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• Catharina (Catrien) (4k) Siepe, Netherlands († 2000)
• Betsie van Erp, Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1996)
• Algonda Gerarda Onwezen, Bunnik,, Utrecht, Nederland († 2016)
• Cornelia Hendrika Aloysia Minkels, Sint-Michielsgestel († 2006)
• Asbjørg Dagmar Storvoll, Storvoll, Rana, Nordland, Norge († 1923)
• Anna Helena Eikens, Schoonebeek, Drenthe, Nederland († 2014)
• Catharina Siepe († 2000)
• Catharina Rayer, Alkmaar († 1981)
• Catharina Bulle, Emmen, Nederland († 1998)
• Adrianus Johannes Alphonsus van de Sande, Tilburg († 2009)

• Aukje ten Klooster (27)
• Alida Anna Klasina Jaring (53), Utrecht
• Camiel Joseph Vandeginste (51), Ardooie, 8850, West-Vlaanderen, B
• Antje Smit (52), Noordwijkerhout
• Antonius de Jong (0), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Barend Cornelis baron van Reede van Oudtshoorn (73), Assen,Gemeente Assen,Drenthe,Netherlands
• Higgs (0), Columbus, Hickman, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten
• Antonius de Jong (1920), Haarlem
• Christiaan Rumping (15), Wijk aan Zee en Duin
• Aafje de Beurs (80), Ermelo

• 1921 » František Zvarík, Slovak actor († 2008)
• 1921 » George Barnes, American guitarist, producer, and songwriter († 1977)
• 1921 » Louis Lachenal, French mountaineer († 1955)
• 1921 » Mary Osborne, American guitarist († 1992)
• 1921 » Toni Stone, American baseball player († 1996)
• 1923 » Jeanne Block, American psychologist († 1981)
• 1923 » John Cooper, English car designer, co-founded the Cooper Car Company († 2000)
• 1924 » Garde Gardom, Canadian lawyer and politician, 26th Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia († 2013)
• 1925 » Jimmy Scott, American singer and actor († 2014)
• 1925 » Mohammad Hasan Sharq, Afghan politician

• 1907 » Hector Malot, French author and critic (b. 1830)
• 1912 » Henri Poincaré, French mathematician, physicist, and engineer (b. 1854)
• 1918 » Victims of the Shooting of the Romanov family
• 1925 » Lovis Corinth, German painter (b. 1858)
• 1928 » Álvaro Obregón, Mexican general and politician, 39th President of Mexico (b. 1880)
• 1928 » Giovanni Giolitti, Italian politician, 13th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1842)
• 1932 » Rasmus Rasmussen, Norwegian actor, singer, and director (b. 1862)
• 1935 » George William Russell, Irish poet and painter (b. 1867)
• 1942 » Robina Nicol, New Zealand photographer and suffragist (b. 1861)
• 1944 » William James Sidis, American mathematician and anthropologist (b. 1898)

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.
• March 20 » The Arts Club of Chicago hosts the opening of Pablo Picasso's first United States showing, entitled Original Drawings by Pablo Picasso, becoming an early proponent of modern art in the United States.
• April 18 » Yankee Stadium: "The House that Ruth Built" opens.
• April 28 » Wembley Stadium is opened, named initially as the Empire Stadium.
• May 26 » The first 24 Hours of Le Mans was held and has since been run annually in June.
• August 2 » Vice President Calvin Coolidge becomes U.S. President upon the death of President Warren G. Harding.
• 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.

The temperature on July 17, 1923 was between 13.3 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.