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• Barbera Sophie Theodora Oudhoff, Blora († 1984)
• Anna Groenenboom, Rhoon, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1996)
• Antje Meijer, Zwaagwesteinde († 2002)
• Aaltje Wildeboer († 2002)
• Aäron Meijers, Brummen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1945)
• Barend Renou, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1989)
• Albert Edwin BOON, Perth, Tasmania, Australia († 1996)
• Albertina DePaepe, Wakken (W-VL) België († 1928)
• André René Charles Hofman, Baaigem (B), België († 1997)
• Augina Hultink, Zuidwolde († 1949)

• Aaltje Folkerts (0), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Alida Heus (93), Rotterdam
• Adriana Klijs (0), Hellevoetsluis*, Nederland
• Albert Vos (68), Wildervank
• Annigje Veth (23), Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• August Wouter DE LA RAMBELJE (57), Bangil
• Aagje de Groot (70), Woerden
• Aaldrik Stuut (7)
• Antonius Marinus van Arnhem (0), Utrecht, Utrecht, NL
• Annie Hobensack Maxwell (63), Warrington, Bucks, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten

• 1914 » Baldev Raj Chopra, Indian director and producer († 2008)
• 1914 » Jan de Hartog, Dutch-American author and playwright († 2002)
• 1916 » Hanfried Lenz, German mathematician and academic († 2013)
• 1916 » Yehudi Menuhin, American-Swiss violinist and conductor († 1999)
• 1917 » Sidney Nolan, Australian painter († 1992)
• 1917 » Yvette Chauviré, French ballerina († 2016)
• 1918 » Mickey Vernon, American baseball player and coach († 2008)
• 1918 » William Jay Smith, American poet and academic († 2015)
• 1919 » Carl Lindner, Jr., American businessman and philanthropist († 2011)
• 1919 » Donald J. Cram, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2001)

• 1892 » Édouard Lalo, French violinist and composer (b. 1823)
• 1893 » Chaim Aronson, Lithuanian businessman and author (b. 1825)
• 1894 » Kostas Krystallis, Greek author and poet (b. 1868)
• 1896 » Thomas Meik, English engineer, founded Halcrow Group (b. 1812)
• 1908 » Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Scottish-English merchant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1836)
• 1925 » André Caplet, French composer and conductor (b. 1878)
• 1929 » Henry Lerolle, French painter and art collector (b. 1848)
• 1932 » Ferenc Oslay, Hungarian-Slovene historian and author (b. 1883)
• 1933 » Henry Royce, English engineer and businessman, co-founded Rolls-Royce Limited (b. 1863)
• 1944 » Nikolaos Roussen, Greek captain (b. 1913)

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 9 » World War I: The Battle of Rafa is fought near the Egyptian border with Palestine.
• 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.
• February 5 » The Congress of the United States passes the Immigration Act of 1917 over President Woodrow Wilson's veto.
• June 28 » World War I: Greece joins the Allied powers.
• July 27 » World War I: The Allies reach the Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele.
• November 26 » The Manchester Guardian publishes the 1916 secret Sykes-Picot Agreement between the United Kingdom and France.

The temperature on April 22, 1917 was between 1.2 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (60%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.