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• Albertje Bosker, Woldendorp, Groningen, Nederland († 1989)
• Anna Korf († 1917)
• Alfred DUFOUR, Monceau-sur-Sambre, Henegouwen, België († 1975)
• Albert ter Hove, Brummen, Gemeente Brummen, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1957)
• Adriana Johanna Voeten, Princenhage
• Anna CARDINAELS, Neeroeteren,3680,Limbourg,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1994)
• Antonia Margaretha Bodewes, Groningen, Nederland († 2005)
• Arie den Hartogh, Nieuwer-Amstel († 2000)
• Arie den Hartogh, Amstelveen († 2000)
• Aaltje Snippe, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2003)

• Aaltje Rieks (88), Heerde {GE}
• Abram Abramsz Vroegop (75), Broek op Langedijk, NH, Nederland
• Abraham Vroegop (75), Broek op Langedijk
• Andries Heinen Schokker (28), Wetering (Steenwijkerwold)
• Disco (88), Bergen op Zoom, Nederland
• Albertus Kroon (25), TerApel
• Arie Pronk (74), Katwijk
• Andries Heinen Schokker (28), Wetering, Overijssel, Nederland
• Arendina Brontsema (73), 't Zandt (gem. Eemsdelta)
• Antonia Cornelia Konings (0), Etten-Leur

• 1912 » Harald Keres, Estonian physicist and academic († 2010)
• 1912 » Yi Wu, Japanese-Korean colonel († 1945)
• 1913 » Arthur Haulot, Belgian journalist and poet († 2005)
• 1913 » Jack Dyer, Australian footballer and coach († 2003)
• 1914 » V. R. Krishna Iyer, Indian lawyer and judge († 2014)
• 1916 » Bill Melendez, Mexican-American voice actor, animator, director, and producer († 2008)
• 1916 » Nita Barrow, Barbadian nurse and politician, 7th Governor-General of Barbados († 1995)
• 1919 » Carol Bruce, American singer and actress († 2007)
• 1919 » Joseph Wapner, American lieutenant and judge († 2017)
• 1920 » Vasilis Diamantopoulos, Greek actor, director, and screenwriter († 1999)

• 1908 » Cixi, China empress dowager and regent (b. 1835)
• 1910 » Wilhelm Raabe, German author (b. 1831)
• 1916 » Henryk Sienkiewicz, Polish journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1846)
• 1917 » Émile Durkheim, French sociologist, psychologist, and philosopher (b. 1858)
• 1919 » Alfred Werner, French-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)
• 1919 » Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky, Polish-Russian engineer, electrician, and inventor (b. 1862)
• 1919 » Mohammad Farid, Egyptian lawyer and politician (b. 1868)
• 1922 » Dimitrios Gounaris, Greek lawyer and politician, 94th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1866)
• 1922 » Nikolaos Stratos, Greek lawyer and politician, 106th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1872)
• 1922 » Petros Protopapadakis, Greek mathematician and politician, 107th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1854)

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. Antonius

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.
• January 9 » World War I: The Battle of Rafa is fought near the Egyptian border with Palestine.
• January 19 » Silvertown explosion: A blast at a munitions factory in London kills 73 and injures over 400. The resulting fire causes over £2,000,000 worth of damage.
• May 19 » The Norwegian football club Rosenborg BK is founded.
• May 21 » The Imperial War Graves Commission is established through royal charter to mark, record, and maintain the graves and places of commemoration of the British Empire's military forces.
• August 18 » A Great Fire in Thessaloniki, Greece destroys 32% of the city leaving 70,000 individuals homeless.
• September 26 » World War I: The Battle of Polygon Wood begins.

The temperature on November 15, 1917 was between 2.3 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.