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• Albert Gall, Opende, gem. Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland
• Arendje Oorbeek, Melissant, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1996)
• Cornelis Baaijens, Arnemuiden († 1982)
• Ebeltje Oosta, Zoutkamp, gem. Ulrum, Groningen, Nederland († 2001)
• Aaltje Wigmans, Hellouw, Gelderland, Nederland († 2012)
• Elfrida Emerence Roegiers, Assenede, Oost-Vlaanderen, België († 1944)
• Barend van Groenigen, Haarlemmermeer († 1981)
• Abraham Jan Rietdijk, Amsterdam († 1969)
• Anthonius Jozef Swillens, Den Haag,- († 1917)
• Barend GROENIGEN, van, Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1981)

• Abi Pritchett (35), Middle Brook, Newfoundland
• Aafje ZEEMAN (79), Zwaag, Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adolph (Adolf) Kromer (60), Steinschönau (Kamenický Šenov), Böhmen, Österreich-Ungarn (jetzt: Tschechien)
• Bloomy Ann Ellis (67), Sherwood, Clark County, Wisconsin, 54436, Verenigde Staten
• Christiaan van Slleswijk-Holstein-Augustenburg (86), Londen
• Anna Lucina Kerker (24), Amsterdam
• Andrew Murdoch Smith (60), 9 Dunn Street Dalmuir, Parish Old Kilpatrick, Dumbarton
• Christiaan van Sleeswijk-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (86), Londen, Groot-Brittannië
• Aaltje Remptema (70), Hoogkerk
• Born Dead Kan (0), Tilburg, The Netherlands

• 1912 » Richard Doll, English physiologist and epidemiologist († 2005)
• 1914 » Glenn Robert Davis, American lieutenant and politician († 1988)
• 1914 » Jonas Salk, American biologist and physician († 1995)
• 1914 » Richard Laurence Millington Synge, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1994)
• 1916 » Pearl Hackney, English actress († 2009)
• 1917 » Jack Soo, American actor and singer († 1979)
• 1919 » Hans Klenk, German race car driver († 2009)
• 1919 » Walt Hansgen, American race car driver († 1966)
• 1921 » Azumafuji Kin'ichi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 40th Yokozuna († 1973)
• 1922 » Gershon Kingsley, German-American pianist, composer, and conductor († 2019)

• 1899 » Ottmar Mergenthaler, German-American engineer, invented the Linotype machine (b. 1854)
• 1900 » Max Müller, German philologist and orientalist (b. 1823)
• 1914 » Richard Heuberger, Austrian composer and critic (b. 1850)
• 1916 » Cleveland Abbe, American meteorologist and academic (b. 1838)
• 1916 » Oswald Boelcke, German WWI flying ace (b. 1891)
• 1917 » Dimitrios Votsis, Greek lawyer and politician (b. 1841)
• 1917 » Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (b. 1831)
• 1918 » Ulisse Dini, Italian mathematician and politician (b. 1845)
• 1929 » Bernhard von Bülow, German soldier and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1849)
• 1936 » Newton Moore, Australian soldier and politician, 8th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1870)

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

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

• 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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
• February 3 » First World War: The American entry into World War I begins when diplomatic relations with Germany are severed due to its unrestricted submarine warfare.
• May 13 » Three children report the first apparition of Our Lady of Fátima in Fátima, Portugal.
• May 19 » The Norwegian football club Rosenborg BK is founded.
• June 4 » The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded: Laura E. Richards, Maude H. Elliott, and Florence Hall receive the first Pulitzer for biography (for Julia Ward Howe). Jean Jules Jusserand receives the first Pulitzer for history for his work With Americans of Past and Present Days. Herbert B. Swope receives the first Pulitzer for journalism for his work for the New York World.
• December 2 » World War I: Russia and the Central Powers sign an armistice at Brest-Litovsk, and peace talks leading to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk begin.
• December 15 » World War I: An armistice between Russia and the Central Powers is signed.

The temperature on October 28, 1917 was between -1.0 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.