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• Aaltje Ruitenbeek, Hilversum († 1992)
• Adriana Cornelia Zondag, Asperen (West Betuwe) (GL) († 1984)
• Arie Johannis van Dijk, Pernis († 1973)
• Albertus Lisman, Utrecht († 1972)
• Adolf Van Beversluys, Astene († 1945)
• Aaltje RUITENBEEK, Hilversum († 1992)
• Aagje Wiltschut, Zaandam
• Augustinus Boer, Veelerveen gem. Onstwedde († 1980)
• * Marinus Hubertus Smits, Gemert († 1963)
• Anton Bredek († 2009)

• Arie Spruit (65), Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel, Zuid-Holland, Nederlan
• Antonetta Russing (91), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Annigje Huisman (55), Wetering (Steenwijkerwold)
• Anna Hubertina Lenaerts (0), Stein
• Alain Marie Raoul René Antoine de La Motte de la Motte Rouge (21), Mont-Cormillet
• Arie Rietveld (0), Noordeloos
• Anna Hubertina Lenaerts (0), Stein, Limburg, Nederland
• Aarnout Zonnevijlle (67), Sluis, Oostburg, ZLD, Nederland
• Arie Spruit (65), Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel
• Aafje Groot (55), Abbekerk

• 1913 » John Broome, American author († 1999)
• 1914 » Maedayama Eigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 39th Yokozuna († 1971)
• 1916 » Jane Jacobs, American-Canadian journalist, author, and activist († 2006)
• 1916 » Richard Proenneke, American soldier, carpenter, and meteorologist († 2003)
• 1917 » Edward T. Cone, American pianist and composer († 2004)
• 1917 » Nick Joaquin, Filipino writer, journalist and historian († 2004)
• 1918 » Kakuei Tanaka, Japanese soldier and politician, 64th Prime Minister of Japan († 1993)
• 1918 » Tom Mead, Australian journalist and politician († 2004)
• 1919 » Basil Yamey, South African-English economist and academic
• 1919 » Dory Funk, American wrestler and trainer († 1973)

• 1903 » Gotse Delchev, Macedonian Bulgarian revolutionary IMRO (b. 1872)
• 1912 » Nettie Stevens, American geneticist credited with discovering sex chromosomes (b. 1861)
• 1916 » Ned Daly, Irish rebel commander (Easter Rising) (b. 1891)
• 1916 » John Murray, Australian politician, 23rd Premier of Victoria (b. 1851)
• 1916 » Joseph Plunkett, Irish rebel and writer (b. 1887)
• 1916 » Willie Pearse, Irish rebel (b. 1891)
• 1919 » Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Slovak general and politician (b. 1880)
• 1922 » Viktor Kingissepp, Estonian politician (b. 1888)
• 1923 » Ralph McKittrick, American golfer and tennis player (b. 1877)
• 1924 » E. Nesbit, English author and poet (b. 1858)

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.
• April 2 » World War I: United States President Woodrow Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.
• April 9 » World War I: The Battle of Arras: The battle begins with Canadian Corps executing a massive assault on Vimy Ridge.
• October 26 » First World War: Brazil declares war on the Central Powers.
• November 2 » The Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet, in charge of preparation and carrying out the Russian Revolution, holds its first meeting.
• November 25 » World War I: German forces defeat Portuguese army of about 1,200 at Negomano on the border of modern-day Mozambique and Tanzania.
• December 12 » Father Edward J. Flanagan founds Boys Town as a farm village for wayward boys.

The temperature on May 4, 1917 was between 6.4 °C and 24.3 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 12.0 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.