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• Anna Marie Stayton, fortasse, quodam loco, Verenigde Staten († 1976)
• Ambrose Francis "Bud" Gegan III, Reno, Washoe, Nevada († 2003)
• Aagje Warring, Beemster, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 2019)
• Alida Melessen, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2007)
• Allan Edgar THOMPSON, West Devonport, Tasmania, Australia († 1980)
• Albertus Hendrikus Christianus Maria van Elk, 's-Heerenberg († 1984)
• Andreas van Delft, Elshout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1959)
• Adrianus Wilhelmus van der Geest, Warmond, ZUI, Nederland († 2008)
• Alphons Mulders, Aijen, Limburg, Nederland († 1987)
• Andreas Cornelius Josephus Jonckers, Alphen en Riel († 1997)

• Adriaan Couwenberg (71), Hedikhuizen, Heusden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• * Jannigje van Scherpenzeel (74), Zeist
• Adrianus Hameete (94), Dirksland
• Antonius Bernardus van Vuuren (2), Didam, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antje Elards Haaitsma (78), Weidum
• Anthonij Engelgeer (8), Harderwijk
• August Willem Sabel (72), Soest
• Albert Jannes Kleine (82), Noord (Hoogeveen)
• Anna Maria Klink (0), Raalte
• Antonia Johanna Wilhelmina Dankers (18), Helmond, Nederland

• 1915 » Daniel Johnson Sr., Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Premier of Quebec († 1968)
• 1916 » Bill Leonard, American journalist († 1994)
• 1916 » Heinz Meyer, German Fallschirmjäger (paratrooper) during World War II († 1987)
• 1916 » Julian Dash, American swing music jazz tenor saxophonist († 1974)
• 1917 » Brad Dexter, American actor († 2002)
• 1917 » Henry Hewes, American theater writer († 2006)
• 1917 » Johannes Bobrowski, German songwriter and poet († 1965)
• 1917 » Ronnie Burgess, Welsh international footballer left-half and manager († 2005)
• 1918 » Jørn Utzon, Danish architect, designed the Sydney Opera House († 2008)
• 1919 » J. Presper Eckert, American engineer, invented the ENIAC († 1995)

• 1889 » Michel Eugène Chevreul, French chemist and academic (b. 1786)
• 1909 » Helena Modjeska, Polish-American actress (b. 1840)
• 1915 » Raymond Whittindale, English rugby player (b. 1883)
• 1917 » James Hope Moulton, English philologist and scholar (b. 1863)
• 1922 » Hans Fruhstorfer, German entomologist and explorer (b. 1866)
• 1926 » Zip the Pinhead, American freak show performer (b. 1857)
• 1936 » Ferdinand Tönnies, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1855)
• 1940 » Mrs Patrick Campbell, English actress (b. 1865)
• 1944 » Yevgeniya Rudneva, Ukrainian lieutenant and pilot (b. 1920)
• 1945 » Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German pastor and theologian (b. 1906)

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.
• February 5 » The Congress of the United States passes the Immigration Act of 1917 over President Woodrow Wilson's veto.
• June 13 » World War I: The deadliest German air raid on London of the war is carried out by Gotha G.IV bombers and results in 162 deaths, including 46 children, and 432 injuries.
• October 13 » The "Miracle of the Sun" is witnessed by an estimated 70,000 people in the Cova da Iria in Portugal.
• October 24 » First World War: Italy suffers a disastrous defeat on the Austro-Italian front.
• October 26 » First World War: Brazil declares war on the Central Powers.

The temperature on April 9, 1917 was between 0.3 °C and 4.9 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. There was 6.1 mm of rain. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.