About the day » Friday November 17, 1899Calender converter

• van der Wansem, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Wildschut, Heeg, Nederland († 1980)
• Wesseling, Mühlenberg, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany († 1899)
• Annigje van der Weide, Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland
• Abraham Sarfaty, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albina Nowak († 1982)
• Annigje Weide, Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland
• van der Wansum, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert van de Beek, IJsselmuiden, Overijssel, Nederland († 1973)
• Anna Frances Shultz, Sebree, Webster, KY

• "Elisabeth" Klara Natalie Agnes Emilie Charlotte von Oppen (72), Berlin
• Albert Roelofs (0), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Baukje Kuper (81), Steenwijk
• Adriana Heijstek (59), Colijnsplaat, Zeeland, Nederland
• Albertus Hakkers (86), Heemserveen
• Amélie Thérèse MASSARD (90), Robechies
• Baukje Kuper (80), Steenwijk
• Adriana van den Bosch (79), Harmelen, UTR, Nederland
• Anje Abels Compaan (88), Westernieland (gem. De Marne)
• Atze (jorkes) van der Pol (80), Wons

• 1895 » Gregorio López, Mexican journalist, author, and poet († 1966)
• 1896 » Lev Vygotsky, Belarusian-Russian psychologist and philosopher († 1934)
• 1897 » Frank Fay, American actor, singer, and screenwriter († 1961)
• 1899 » Douglas Shearer, Canadian-American engineer († 1971)
• 1901 » Lee Strasberg, Ukrainian-American actor and director († 1982)
• 1901 » Walter Hallstein, German academic and politician, 1st President of the European Commission († 1982)
• 1902 » Eugene Wigner, Hungarian physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1995)
• 1904 » Isamu Noguchi, American sculptor and architect († 1988)
• 1905 » Astrid of Sweden († 1935)
• 1905 » Mischa Auer, Russian-American actor († 1967)

• 1891 » José María Iglesias, Mexican politician and interim President (1876-1877) (b. 1823)
• 1897 » George Hendric Houghton, American pastor and theologian (b. 1820)
• 1902 » Hugh Price Hughes, Welsh theologian and educator (b. 1847)
• 1905 » Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, (b. 1817)
• 1910 » Ralph Johnstone, American pilot (b. 1886)
• 1917 » Auguste Rodin, French sculptor and illustrator (b. 1840)
• 1922 » Robert Comtesse, Swiss lawyer and politician, 29th President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1847)
• 1923 » Eduard Bornhöhe, Estonian author (b. 1862)
• 1924 » Gregory VII of Constantinople (b. 1850)
• 1928 » Lala Lajpat Rai, Indian author and politician (b. 1865)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Hendrika
8. Catharina
9. Adriana
10. Jacoba
11. Aaltje
12. Grietje
13. Neeltje
14. Petronella
15. Geertruida
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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
• January 1 » Spanish rule ends in Cuba.
• February 4 » The Philippine–American War begins with the Battle of Manila.
• March 30 » German Society of Chemistry issues an invitation to other national scientific organizations to appoint delegates to the International Committee on Atomic Weights.
• July 29 » The First Hague Convention is signed.
• November 28 » The Second Boer War: a British column is engaged by Boer forces at the Battle of Modder River; although the Boers withdraw, the British suffer heavy casualties.
• December 2 » Philippine–American War: The Battle of Tirad Pass, termed "The Filipino Thermopylae", is fought.

The temperature on November 17, 1899 was about 7.1 °C. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%.