About the day » Sunday July 15, 1917Calender converter

• Antonia Aleida Weenink, Brummen, Gelderland, The Netherlands
• Alphonse van Remoortel, Harraton-Durham (GB) († 1986)
• Cato Nannings, Hoorn († 2005)
• Beatrice Helene Brown, Rochester (Monroe County) (New York) († 1992)
• Catharina Johanna Jans, Escharen, North Brabant, Netherlands († 1985)
• Antonie Jakob de Vries, Nederland († 2016)
• Anna Maria van Zurk († 1998)
• Catharina Jacoba Johanna Amsen, Amsterdam
• Antonia Johanna SCHEPERS, Gendringen, Gelderland, Nederland († 2007)
• Baron Johannes of Economo-San-Serff, Wien, Wien, Austria († 1994)

• Antje Sijes Loonstra (67), Surhuizum, Friesland, Netherlands
• Casimir SCHIETTECATTE (75), Welden,9700,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Anna Margaretha Elisabeth Dettingmeijer (73), Rotterdam
• Adrianus van Santvoort (83), Den Dungen
• Berendje Beereboom (44), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriaan Francke (77), Sint Laurens
• Arnoldus Rietveld (15), Enschede, aan de Woolderiksweg
• Adriana Verhagen (46), Dordrecht
• Anna Maria Waltmans (36), Heerlen, Limburg, Netherlands
• Antje OOSTERHOF (74), Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1915 » Albert Ghiorso, American chemist and academic († 2010)
• 1915 » Kashmir Singh Katoch, Indian army officer († 2007)
• 1916 » Sumner Gerard, American politician and diplomat († 2005)
• 1917 » Joan Roberts, American actress and singer († 2012)
• 1917 » Nur Muhammad Taraki, Afghan journalist and politician († 1979)
• 1917 » Robert Conquest, English-American historian, poet, and academic († 2015)
• 1918 » Bertram Brockhouse, Canadian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2003)
• 1918 » Brenda Milner, English-Canadian neuropsychologist and academic
• 1919 » Fritz Langanke, German lieutenant († 2012)
• 1919 » Iris Murdoch, Anglo-Irish British novelist and philosopher († 1999)

• 1898 » Jean-Baptiste Salpointe, French-American archbishop († 1825)
• 1904 » Anton Chekhov, Russian playwright and short story writer (b. 1860)
• 1919 » Hermann Emil Fischer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1929 » Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Austrian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1874)
• 1930 » Leopold Auer, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1845)
• 1931 » Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, Russian-German economist and mathematician (b. 1868)
• 1932 » Bahíyyih Khánum, Iranian writer and leader in the Baha'i faith (b. 1846)
• 1932 » Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven, South African poet and politician (b. 1873)
• 1933 » Freddie Keppard, American cornet player (b. 1890)
• 1933 » Irving Babbitt, American scholar, critic, and academic (b. 1865)

• 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 19 » Silvertown explosion: A blast at a munitions factory in London kills 73 and injures over 400. The resulting fire causes over £2,000,000 worth of damage.
• June 26 » World War I: The American Expeditionary Forces begin to arrive in France. They will first enter combat four months later.
• October 15 » World War I: Dutch dancer Mata Hari is executed by France for espionage.
• November 26 » The National Hockey League is formed, with the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators, Quebec Bulldogs, and Toronto Arenas as its first teams.
• December 7 » World War I: The United States declares war on Austria-Hungary.
• December 11 » World War I: British General Edmund Allenby enters Jerusalem on foot and declares martial law.

The temperature on July 15, 1917 was between 13.7 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 21.9 mm of rain. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.