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• Anna Boersma, Ee, Oostdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1999)
• Albert Joannes Franciscus Van Ranst, Bornem, België († 1991)
• Adrianus Cornelis Zwart, Enkhuizen († 1978)
• Barend Franken, Jutphaas (Utrecht) († 1944)
• Akke Wartena, Garijp, gem. Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1981)
• Anna Maria Francisca Donders, 's-Hertogenbosch († 2007)
• Aukje Helder, Surhuizum († 2011)
• Antoinette Henriette Catherine Largeron, saint etienne († 2009)
• Anna Halff, Bergen NH, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2001)
• Alma Susanna Maria Van Brest, Paramaribo (Sur.) († 1999)

• Aleida KEMINK (88), Gendringen, Gelderland, NEDERLAND, Breedenbroek
• Alman (Alvin) Hubert Hubley (78), French Village, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Aaron Crider (56)
• Aantje den Toom (0), Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel, Zuidplas, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adolf Soesman (54), Madiun, Java, Indonesia
• Aaltje Wesseling (56), Groningen,Groningen,Niederlande
• Annigje BIEZEPOL (63), Genemuiden, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Aline Marie Mathilde Barbara Vanneste (54), Brugge
• Aaltje Zeevat (24), Apeldoorn
• Albertus van den Aker (18), Vught, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1915 » Boots Poffenberger, American baseball player († 1999)
• 1915 » Willie Dixon, American singer-songwriter, bass player, guitarist and producer († 1992)
• 1916 » George C. Stoney, American director and producer († 2012)
• 1916 » Iosif Shklovsky, Ukrainian astronomer and astrophysicist († 1985)
• 1916 » Olivia de Havilland, British-American actress († 2020)
• 1917 » Álvaro Domecq y Díez, Spanish aristocrat († 2005)
• 1917 » Humphry Osmond, English-American lieutenant and psychiatrist († 2004)
• 1918 » Ahmed Deedat, South African writer and public speaker († 2005)
• 1918 » Pedro Yap, Filipino lawyer († 2003)
• 1918 » Ralph Young, American singer and actor († 2008)

• 1896 » Harriet Beecher Stowe, American author and activist (b. 1811)
• 1905 » John Hay, American journalist and politician, 37th United States Secretary of State (b. 1838)
• 1912 » Harriet Quimby, American pilot and screenwriter (b. 1875)
• 1925 » Erik Satie, French pianist and composer (b. 1866)
• 1934 » Ernst Röhm, German paramilitary commander (b. 1887)
• 1942 » Peadar Toner Mac Fhionnlaoich, Irish writer (b. 1857)
• 1943 » Willem Arondeus, Dutch artist, author, and anti-Nazi resistance fighter (b. 1894)
• 1944 » Carl Mayer, Austrian-English screenwriter (b. 1894)
• 1944 » Tanya Savicheva, Russian author (b. 1930)
• 1948 » Achille Varzi, Italian race car driver (b. 1904)

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.
• February 5 » The current constitution of Mexico is adopted, establishing a federal republic with powers separated into independent executive, legislative, and judicial branches.
• March 25 » The Georgian Orthodox Church restores its autocephaly abolished by Imperial Russia in 1811.
• April 16 » Vladimir Lenin returns to Petrograd, Russia, from exile in Switzerland.
• July 25 » Sir Robert Borden introduces the first income tax in Canada as a "temporary" measure (lowest bracket is 4% and highest is 25%).
• October 12 » World War I: The First Battle of Passchendaele takes place resulting in the largest single-day loss of life in New Zealand history.
• 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".

The temperature on July 1, 1917 was between 14.5 °C and 20.4 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.