About the day » Thursday August 17, 1911Calender converter

• Albert Turksema, Roderveld, gem. Roden, Drenthe, Nederland († 1912)
• Abraham Turenhout, Leiden († 1984)
• Amanda Haggard Bowmer [sWks] "Manda", Casey County, Kentucky († 1936)
• Adriana, Wilhelmina, Josina Hijmering
• Adriana Johanna van der Doelen, Cuijk en Sint Agatha, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1961)
• Allegonda Johanna Maria Leenders, Ubbergen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albert Louis Zegers, Panningen,, Limburg, Nederland
• Albert Turksema, Roderveld († 1912)
• Anna Geertruida Koop, Nw († 2001)
• albert louis Zegers, Helden-Panningen

• Albert Schutrups (57), Odoorn
• Adriaan Sanderse (1), Westkapelle, Walcheren, NL
• Adrianus Gieling (60), Den Helder
• de Groes (0), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Arthur McGarvey (53), Lurganboy, Ballygawley, Clogher, Co. Tyrone, N. Ireland
• Agnes Maria Antonetha van Haren (0), Esch
• Antonius BUKKEMS (66), Someren,,PAYS BAS
• Anna Vervest (63), Woensel
• Adriana Schroevers (0), Vlissingen
• Adriana VERMUNT (85), Roosendaal,Noord-Brabant,NEDERLAND

• 1909 » Larry Clinton, American trumpet player and bandleader († 1985)
• 1909 » Wilf Copping, English footballer († 1980)
• 1911 » Martin Sandberger, German colonel and lawyer († 2010)
• 1911 » Mikhail Botvinnik, Russian chess player and engineer († 1995)
• 1913 » Mark Felt, American lawyer and agent, 2nd Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation († 2008)
• 1913 » Oscar Alfredo Gálvez, Argentinian race car driver († 1989)
• 1913 » Rudy York, American baseball player and manager († 1970)
• 1914 » Bill Downs, American journalist († 1978)
• 1914 » Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr., American lawyer and politician († 1988)
• 1916 » Moses Majekodunmi, Nigerian physician and politician († 2012)

• 1897 » William Jervois, English engineer and diplomat, 10th Governor of South Australia (b. 1821)
• 1901 » Edmond Audran, French organist and composer (b. 1842)
• 1903 » Hans Gude, Norwegian-German painter and academic (b. 1825)
• 1908 » Radoje Domanović, Serbian satirist and journalist (b. 1873)
• 1909 » Madan Lal Dhingra, Indian activist (b. 1883)
• 1918 » Moisei Uritsky, Russian activist and politician (b. 1873)
• 1920 » Ray Chapman, American baseball player (b. 1891)
• 1924 » Tom Kendall, English-Australian cricketer and journalist (b. 1851)
• 1925 » Ioan Slavici, Romanian journalist and author (b. 1848)
• 1935 » Adam Gunn, American decathlete (b. 1872)

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

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

• 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
• January 18 » Eugene B. Ely lands on the deck of the USSPennsylvania anchored in San Francisco Bay, the first time an aircraft landed on a ship.
• June 16 » IBM founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York.
• August 29 » Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California.
• November 11 » Many cities in the Midwestern United States break their record highs and lows on the same day as a strong cold front rolls through.
• November 19 » The Doom Bar in Cornwall claimed two ships, Island Maid and Angele, the latter killing the entire crew except the captain.
• December 9 » A mine explosion near Briceville, Tennessee, kills 84 miners despite rescue efforts led by the United States Bureau of Mines.

The temperature on August 17, 1911 was between 9.8 °C and 21.0 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.