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• Aaltje Kleene, Giethoorn († 1954)
• Aloisius Gerardus Bosman, Noordwijk († 1975)
• André Polidor Taalman, Philippine, Zeeland, Nederland († 1923)
• Baert, Sint-Jansteen (NL) († 1923)
• Adrianus Joannes Hamers, Berkel-Enschot († 2008)
• Andrew (Andries) Mellema, Waaxens († 2008)
• Anna-Maria Usina (Ans) SMIT, Enschede († 2001)
• arie KEIZERWAARD, vlaardingen († 2000)
• Adriana Voets, Rosmalen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2017)
• Leijten, Waalwijk (Noord-Brabant, NLD) († 1923)

• Angel Dion Johansen (45), Bosted: Staupåmo, Beiarn, Nordland, Norge
• "Paul Friedrich" Wilhelm Heinrich von Mecklenburg-Schwerin (70), Ludwigslust, Allemagne
• (69), Bruges, West Flanders, Belgium
• Anna Maria Muijsson (83), Rotterdam
• Antonie Spape (81), Tilburg
• Arij Quispel (91), De Lier
• Anna Catharina van Assen (15), Middelharnis
• Berendina Hazekamp (86), Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Maria Van Rompuy
• Auke Everts Kroes (0), Schoterland, Friesland, Nederland

• 1920 » Harry Männil, Estonian-Venezuelan businessman, co-founded ACO Group († 2010)
• 1921 » Bob Merrill, American composer and screenwriter († 1998)
• 1921 » Dennis Brain, English composer († 1957)
• 1922 » Jean Rédélé, French racing driver, founded Alpine († 2007)
• 1923 » Michael Beetham, English commander and pilot († 2015)
• 1924 » Francis Tombs, Baron Tombs, English engineer and politician († 2020)
• 1924 » Roy Bentley, English footballer († 2018)
• 1926 » David Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie, English-Scottish soldier and politician
• 1926 » Dietmar Schönherr, Austrian-Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter († 2014)
• 1926 » Franz Sondheimer, German-English chemist and academic († 1981)

• 1911 » Frederick August Otto Schwarz, German-American businessman, founded FAO Schwarz (b. 1836)
• 1916 » Boris Borisovich Golitsyn, Russian physicist and seismologist (b. 1862)
• 1917 » Charles Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak (b. 1829)
• 1917 » Clara Ayres, American nurse (b. 1880)
• 1919 » Guido von List, Austrian-German journalist, author, and poet (b. 1848)
• 1921 » Karl Mantzius, Danish actor and director (b. 1860)
• 1922 » Dorothy Levitt, English racing driver and journalist (b. 1882)
• 1927 » Harold Geiger, American pilot and lieutenant (b. 1884)
• 1934 » Cass Gilbert, American architect (b. 1859)
• 1935 » Paul Dukas, French composer, critic, and educator (b. 1865)

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

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

• 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 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 7.1 million citizens.
• May 26 » The first 24 Hours of Le Mans was held and has since been run annually in June.
• August 16 » The United Kingdom gives the name "Ross Dependency" to part of its claimed Antarctic territory and makes the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand its administrator.
• August 18 » First British Track and Field championships for women, London.
• August 23 » Captain Lowell Smith and Lieutenant John P. Richter performed the first mid-air refueling on De Havilland DH-4B, setting an endurance flight record of 37 hours.
• October 13 » Ankara becomes the capital of Turkey.
• November 11 » Adolf Hitler was arrested in Munich for high treason for his role in the Beer Hall Putsch.

The temperature on May 17, 1923 was between 3.0 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 8.6 mm of rain. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.