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• Aart Stehouwer, Hendrik Ido Ambacht († 1982)
• Antonius Henricus Petrus (Piet) van Meer, Oosterhout († 1962)
• Alfons Craenen, Tielt († 1982)
• Antonius Martinus Adams, Valkenswaard († 1998)
• Aleida Roelfiena Hardon († 1976)
• Aksel Brems, Barl²se sogn, Odense amt († 2005)
• Antonius van Meer, Oosterhout († 1962)
• Berendina Catharina van Dongen († 1955)
• * Antonius Martinus (Antoon) Adams, Valkenswaard († 1998)
• Anna Cornelia Adriana Van Den Bergh, Wuustwezel († 1918)

• Catharina Cornelia Quaak (77), Halsteren, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Postma (0), Harkema, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Antonius Smeets (31), Gulpen
• Catharina SMEETS (77), Blerick, Venlo, Pays-Bas
• Berardus Theodorus Heijting (53), Den Helder, NH, Nederland
• Betje Lever (12), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltje Pronk (0), Midwoud, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aldert Kuiper (49), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Albert Moras (34), Oude Niedorp, Hollands Kroon, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Cornelia (Kwaak) Quaak (77), Halsteren

• 1910 » Gyula Kállai, Hungarian communist leader, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the People's Republic of Hungary († 1996)
• 1912 » Herbert Tichy, Austrian geologist, author, and mountaineer († 1987)
• 1913 » Bill Deedes, English journalist and politician († 2007)
• 1915 » John Randolph, American actor († 2004)
• 1916 » Jean Jérôme Hamer, Belgian Cardinal († 1996)
• 1917 » William Standish Knowles, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2012)
• 1920 » Robert Clarke, American actor and producer († 2005)
• 1921 » Nelson Riddle, American composer and bandleader († 1985)
• 1922 » Joan Caulfield, American model and actress († 1991)
• 1922 » Povel Ramel, Swedish singer-songwriter and pianist († 2007)

• 1908 » Allen Butler Talcott, American painter (b. 1867)
• 1927 » J. B. Bury, Irish historian, philologist, and scholar (b. 1861)
• 1927 » Lizzie Borden, American accused murderer (b. 1860)
• 1934 » Sir Alfred Rawlinson, 3rd Baronet, English colonel and polo player (b. 1867)
• 1935 » Arthur Arz von Straußenburg, Romanian-Hungarian general († 1857)
• 1938 » Ödön von Horváth, Croatian-French author and playwright (b. 1901)
• 1941 » Hans Berger, German neurologist and academic (b. 1873)
• 1941 » Hugh Walpole, New Zealand-English author (b. 1884)
• 1943 » Leslie Howard, English actor, director, and producer (b. 1893)
• 1943 » Wilfrid Israel, English-German businessman and philanthropist (b. 1899)

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.
• March 8 » International Women's Day protests in St. Petersburg mark the beginning of the February Revolution (February 23rd in the Julian calendar).
• March 26 » World War I: First Battle of Gaza: British troops are halted after 17,000 Turks block their advance.
• June 28 » World War I: Greece joins the Allied powers.
• September 26 » World War I: The Battle of Polygon Wood begins.
• 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.

The temperature on June 1, 1917 was between 6.3 °C and 23.3 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 13.8 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.