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• Adriana Willemina Nijgh, Katwijk († 2008)
• Adrianus (Jos) Oliemeulen († 1989)
• Aagje Schenk, Urk († 1922)
• Anna Jean Heemstra, Orange City (Sioux), Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 2013)
• Adrianus Oliemeulen, Schaijk,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1989)
• Anna Hendrika Snellen, Venlo, Nederland († 1982)
• Adrianus Henricus Antonius van Engelen, Tilburg († 1917)
• Alberto López, Cienfuegos, Cienfuegos, Cuba († 1962)
• Abelina Zuuring, Nijmegen († 1999)
• Henderickx, Hunsel († 1917)

• Alle Molles Bethlehem (62), Surhuizum, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Aleida Berendina Grijpink (83), Ootmarsum
• Anne Jitzes de Vries (90), Dantumadeel, Fr., NL
• Antje Hage (67), Woerden, Utrecht, Nederland
• van Bergen, Dussen
• Allart Ite Willem Wiersema (0), Hollandscheveld, Gem. Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Antonia Nendels (80), Maasdriel
• Alle Bethlehem gehuwd (62), Achtkarspelen, Fr, Nederland
• Aart Zoeteman (61), Buiksloot, Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Aleida Roebers (66), den haag

• 1914 » Eleanor Sokoloff, American pianist and teacher († 2020)
• 1915 » John Tukey, American mathematician and academic († 2000)
• 1915 » Marga Faulstich, German glass chemist († 1998)
• 1917 » Aurelio Lampredi, Italian automobile and aircraft engine designer († 1989)
• 1917 » Irving Penn, American photographer († 2009)
• 1917 » Katharine Graham, American publisher († 2001)
• 1917 » Phaedon Gizikis, Greek general and politician, President of Greece († 1999)
• 1920 » Isabelle Holland, Swiss-American author († 2002)
• 1920 » José López Portillo, Mexican lawyer and politician, 31st President of Mexico († 2004)
• 1920 » Raymond Lemieux, Canadian chemist and academic († 2002)

• 1902 » Ernst Schröder, German mathematician and academic (b. 1841)
• 1918 » Bazil Assan, Romanian engineer and explorer (b. 1860)
• 1925 » Chittaranjan Das, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1870)
• 1929 » Bramwell Booth, English 2nd General of The Salvation Army (b. 1856)
• 1929 » Vernon Louis Parrington, American historian and scholar (b. 1871)
• 1930 » Elmer Ambrose Sperry, American inventor, co-invented the gyrocompass (b. 1860)
• 1930 » Ezra Fitch, American lawyer and businessman, co-founded Abercrombie & Fitch (b. 1866)
• 1939 » Chick Webb, American drummer and bandleader (b. 1905)
• 1940 » DuBose Heyward, American author (b. 1885)
• 1944 » Marc Bloch, French historian and academic (b. 1886)

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 » The United States Senate votes to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule.
• April 16 » Vladimir Lenin returns to Petrograd, Russia, from exile in Switzerland.
• September 14 » The Russian Empire is formally replaced by the Russian Republic.
• October 4 » World War I: The Battle of Broodseinde is fought between the British and German armies in Flanders.
• October 13 » The "Miracle of the Sun" is witnessed by an estimated 70,000 people in the Cova da Iria in Portugal.
• November 5 » October Revolution: Lenin calls for the October Revolution.

The temperature on June 16, 1917 was between 15.7 °C and 31.2 °C and averaged 23.0 °C. There was 13.7 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.