About the day » Monday April 2, 1917Calender converter

• Antoinette Niesten († 2003)
• Anna Theodora van den Heuvel, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2015)
• Arthur BRAUN, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1944)
• Adriana Elisabeth van der Kwast, Den Haag, Nederland († 2007)
• Anton Noorman, Lhee, Nederland († 2005)
• Annie Lou Black, Ashe, North Carolina, Verenigde Staten († 1982)
• Albert VERMANDEL († 1974)
• Arie de Mos, Scheveningen († 2002)
• Arthur Lee Barksdale, Liberal, Seward County, Kansas († 1994)
• Anna Cora Kohnhorst, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, VS († 2003)

• Albertus Bosch (75), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Arnoldus Godefrides Sondermeijer (78), Rotterdam
• Anna van der Heide (75), Sappemeer
• Adrianus Johannes Groenewegen (25), Boppard (Duitsland)
• Albertus Visscher (70), den Ham, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adriaan Aertsen (78), Wuustwezel, Antwerp, België
• Antonie Derk Duijts (39), Velp
• Anthonij Barrau, Amsterdam
• Alberta Johanna Alieda Veenstra (74), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Arnoldus Veraa, Best, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1910 » Paul Triquet, Canadian general, Victoria Cross recipient († 1980)
• 1914 » Alec Guinness, English actor († 2000)
• 1919 » Delfo Cabrera, Argentinian runner and soldier († 1981)
• 1920 » Gerald Bouey, Canadian lieutenant and civil servant († 2004)
• 1920 » Jack Stokes, English animator and director († 2013)
• 1920 » Jack Webb, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1982)
• 1922 » John C. Whitehead, American banker and politician, 9th United States Deputy Secretary of State († 2015)
• 1923 » G. Spencer-Brown, English mathematician, psychologist, and author († 2016)
• 1923 » Gloria Henry, American actress
• 1923 » Johnny Paton, Scottish footballer, coach, and manager († 2015)

• 1894 » Achille Vianelli, Italian painter and academic (b. 1803)
• 1896 » Theodore Robinson, American painter and academic (b. 1852)
• 1914 » Paul Heyse, German author, poet, and translator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1830)
• 1917 » Bryn Lewis, Welsh international rugby player (b.1891)
• 1923 » Topal Osman, Turkish colonel (b. 1883)
• 1928 » Theodore William Richards, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1868)
• 1930 » Zewditu I of Ethiopia (b. 1876)
• 1933 » Ranjitsinhji, Indian cricketer (b. 1872)
• 1936 » Jean Baptiste Eugène Estienne, French general (b. 1860)
• 1942 » Édouard Estaunié, French novelist (b. 1862)

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 3 » First World War: The American entry into World War I begins when diplomatic relations with Germany are severed due to its unrestricted submarine warfare.
• February 5 » The current constitution of Mexico is adopted, establishing a federal republic with powers separated into independent executive, legislative, and judicial branches.
• March 11 » World War I: Mesopotamian campaign: Baghdad falls to Anglo-Indian forces commanded by General Stanley Maude.
• July 25 » Sir Robert Borden introduces the first income tax in Canada as a "temporary" measure (lowest bracket is 4% and highest is 25%).
• September 26 » World War I: The Battle of Polygon Wood begins.
• November 20 » World War I: Battle of Cambrai begins: British forces make early progress in an attack on German positions but are later pushed back.

The temperature on April 2, 1917 was between -3.2 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (52%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.