About the day » Wednesday August 1, 1917Calender converter

• Anna Catharina Petronella Knoops, Amby,, Limburg, Nederland († 1971)
• Alida Cornelia RUIFROK, Haarlem, 4599, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1981)
• Christ de Groot, 's-Hertogenbosch († 2004)
• Antonia Albertina Ooms, Beringen, Limburg, België († 1980)
• Christiaan Jiskoot, Rotterdam († 2014)
• * Grietje van Asperen, Giessenburg († 2008)
• Bernard Schmitz, Schwartenberg, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany († 1919)
• Alida Hendrika Driessen, Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands († 1918)
• Be Lindeboom, Kampen, Nederland († 2001)
• Arie Dekker, Made, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1991)

• Anna de Ruijter (11), Heemskerk
• Berendina Hoeksema (76), Leegkerk, gem. Hoogkerk, Groningen, Nederland
• Albertus Gerardus Vliek (22), Kassel, Hessen, Duitsland
• Anna de Ruijter (11), Heemskerk
• Arend Verschoor (76), Pernis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aafke Hindriks Veldman (89), Grand Rapids (Kent, Michigan, USA)
• Aartje Slegt (76), Haaften
• Andreas Kuenen Kuenen (57), Stratum
• Arend Verschoor (76), Pernis, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Bastiaan Kieboom (77), Oud-Vossemeer

• 1914 » Alan Moore, Australian painter and educator († 2015)
• 1914 » J. Lee Thompson, English-Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter († 2002)
• 1914 » Jack Delano, American photographer and composer († 1997)
• 1916 » Anne Hébert, Canadian author and poet († 2000)
• 1916 » Fiorenzo Angelini, Italian cardinal († 2014)
• 1918 » T. J. Jemison, American minister and activist († 2013)
• 1919 » Stanley Middleton, English author († 2009)
• 1920 » Raul Renter, Estonian economist and chess player († 1992)
• 1921 » Jack Kramer, American tennis player, sailor, and sportscaster († 2009)
• 1921 » Pat McDonald, Australian actress († 1990)

• 1903 » Calamity Jane, American frontierswoman and scout (b. 1853)
• 1911 » Edwin Austin Abbey, American painter and illustrator (b. 1852)
• 1911 » Samuel Arza Davenport, American lawyer and politician (b. 1843)
• 1918 » John Riley Banister, American cowboy and police officer (b. 1854)
• 1920 » Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Indian freedom fighter, lawyer and journalist (b. 1856)
• 1921 » T.J. Ryan, Australian politician, 19th Premier of Queensland (b. 1876)
• 1922 » Donát Bánki, Hungarian engineer (b. 1856)
• 1929 » Syd Gregory, Australian cricketer (b. 1870)
• 1938 » Edmund C. Tarbell, American painter and academic (b. 1862)
• 1943 » Lydia Litvyak, Russian lieutenant and pilot (b. 1921)

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.
• July 25 » Sir Robert Borden introduces the first income tax in Canada as a "temporary" measure (lowest bracket is 4% and highest is 25%).
• August 28 » Ten Suffragettes are arrested while picketing the White House.
• October 24 » First World War: Italy suffers a disastrous defeat on the Austro-Italian front.
• October 25 » Old Style date of the October Revolution in Russia.
• November 25 » World War I: German forces defeat Portuguese army of about 1,200 at Negomano on the border of modern-day Mozambique and Tanzania.

The temperature on August 1, 1917 was between 13.2 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 62.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.