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• Aardt Trooster, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1919)
• Berendina (Johannes Gerhardus Van Dijk) Oosting († 1977)
• Arendje BRUIN, Scheveningen, gemeente 's-Gravenhage (Z-H) († 2002)
• Arthur Boekestein, Inwood, Lyon, Iowa, V.S († 2016)
• Arnoldus Lambertus van Hintum, Berghem, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1973)
• Anthonius van Etten, Koedijk, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1921)
• Adriana Wiebenga, Nieuwerkerk A/d IJssel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2001)
• (onbekend) Schepen, Schiedam († 1919)
• Aaltje Jonk, Volendam, Nederland († 2006)
• August Jacob PELCKMANS, Merksplas, Antwerpen, Vlaams Gewest (BE) († 1979)

• Antje Dijksen (65), Rotterdam
• Adriana Monster (78), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Akke Jelles de Jong (58), Rauwerderhem, Friesland, Nederland
• Antonetta Vroomans (36), Stratum, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Halverstad (71), Amsterdam (NL)
• Albert Timmer (52), Emmen
• Antje, Jacobs Dijksen (65), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Harms Timmer (52), Emmen
• Albert Kluver (83), Raymond (USA)
• Anne de Jong (46), Steenwijk, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1916 » Terry Gilkyson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1999)
• 1917 » Dufferin Roblin, Canadian politician, 14th Premier of Manitoba († 2010)
• 1918 » Ajahn Chah, Thai monk and educator († 1992)
• 1919 » Beryl Reid, English actress († 1996)
• 1919 » John Moffat, Scottish lieutenant and pilot († 2016)
• 1919 » William Kaye Estes, American psychologist and academic († 2011)
• 1920 » François Jacob, French biologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate († 2013)
• 1920 » Jacob H. Gilbert, American lawyer and politician († 1981)
• 1920 » Peter Le Cheminant, English air marshal and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey († 2018)
• 1920 » Setsuko Hara, Japanese actress († 2015)

• 1889 » Lozen, Chiracaua Apache warrior woman (b. ~1840)
• 1898 » Edward Burne-Jones, English soldier and painter (b. 1833)
• 1904 » Nikolay Bobrikov, Russian soldier and politician, Governor-General of Finland (b. 1839)
• 1936 » Julius Seljamaa, Estonian journalist, politician, and diplomat, Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1883)
• 1939 » Allen Sothoron, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1893)
• 1939 » Eugen Weidmann, German criminal (b. 1908)
• 1940 » Arthur Harden, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1941 » Johan Wagenaar, Dutch organist and composer (b. 1862)
• 1942 » Charles Fitzpatrick, Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Chief Justice of Canada (b. 1853)
• 1952 » Jack Parsons, American chemist and engineer (b. 1914)

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

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

• 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 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 6.7 million citizens.
• May 15 » The Winnipeg general strike begins. By 11:00, almost the whole working population of Winnipeg had walked off the job.
• June 28 » The Treaty of Versailles is signed, ending the state of war between Germany and the Allies of World War I.
• July 11 » The eight-hour day and free Sunday become law for workers in the Netherlands.
• July 23 » Prince Regent Aleksander Karađorđević signs the decree establishing the University of Ljubljana
• August 11 » Germany's Weimar Constitution is signed into law.
• October 2 » U.S. President Woodrow Wilson suffers a massive stroke, leaving him incapacitated for several weeks.

The temperature on June 17, 1919 was between 8.0 °C and 25.7 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 14.5 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.