About the day » Sunday February 17, 1918Calender converter

• Adriana Baks, 's-Gravenhage, Gemeente 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 2018)
• Antoon Terweij, Rotterdam († 1922)
• Achiel Camille CASTELEYN, Hamme († 2009)
• Antoon Hendrik Keur, Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1999)
• Bastiaan Jan Christiaansen, Koudekerke, Zeeland, NL († 1918)
• Arijaantje maartje van der Ende († 2001)
• Aaltje Zwols, Zweeloo,Drenthe,Niederlande,Meppen († 1929)
• Anna Lucille Heinz, Kickapoo, Peoria, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2003)
• Albertus Alphonsus Laeveren, Zichem, Scherpenheuvel, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium († 1964)
• Albert Weelink, Stegeren († 1918)

• Albert MARAT (68), Felleries (59)
• Carl Arnold Arns (69)
• Aaldert Zeelte (72), de Berg (Steenwijkerwold)
• (Stillborn) LUTTMER (0), Winschoten Groningen Netherlands
• Agatha Maria Elisabeth Maat (55), Wateringen, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Agatha Margaretha Swart (0), Akersloot, Castricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Willem Eduard Kwisthout (77), Roermond
• Burgje VAN WAARD (83), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Antje Mooij (94), Enkhuizen, Nederland
• Adriana Cornelia Wilhelmina Hartman (0), Loosduinen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1916 » Alexander Obolensky, Russian rugby player and pilot († 1940)
• 1916 » Don Tallon, Australian cricketer († 1984)
• 1916 » Raf Vallone, Italian footballer and actor († 2002)
• 1918 » Jacqueline Ferrand, French mathematician († 2014)
• 1918 » William Bronk, American poet and academic († 1999)
• 1919 » J. M. S. Careless, Canadian historian and academic († 2009)
• 1919 » Joe Hunt, American tennis player († 1945)
• 1919 » Kathleen Freeman, American actress and singer († 2001)
• 1920 » Annie Castor, American disability and communication disorder advocate († 2020)
• 1920 » Ivo Caprino, Norwegian director and screenwriter († 2001)

• 1890 » Christopher Latham Sholes, American publisher and politician (b. 1819)
• 1905 » William Bickerton, English-American religious leader, leader in the Latter Day Saint movement (b. 1815)
• 1909 » Geronimo, American tribal leader (b. 1829)
• 1912 » Edgar Evans, Welsh sailor and explorer (b. 1876)
• 1919 » Wilfrid Laurier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1841)
• 1934 » Albert I of Belgium (b. 1875)
• 1934 » Siegbert Tarrasch, German chess player and theoretician (b. 1862)
• 1939 » Willy Hess, German violinist and educator (b. 1859)
• 1946 » Dorothy Gibson, American actress and singer (b. 1889)
• 1961 » Lütfi Kırdar, Turkish physician and politician, Turkish Minister of Health (b. 1887)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacob
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Wilhelmus
13. Albert
14. Gerardus
15. Hendrikus
16. Johan

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Petronella
11. Aaltje
12. Jacoba
13. Helena
14. Geertruida
15. Margaretha
16. Grietje

• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
• January 28 » Finnish Civil War: The Red Guard rebels seize control of the capital, Helsinki; members of the Senate of Finland go underground.
• February 5 » SSTuscania is torpedoed off the coast of Ireland; it is the first ship carrying American troops to Europe to be torpedoed and sunk.
• March 27 » The National Council of Bessarabia proclaims union with the Kingdom of Romania.
• July 4 » World War I: The Battle of Hamel, a successful attack by the Australian Corps against German positions near the town of Le Hamel on the Western Front.
• November 7 » Kurt Eisner overthrows the Wittelsbach dynasty in the Kingdom of Bavaria.
• November 25 » Vojvodina, formerly Austro-Hungarian crown land, proclaims its secession from Austria–Hungary to join the Kingdom of Serbia.

The temperature on February 17, 1918 was between -7.0 °C and 1.8 °C and averaged -2.6 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.