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• Catharina Johanna Jutte, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 2008)
• Adrianus Geeven, Helmond († 1917)
• Antonetta van der Wal, Hoogeloon, Hapert en Casteren († 1918)
• Berend Harm Bakker, Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland († 1917)
• Catharina Johanna Jutte, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Aart Wittingen, Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland († 1970)
• Apolonia Francina van den Eikhoff, Leiden
• Carl William Oldfather, Wabash, Indiana († 1943)
• Alfred Henri Emile Estoppey, Hilversum, NH, Nederland († 1917)
• Anna Maria Wanrooy, Grave († 1998)

• Alice Cunningham (32), Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Aartje van Os (61), Vlaardingen
• Aaltje Leertouwer (68), Nieuwe Pekela (gem. Pekela)
• Adriana van Straaten (83), Haarzuilens, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Klasina van Raalte (73), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aartje van Os (60), Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland NL
• Alida Dol (38), Bloemendaal, prov. Noord Holland
• Albert Kiers (82), Wapse (Diever)
• Adriaantje Bos (30), Rotterdam
• Anna Maria Soomers (66), Hontenisse,Kloosterzande

• 1912 » Richard Carlson, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 1977)
• 1915 » Henry H. Barschall, German-American physicist and academic († 1997)
• 1917 » Celeste Holm, American actress and singer († 2012)
• 1917 » Maya Deren, Ukrainian-American director, poet, and photographer († 1961)
• 1918 » George Allen, American football player and coach († 1990)
• 1919 » Gérard Oury, French actor, director, and screenwriter († 2006)
• 1920 » Edward Blishen, English author and radio host († 1996)
• 1920 » Harold Shapero, American composer († 2013)
• 1922 » Helmut Krackowizer, Austrian motorcycle racer and journalist († 2001)
• 1922 » Toots Thielemans, Belgian guitarist and harmonica player († 2016)

• 1903 » Paul Du Chaillu, French-American anthropologist and zoologist (b. 1835)
• 1905 » Ignacio Cervantes, Cuban pianist and composer (b. 1847)
• 1916 » Jørgen Pedersen Gram, Danish mathematician and academic (b. 1850)
• 1920 » William H. Seward Jr., American general and banker (b. 1839)
• 1921 » Arthur Mold, English cricketer (b. 1863)
• 1933 » Constantine P. Cavafy, Greek poet and journalist (b. 1863)
• 1937 » William Gillette, American actor and playwright (b. 1853)
• 1944 » Bernardino Machado, Portuguese academic and politician, 3rd President of Portugal (b. 1851)
• 1945 » Matthias Kleinheisterkamp, German SS officer (b. 1893)
• 1947 » Irving Fisher, American economist and statistician (b. 1867)

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 16 » World War I: A German auxiliary cruiser is sunk in the Action of 16 March 1917.
• May 19 » The Norwegian football club Rosenborg BK is founded.
• October 13 » The "Miracle of the Sun" is witnessed by an estimated 70,000 people in the Cova da Iria in Portugal.
• October 15 » World War I: Dutch dancer Mata Hari is executed by France for espionage.
• October 25 » Old Style date of the October Revolution in Russia.
• October 26 » First World War: Brazil declares war on the Central Powers.

The temperature on April 29, 1917 was between 7.2 °C and 13.3 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.