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• Anna Maria de Greef, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 2007)
• Aaltje Westerhof, Barger-Oosterveen, Emmen († 1997)
• Andre Poson, Duinkerke († 1973)
• Antonius Wllhelmus van den Meerendonk, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Abram Galjaard, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1996)
• Blokzijl, Hoogeveen nederland († 1917)
• Aaltje Schilder († 1943)
• Andries Pieter Bergsma, Bandjermasin, Nederlandsch Indië († 1939)
• Arnold Butler († 1979)
• Aaltje Weggemans, Dalerveen, Dalen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1917)

• Adrianus Casper Honders (56), Utrecht
• Cornelia Dros (54), Amsterdam
• Aaltje Fris (72), Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Charles Noel Elston (79), Mazeppa, Wabasha, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten
• Catharina Maria Klein (0), Oost-en West-Souburg, Zeeland, Nederland
• Álvaro de Andrade Vilela (66), Serranos, Minas Gerais, Brasil
• Adriaan van Gool (26), Gilze en Rijen
• Catharina Werkman (1), Zijldijk,'t Zandt, Groningen, Nederland
• Cornelis Klapmuts (63), 's-Gravenhage
• Bultsma (0), Doniawerstal, Friesland, Nederland

• 1914 » Nuccio Bertone, Italian automobile designer († 1997)
• 1915 » Timmie Rogers, American actor and singer-songwriter († 2006)
• 1916 » Iva Toguri D'Aquino, American typist and broadcaster († 2006)
• 1918 » Alec Bedser, English cricketer († 2010)
• 1918 » Eppie Lederer, American journalist and radio host († 2002)
• 1918 » Eric Bedser, English cricketer († 2006)
• 1918 » Johnnie Parsons, American race car driver († 1984)
• 1918 » Pauline Phillips, American journalist and radio host, created Dear Abby († 2013)
• 1918 » King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV of Tonga, († 2006)
• 1920 » Norm Drucker, American basketball player and referee († 2015)

• 1901 » Johannes Schmidt, German linguist and academic (b. 1843)
• 1902 » Vivekananda, Indian monk and saint (b. 1863)
• 1905 » Élisée Reclus, French geographer and author (b. 1830)
• 1910 » Giovanni Schiaparelli, Italian astronomer and historian (b. 1835)
• 1910 » Melville Fuller, American lawyer and jurist, Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1833)
• 1916 » Alan Seeger, American soldier and poet (b. 1888)
• 1922 » Lothar von Richthofen, German lieutenant and pilot (b. 1894)
• 1926 » Pier Giorgio Frassati, Italian activist and saint (b. 1901)
• 1934 » Marie Curie, French-Polish physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
• 1938 » Otto Bauer, Austrian philosopher and politician, Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1881)

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.
• May 21 » The Great Atlanta fire of 1917 causes $5.5million in damages, destroying some 300 acres including 2,000 homes, businesses and churches, displacing about 10,000 people but leading to only one fatality (due to heart attack).
• July 17 » King George V issues a Proclamation stating that the male line descendants of the British Royal Family will bear the surname Windsor.
• September 14 » The Russian Empire is formally replaced by the Russian Republic.
• December 11 » World War I: British General Edmund Allenby enters Jerusalem on foot and declares martial law.
• December 15 » World War I: An armistice between Russia and the Central Powers is signed.
• December 20 » Cheka, the first Soviet secret police force, is founded.

The temperature on July 4, 1917 was between 10.4 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 13.6 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.