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• 4. Hubert William Brugman, Nichols, Muscatine, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 1987)
• Annie Schat, St. Annaparochie, Friesland, Nederland
• Antonius Martinus van Vugt († 2004)
• Annette Mercedes Anderson, Northport, Michigan († 1996)
• Aafje van Bennekom, Amsterdam († 2008)
• Albert André VAN STEENBERGHE, Bambrugge, 9420, Flandre Orientale, Flandre, BELGIQUE († 2003)
• Adriana Hendrika Veldmaat, Voorburg († 1971)
• Annie Grothues, Velsen († 1986)
• Achiel Wijne, Philippine (Z) († 1917)
• Annie Balvert, Zegveld, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1994)

• Antonia Petronella de Haas (41), Nijmegen
• Frederik Dozeman (83), Meppel
• Aaltje Mudde (57), Lekkerkerk
• Antonia Kuijstermans (88), Etten-Leur
• Alexis Gregorius Hendricus Janse (44), Rotterdam
• Anna Elisabeth Viskaal (0), Slagharen
• Geesien Boer (26), Oosterhesselen
• Achatius Terhorst (21)
• Adrianus Van Ravesteijn (79), Gorinchem, Nederland
• Aaltje Bart (75), Andijk

• 1915 » Elizabeth Catlett, African-American sculptor and illustrator († 2012)
• 1916 » Alfred S. Bloomingdale, American businessman († 1982)
• 1916 » Helene Hanff, American author and screenwriter († 1997)
• 1917 » Elmer Gedeon, American baseball player and bomber pilot († 1944)
• 1917 » Hans Conried, American actor († 1982)
• 1917 » James Kee, American lawyer and politician († 1989)
• 1918 » Hans Billian, German film director, screenwriter, and actor († 2007)
• 1919 » Alberto Breccia, Uruguayan-Argentinian author and illustrator († 1993)
• 1920 » Godfrey Stafford, English-South African physicist and academic († 2013)
• 1920 » Thomas Szasz, Hungarian-American psychiatrist and academic († 2012)

• 1889 » Father Damien, Belgian priest and saint (b. 1840)
• 1898 » Te Keepa Te Rangihiwinui, New Zealand commander and politician
• 1912 » Victims of the Titanic disaster:
• 1917 » János Murkovics, Slovene author, poet, and educator (b. 1839)
• 1927 » Gaston Leroux, French journalist and author (b. 1868)
• 1938 » César Vallejo, Peruvian journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1892)
• 1942 » Robert Musil, Austrian-Swiss author and playwright (b. 1880)
• 1943 » Aristarkh Lentulov, Russian painter and set designer (b. 1882)
• 1944 » Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin, Russian general (b. 1901)
• 1945 » Hermann Florstedt, German SS officer (b. 1895)

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 1 » The Zimmermann Telegram is reprinted in newspapers across the United States after the U.S. government releases its unencrypted text.
• March 16 » World War I: A German auxiliary cruiser is sunk in the Action of 16 March 1917.
• 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.
• October 25 » Old Style date of the October Revolution in Russia.
• 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 temperature on April 15, 1917 was between 2.5 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.