 1937 » H. P. Lovecraft, American short story writer, editor, and novelist (b. 1890)
• 1938 » Nikolai Bukharin, Russian journalist and politician (b. 1888)
• 1939 » Luis Barceló, Spanish colonel (b. 1896)
• 1941 » Alexej von Jawlensky, Russian-German painter (b. 1864)

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 4 » Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first female member of the United States House of Representatives.
• March 16 » World War I: A German auxiliary cruiser is sunk in the Action of 16 March 1917.
• March 31 » According to the terms of the Treaty of the Danish West Indies, the islands become American possessions.
• 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).
• June 23 » In a game against the Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox pitcher Ernie Shore retires 26 batters in a row after replacing Babe Ruth, who had been ejected for punching the umpire.
• 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.

The temperature on March 15, 1917 was between -2.3 °C and 5.4 °C and averaged 0.5 °C. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (59%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.