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• Aaltje de Lange, Enschede († 1995)
• Adrianus van den ANCKER, Weesp († 1959)
• Anna Hendrickx, Afferden, North Brabant, Netherlands († 2002)
• Adriaan Dingenus GOEDEGEBUURE, Sint Annaland, Zeeland, Nederland († 2012)
• Albertus Arnoldus Broeze, Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 1996)
• Adriana Petronella Nouwens, Tilburg († 2002)
• Anna Maria Aretz, Schaesberg († 1967)
• Abraham de Visser, Gouda,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Zwackhalen, Roermond, Limburg, Nederland
• Abraham van der Gugten, Rijnsburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2013)

• Anna de Boer (48), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Dorreman (84), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Albert van der Wijk (73), Leeuwte (Vollenhove, Ambt)
• Antoinette WITHAEGS (48), Ossendrecht(Nl)
• Adriana Van Laar (75), Ingen, Gelderland,NL
• Adolph Metelmann (86), Hamburg, Hamburg
• Antje Jelles Veenstra (74)
• Veenhof (0)
• Anna Verheul (89), Voorburg, Nederland
• antje hempenius (59), groningen

• 1914 » Dagmar Lange, Swedish author († 1991)
• 1914 » Octavio Paz, Mexican poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate († 1998)
• 1915 » Albert Hourani, English historian and author († 1993)
• 1915 » Shoichi Yokoi, Japanese sergeant († 1997)
• 1916 » John H. Wood, Jr., American lawyer and judge († 1979)
• 1916 » Lucille Bliss, American voice actress († 2012)
• 1916 » Tommy Bolt, American golfer († 2008)
• 1917 » Dorothy DeLay, American violinist and educator († 2002)
• 1918 » Ted Post, American director († 2013)
• 1919 » Frank Akins, American football player († 1993)

• 1907 » Galusha A. Grow, American lawyer and politician, 28th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1823)
• 1910 » Jean Moréas, Greek poet, essayist and art critic (b. 1856)
• 1913 » J. P. Morgan, American banker and financier (b. 1837)
• 1915 » Wyndham Halswelle, English-Scottish runner and captain (b. 1882)
• 1917 » Emil von Behring, German physiologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1854)
• 1924 » George Charles Haité, English painter and illustrator (b. 1855)
• 1927 » Kang Youwei, Chinese scholar and political reformer (b. 1858)
• 1930 » Ludwig Schüler, German politician, Mayor of Marburg (b. 1836)
• 1931 » Knute Rockne, American football player and coach (b. 1888)
• 1935 » Georges V. Matchabelli, Georgian-American businessman and diplomat, founded Prince Matchabelli perfume (b. 1885)

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 22 » World War I: President Woodrow Wilson of the still-neutral United States calls for "peace without victory" in Europe.
• March 1 » The Zimmermann Telegram is reprinted in newspapers across the United States after the U.S. government releases its unencrypted text.
• March 15 » Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates the Russian throne ending the 304-year Romanov dynasty.
• 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 20 » World War I: The Corfu Declaration, which leads to the creation of the post-war Kingdom of Yugoslavia, is signed by the Yugoslav Committee and Kingdom of Serbia.
• November 2 » The Balfour Declaration proclaims British support for the "establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people" with the clear understanding "that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities".

The temperature on March 31, 1917 was between 0.7 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 3.8 °C. There was 6.5 mm of rain. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.