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• Bloeme van Thijn, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Anna Gerssen, Den Helder († 2004)
• Alice Kathryn Ogden, Quincy, Adams, Illinois, United States († 1982)
• Andries Broer, Ruinen, De Wolden, Drenthe, Nederland († 1992)
• Alberta Broeren, Sint-Michielsgestel († 2005)
• Andries Broer, Ruinen, Drenthe, Netherlands († 1992)
• Bloeme van Thijn, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Anne Rozendal, Echten gem. Lemsterland († 1993)
• Bernardus Johannes Heitbaum, Hengelo († 2022)
• Albertje Kooij, Huizen († 1997)

• Aagje van der Zouwen (0), Ameide
• Adrianus VAN KESSEL (82), Turnhout,2300,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Berryman Hamrick "Berry" (97), Cleveland County, North Carolina
• Catharina Johanna VERMEER (12), Delft
• Antonie Vuijk (87), Ter Aar wijk B huis 29
• Arij van den Berg (77), Delft
• Aaltje van der Hoek (47), Baard
• Anthonij Vuijk (87), Ter Aar (Kerkbuurt)
• Adriaan Verheul (0), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Ladnier (42), Pascagoula, Jackson, Mississippi, United States

• 1913 » Arnold Brown, English-Canadian missionary, 11th General of The Salvation Army († 2002)
• 1914 » Alan Bullock, English historian and author († 2004)
• 1914 » Larry Noble, English comedian and actor († 1993)
• 1915 » B. J. Vorster, South African lawyer and politician, 4th State President of South Africa († 1983)
• 1916 » Archie Moore, American boxer († 1998)
• 1916 » Leonard Weisgard, American author and illustrator († 2000)
• 1918 » Bill Vukovich, Serbian-American race car driver († 1955)
• 1919 » Hans-Joachim Marseille, German captain and pilot († 1942)
• 1920 » George P. Shultz, American economist and politician, 60th United States Secretary of State
• 1921 » Turgut Demirağ, Turkish film producer, director and screenwriter († 1987)

• 1908 » Augustus Le Plongeon, French photographer and historian (b. 1825)
• 1919 » Woldemar Voigt, German physicist and academic (b. 1850)
• 1922 » Arthur Wesley Dow, American painter and photographer (b. 1857)
• 1922 » Hannes Hafstein, Icelandic poet and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Iceland (b. 1861)
• 1924 » Samuel Gompers, English-born American labor leader, founded the American Federation of Labor (b. 1850)
• 1927 » Mehmet Nadir, Turkish mathematician and academic (b. 1856)
• 1930 » Fritz Pregl, Slovenian-Austrian chemist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)
• 1931 » Gustave Le Bon, French psychologist, sociologist, and anthropologist (b. 1840)
• 1932 » Georgios Jakobides, Greek painter and sculptor (b. 1853)
• 1935 » Victor Grignard, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)

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 17 » The United States pays Denmark $25 million for the Virgin Islands.
• March 25 » The Georgian Orthodox Church restores its autocephaly abolished by Imperial Russia in 1811.
• 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.
• August 30 » Vietnamese prison guards led by Trịnh Văn Cấn mutiny at the Thái Nguyên penitentiary against local French authority.
• October 24 » First World War: Italy suffers a disastrous defeat on the Austro-Italian front.
• November 2 » The Balfour Declaration proclaims British support for the "establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people" with the clear understanding "that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities".

The temperature on December 13, 1917 was between 1.3 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.