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• Anthony de Grooth, Groningen († 1966)
• Anthonia Pieters Kralt, Rijnsburg († 1990)
• Albertus Hendricus (Albert) VANVOORDEN, Stokrooie (B) († 2011)
• Adrianus Hendrikus Kremers, Udenhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1986)
• Adriana Louiza Chaudron, Leiden († 2016)
• Adriana Maria KLIS († 1999)
• Arien Dirksz Visser, Eenigenburg, Schagen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1998)
• Anthonij de Grooth, Groningen († 1966)
• Antonius Maria van Raak, Hilvarenbeek, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1996)
• Anthonia Kralt, Rijnsburg († 1990)

• Antonetta Sanders (6), Sint-Michielsgestel
• Bruens (0), Tilburg
• Areke Sterk (35), Vuren
• Anaïse LEUREUX (42), Le Boulou, 66024, Pyrénées-Orientales, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
• Alida de Bolster (76), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Agnes Christina Koopmans (51), Nijmegen
• Antje Annes Brouwer (73), Harlingen, Friesland, Netherlands
• Afra Anna Maria Groothuizen (0), Alkmaar (16-05-1917)
• Alphonse Clément Lagautrière (23), , Serbie
• Abertina Marie José Lauwereins (0), Oostende

• 1913 » Hans Ruesch, Swiss racing driver and author († 2007)
• 1914 » Robert N. Thompson, American-Canadian chiropractor and politician († 1997)
• 1918 » Birgit Nilsson, Swedish operatic soprano († 2005)
• 1918 » Joan Benham, English actress († 1981)
• 1919 » Antonio Aguilar, Mexican singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and screenwriter († 2007)
• 1919 » Gustav Naan, Russian-Estonian physicist and philosopher († 1994)
• 1919 » Merle Miller, American author and screenwriter († 1986)
• 1920 » Harry Männil, Estonian-Venezuelan businessman, co-founded ACO Group († 2010)
• 1921 » Bob Merrill, American composer and screenwriter († 1998)
• 1921 » Dennis Brain, English composer († 1957)

• 1911 » Frederick August Otto Schwarz, German-American businessman, founded FAO Schwarz (b. 1836)
• 1916 » Boris Borisovich Golitsyn, Russian physicist and seismologist (b. 1862)
• 1917 » Charles Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak (b. 1829)
• 1917 » Clara Ayres, American nurse (b. 1880)
• 1919 » Guido von List, Austrian-German journalist, author, and poet (b. 1848)
• 1921 » Karl Mantzius, Danish actor and director (b. 1860)
• 1922 » Dorothy Levitt, English racing driver and journalist (b. 1882)
• 1927 » Harold Geiger, American pilot and lieutenant (b. 1884)
• 1934 » Cass Gilbert, American architect (b. 1859)
• 1935 » Paul Dukas, French composer, critic, and educator (b. 1865)

• 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 23 » First demonstrations in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The beginning of the February Revolution (March 8 in the Gregorian calendar).
• March 8 » The United States Senate votes to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule.
• March 31 » According to the terms of the Treaty of the Danish West Indies, the islands become American possessions.
• July 31 » World War I: The Battle of Passchendaele begins near Ypres in West Flanders, Belgium.
• October 15 » World War I: Dutch dancer Mata Hari is executed by France for espionage.

The temperature on May 17, 1917 was between 9.9 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.