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• Aly Bodde († 2009)
• Antonia Francisca Theodora Josephina (Tonnie) van Hamond, Tilburg, Nederland († 2010)
• Annie Reintjens, Eijsden († 1992)
• Antoinette Maria van de Pavoordt, Gouda († 2010)
• Albertus Dierkes, Vollenhove, Overijssel, Nederland († 2000)
• Adrianus Timmers, Heesch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2022)
• Anna Geertruida Elisabeth van de Wiel, amsterdam, Nederland († 1994)
• Abraham Cornelis Stolk, Brielle Z.H († 1993)
• Alie Leijen, Akersloot († 2006)
• * Hendrikus van Oudheusden, Ridderkerk († 1998)

• Adrien comte Le Bègue de Germiny (95), au château de Gouville (Seine inf.)
• AEde Hotzes Tjepkema (56), Leeuwarden
• Albert Jan van Gelder (1), Zalk en Veecaten, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adrianus Bergman (65), Schoten, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Theodora Elisabeth van Janssen, Apeldoorn
• Aafje Appelman (80), Blokker, Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana de Goffau (76), Rotterdam, Government of Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
• Adrianus van Wijnen (60), Overschie, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Andrieske Bekkema (63), Achtkarspelen (Surhuisterveen)
• adrianus van WIJNEN (60), delft

• 1915 » Robert S. Arbib Jr., American ornithologist, writer and conservationist († 1987)
• 1919 » Nat King Cole, American singer, pianist, and television host († 1965)
• 1920 » Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladeshi politician, 1st President of Bangladesh († 1975)
• 1921 » Meir Amit, Israeli general and politician, 12th Israeli Minister of Communications († 2009)
• 1922 » Patrick Suppes, American psychologist and philosopher († 2014)
• 1924 » Stephen Dodgson, English composer and educator († 2013)
• 1925 » Gabriele Ferzetti, Italian actor († 2015)
• 1926 » Siegfried Lenz, Polish-German author and playwright († 2014)
• 1927 » Betty Allen, American soprano and educator († 2009)
• 1928 » William John McKeag, Canadian businessman and politician, 17th Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba († 2007)

• 1893 » Jules Ferry, French lawyer and politician, 44th Prime Minister of France (b. 1832)
• 1917 » Franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist (b. 1838)
• 1926 » Aleksei Brusilov, Georgian-Russian general (b. 1853)
• 1937 » Austen Chamberlain, English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1863)
• 1940 » Philomène Belliveau, Canadian artist (b. 1854)
• 1946 » Dai Li, Chinese general (b. 1897)
• 1949 » Aleksandra Ekster, Russian-French painter and set designer (b. 1882)
• 1956 » Fred Allen, American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and author (b. 1894)
• 1956 » Irène Joliot-Curie, French physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
• 1957 » Ramon Magsaysay, Filipino captain and politician, 7th President of the Philippines (b. 1907)

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

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

• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 7.0 million citizens.
• April 24 » The first segment of the Imperial Wireless Chain providing wireless telegraphy between Leafield in Oxfordshire, England, and Cairo, Egypt, comes into operation.
• July 11 » The Hollywood Bowl opens.
• September 13 » The final act of the Greco-Turkish War, the Great Fire of Smyrna, commences.
• October 19 » British Conservative MPs vote to terminate the coalition government with the Liberal Party.
• December 7 » The Parliament of Northern Ireland votes to remain a part of the United Kingdom and not unify with Southern Ireland.
• December 8 » Northern Ireland ceases to be part of the Irish Free State.

The temperature on March 17, 1922 was between -1.1 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.