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• Arlene Jane DeBruine, Cedar Grove, Wisconsin († 1993)
• (Stillborn) Vedder (Vedders,Fedder) († 1917)
• Arend Leendert Sluijs van der, Rotterdam († 1969)
• Bernardina Gerharda Nuis, Overdinkel (Losser) († 2008)
• Aart Peter Jan Hol, Geldermalsen († 1988)
• "Claude" Marguerite Marthe Marie Boudousquié, Paris († 2005)
• Bernard Martin Maybore († 1968)
• Arend Leendert van der Sluijs, Rotterdam († 1969)
• Anna Margaretha Bredina (Annie) Blom, Nieuwkoop, Langeraar, ZH, Nederland († 2003)
• Anna Elisabeth Verheij, Spankeren, Gelderland, Nederland († 1917)

• Christina Kaptein (0)
• Cecil Henry STORKEY (22), East Africa
• Anna Maria van Bakel (0), Heemstede
• Agatha Virginie Blondeel (77), Oostkamp
• Anthonia Antonia van Zeelst (82), Ammerzoden, Gelderland, Nederland
• (Stillborn) Vedder (Vedders,Fedder,Veder,Verders,Feders,Ferder) (0), Gendt, Nederland
• Anke Zondervan (78), Franeker, Friesland, Netherlands
• Hoekstra, Westhem
• Anna Maria Augusta Slaghek (81), ‘s-Gravenhage,Gemeente ’s-Gravenhage,South Holland,Netherlands
• Adrianus Rudolf Hermus (42), Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1912 » George O. Petrie, American actor and director († 1997)
• 1912 » W. E. D. Ross, Canadian actor, playwright, and author († 1995)
• 1913 » Ellen Albertini Dow, American actress († 2015)
• 1914 » Eddie Chapman, English spy († 1997)
• 1915 » Jean Fritz, Chinese-American author († 2017)
• 1916 » Al Lucas, Canadian-American bassist († 1983)
• 1916 » Daws Butler, American voice actor and singer († 1988)
• 1916 » Harold Baigent, New Zealand actor and director († 1996)
• 1922 » Gene Amdahl, American computer scientist, physicist, and engineer († 2015)
• 1922 » José Saramago, Portuguese novelist († 2010)

• 1903 » Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (b. 1895)
• 1907 » Robert I, Duke of Parma (b. 1848)
• 1908 » Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, French-Canadian lawyer and politician, 4th Premier of Quebec (b. 1829)
• 1911 » A. A. Ames, American physician and politician, 9th Mayor of Minneapolis (b. 1842)
• 1911 » Lawrence Feuerbach, American shot putter (b. 1879)
• 1913 » George Barham, English businessman, founded Express County Milk Supply Company (b. 1836)
• 1922 » Max Abraham, Polish-German physicist and academic (b. 1875)
• 1939 » Pierce Butler, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1866)
• 1941 » Eduard Eelma, Estonian footballer (b. 1902)
• 1941 » Miina Härma, Estonian organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1864)

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.
• January 22 » World War I: President Woodrow Wilson of the still-neutral United States calls for "peace without victory" in Europe.
• March 16 » World War I: A German auxiliary cruiser is sunk in the Action of 16 March 1917.
• July 25 » Sir Robert Borden introduces the first income tax in Canada as a "temporary" measure (lowest bracket is 4% and highest is 25%).
• August 6 » World War I: Battle of Mărășești between the Romanian and German armies begins.
• September 14 » The Russian Empire is formally replaced by the Russian Republic.
• October 25 » Old Style date of the October Revolution in Russia.

The temperature on November 16, 1917 was between 3.7 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.