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• Anna Wilhelmina Aarts, Bladel en Netersel († 1990)
• Adriaantje Elisabeth Zevenbergen, Poortugaal († 1992)
• ??? KEIZER, Wervershoof,, Noord-Holland, Pays-Bas († 1917)
• Anne Yvonne FILY, Cleden-Cap-Sizun, 29029, Finistère, Bretagne, France († 1977)
• Anne Valkema, Tzum († 1982)
• Klomp, Hubertus Cornelis, Vlijmen († 1997)
• Agatha Maria Stegemeijer, Velsen, Gemeente Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1917)
• Antje Jochumsd HEIDE, Beetgumermolen, Friesland, Nederland († 1999)
• Adriana Catharina Roest, Bergeijk/Weebosch († 2001)
• Anna Aarts, Stein, Limburg, Netherlands († 1979)

• Arend Wessels (0), Emmen
• Antonia Machtilda Roovers (78), Rotterdam
• Anna Wilhelmina Taman (0), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Allegonda van Schaik (74), Snelrewaard
• Alidis Wilhelmina Catharina Hegeman (63), Arnhem
• Anna van der Stap (73), 's-Gravenhage
• Aaldert Van Der Linden (70), Gemeente Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Arien Wouters (64)
• Anna Maria Jansen (24), Rütenbrock, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Anna Maria Jansen (24), Rütenbrock, Haren

• 1911 » Bel Kaufman, American author and educator († 2014)
• 1915 » Denis Thatcher, English soldier and businessman, Spouse of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 2003)
• 1916 » Milton Babbitt, American composer and educator († 2011)
• 1918 » Desmond MacNamara, Irish painter, sculptor, and author († 2008)
• 1918 » T. Berry Brazelton, American pediatrician and author († 2018)
• 1919 » Ella T. Grasso, Governor of Connecticut († 1981)
• 1920 » Basil Kelly, Northern Irish barrister, judge and politician († 2008)
• 1920 » Bert Weedon, English guitarist († 2012)
• 1922 » David Azrieli, Polish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist († 2014)
• 1922 » Nancy Walker, American actress, singer, and director († 1992)

• 1889 » Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, Russian journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1826)
• 1891 » Carl Nägeli, Swiss botanist and mycologist (b. 1817)
• 1897 » Andrés Bonifacio, Filipino soldier and politician, President of the Philippines (b. 1863)
• 1910 » Stanislao Cannizzaro, Italian chemist and academic (b. 1826)
• 1945 » Konrad Henlein, Czech soldier and politician (b. 1898)
• 1945 » Richard Glücks, German SS officer (b. 1889)
• 1950 » Belle da Costa Greene, American librarian and bibliographer (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Yury Olesha, Russian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1899)
• 1964 » Mikhail Larionov, Russian painter, illustrator, and set designer (b. 1881)
• 1965 » Hubertus van Mook, Dutch politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1894)

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 31 » World War I: Germany announces that its U-boats will resume unrestricted submarine warfare after a two-year hiatus.
• April 2 » World War I: United States President Woodrow Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.
• June 7 » World War I: Battle of Messines: Allied soldiers detonate a series of mines underneath German trenches at Messines Ridge, killing 10,000 German troops.
• July 17 » King George V issues a Proclamation stating that the male line descendants of the British Royal Family will bear the surname Windsor.
• November 8 » The first Council of People's Commissars is formed, including Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin.
• December 2 » World War I: Russia and the Central Powers sign an armistice at Brest-Litovsk, and peace talks leading to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk begin.

The temperature on May 10, 1917 was between 3.5 °C and 20.4 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.