About the day » Sunday November 17, 1912Calender converter

• Alida Johanna Jongbloed, Leiden
• Aaltje Lammerts Dalstra, Surhuisterveen, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1970)
• Aagje Zonneveld, Limmen († 1999)
• Albertus van Schagen, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1988)
• Albert S. Löwenthal, Baltimore,, Maryland, Verenigde Staten († 1979)
• Anna Cornelia Ba(e)ten, Steenbergen († 1913)
• - Drenth, Finsterwolderhamrik, Groningen, Nederland († 1912)
• Adine Cecília Camargo Bayeux, São Paulo, Brasil († 1931)
• Anna Maria Simon, Maastricht
• Alida Wilhelmina van der Kaaij, Rossum († 2008)

• Catharina Alberdn Segers (22), Lisse
• - Drenth (0), Finsterwolderhamrik, Groningen, Nederland
• Berendina Nieman (62), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Alida de Vries (37), Oostzaan
• Benjamin Frank Warder (59), Washington, DC
• Aaltje Groen (30), Steenwijk
• Adriana II van Gisbergen (73), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriaan Coenraads (79), Chaam
• Antonia Bartha de Ridder (38), Bunnik
• Catharina Verbeek (69), Wouw

• 1905 » Arthur Chipperfield, Australian cricketer († 1987)
• 1905 » Astrid of Sweden († 1935)
• 1905 » Mischa Auer, Russian-American actor († 1967)
• 1906 » Rollie Stiles, American baseball player († 2007)
• 1906 » Soichiro Honda, Japanese engineer and businessman, co-founded the Honda Motor Company († 1991)
• 1907 » Israel Regardie, English occultist and author († 1985)
• 1911 » Christian Fouchet, French lawyer and politician, French Minister of the Interior († 1974)
• 1916 » Shelby Foote, American historian and author († 2005)
• 1917 » Ruth Aaronson Bari, American mathematician († 2005)
• 1919 » Kim Heungsou, Korean painter and educator († 2014)

• 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)
• 1929 » Herman Hollerith, American statistician and businessman (b. 1860)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Grietje
13. Geertruida
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 4 » The Scout Association is incorporated throughout the British Empire by royal charter.
• April 18 » The Cunard liner RMSCarpathia brings 705 survivors from the RMSTitanic to New York City.
• May 4 » Italy occupies the Greek island of Rhodes.
• May 13 » The Royal Flying Corps, the forerunner of the Royal Air Force, is established in the United Kingdom.
• October 14 » Former president Theodore Roosevelt is shot and mildly wounded by John Flammang Schrank. With the fresh wound in his chest, and the bullet still within it, Roosevelt delivers his scheduled speech.
• November 19 » First Balkan War: The Serbian Army captures Bitola, ending the five-century-long Ottoman rule of Macedonia.

The temperature on November 17, 1912 was between 7.2 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.