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• Adriana Louiza Chaudron, Leiden († 2016)
• Albert Leon Leonia VAN MOESEKE, Lokeren,9160,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 2006)
• Amelia Geertruida Philippi, Hillegom († 2005)
• Baukje Bontes de Boer, Arkum († 2012)
• Alvin G Hook, Holland, Grundy County, Iowa († 1996)
• Amelia Geertruida Philippi, Hillegom († 2005)
• Albertus Ludovicus VAN BEETHOVEN, Schilde, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium († 2009)
• Annie Irene Miller, Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1999)
• Antonius Maria van Raak, Hilvarenbeek († 1996)
• Arend Nomden, Midwolda, Groningen, Netherlands († 2002)

• Albertus Leon Lauwereins (0), Oostende
• Anna Clothilda Roberts (75)
• Antonia Vink (38), Rotterdam
• Anna Maria Cauberghs (30), Okselaar, 3980, Zichem, België
• Bruens (0), Tilburg
• Anna Cornelia de Glint (84), Bolsward
• adriana reijerkerk (85), 's-gravendeel (zuid holland)
• Aleida Geertruida Bernardina Brosschot (72), Raalte, Ov, Nederland
• Adriaantje Pruijsen (88), Sliedrecht
• Alphonse Clément Lagautrière (23), , Serbie

• 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)

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.
• April 9 » World War I: The Battle of Arras: The battle begins with Canadian Corps executing a massive assault on Vimy Ridge.
• June 23 » In a game against the Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox pitcher Ernie Shore retires 26 batters in a row after replacing Babe Ruth, who had been ejected for punching the umpire.
• July 12 » The Bisbee Deportation occurs as vigilantes kidnap and deport nearly 1,300 striking miners and others from Bisbee, Arizona.
• November 2 » The Balfour Declaration proclaims British support for the "establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people" with the clear understanding "that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities".
• November 7 » World War I: Third Battle of Gaza ends: British forces capture Gaza from the Ottoman Empire.

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.