About the day » Thursday March 22, 1917Calender converter

• Agnita Christina Jolen, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2002)
• Abraham van Erk, Amsterdam
• Arie Bijl († 2001)
• Abraham Johannes de Hoop († 1917)
• Antje Ploeger, Winschoten, Groningen, Nederland († 1998)
• Adriana Gevers, Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1981)
• Anna Elizabeth BLOK, Velsen Ijmuiden († 1923)
• Jan Drok, Veendam († 1917)
• Anna Josephina van Halen, Lith († 2001)
• Annigje Winter(s), Achterbuurt (Steenwijkerwold) († 1917)

• Maatje Tannetje Adriana Biesen (4), Middelburg
• Amelia Sophia Louwagie (73), Oostende
• Anna Maria Peper (56), Haarlem
• Aniela Moreń (40)
• Annigje Winters (0), Achterbuurt (Steenwijkerwold)
• (roepnaam Nathalie) Maria Adelheid Natalie Rosenkranz (68), Nijmegen
• Abraham Johannes de Hoop (0), Gouda, Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Juistema (59), Groningen,, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Josefa Duijsens (83), Sint-Geertruid, Margraten
• (Grote) Evert (Piep) Tuyp (65)

• 1914 » Donald Stokes, Baron Stokes, English businessman († 2008)
• 1914 » John Stanley, American author and illustrator († 1993)
• 1917 » Irving Kaplansky, Canadian-American mathematician and academic († 2006)
• 1917 » Paul Rogers, English actor († 2013)
• 1917 » Virginia Grey, American actress († 2004)
• 1918 » Cheddi Jagan, Guyanese politician, 4th President of Guyana († 1997)
• 1919 » Bernard Krigstein, American illustrator († 1990)
• 1920 » James Brown, American actor and singer († 1992)
• 1920 » Lloyd MacPhail, Canadian businessman and politician, 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island († 1995)
• 1920 » Werner Klemperer, German-American actor († 2000)

• 1881 » Samuel Courtauld, English businessman (b. 1793)
• 1896 » Thomas Hughes, English lawyer and politician (b. 1822)
• 1913 » Ruggero Oddi, Italian physiologist and anatomist (b.1864)
• 1913 » Song Jiaoren, Chinese educator and politician (b. 1882)
• 1924 » William Macewen, Scottish surgeon and neuroscientist (b. 1848)
• 1931 » James Campbell, 1st Baron Glenavy, Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1851)
• 1942 » Frederick Cuming, English cricketer (b. 1875)
• 1942 » William Donne, English captain and cricketer (b. 1875)
• 1945 » John Hessin Clarke, American lawyer and judge (b. 1857)
• 1952 » D. S. Senanayake, 1st Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (b. 1883)

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.
• January 19 » Silvertown explosion: A blast at a munitions factory in London kills 73 and injures over 400. The resulting fire causes over £2,000,000 worth of damage.
• March 8 » International Women's Day protests in St. Petersburg mark the beginning of the February Revolution (February 23rd in the Julian calendar).
• May 26 » Several powerful tornadoes rip through Illinois, including the city of Mattoon.
• July 6 » World War I: Arabian troops led by T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") and Auda ibu Tayi capture Aqaba from the Ottoman Empire during the Arab Revolt.
• July 31 » World War I: The Battle of Passchendaele begins near Ypres in West Flanders, Belgium.
• December 6 » Finland declares independence from Soviet Russia.

The temperature on March 22, 1917 was between -4.0 and 5.1 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.