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• Arjen Pietersz Vriend, Andijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1974)
• Bessie Young Dobbins, Tyty Tift, Georgia († 1994)
• Arie Post, Amsterdam
• Aaltje Thalen, Hoogeveen nederland († 1926)
• Arend Folkerts Hobma, Westhem, Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1918)
• Anton Christiaan Ahlers, Amsterdam, 1000, Noord-Holland, Nl († 2000)
• Anna Erich († 2010)
• Adrianus de Reus, Amsterdam
• ?? Ducaneaux, Rotterdam († 1917)
• Abraham Jannis Haartsen, Groede, Zeeland, Nederland († 1985)

• Anna Korf (0)
• Adriana Gosina van Baalen (77), Utrecht, Utrecht, NL
• Anna Elisabeth Rodbard (60), Leiden
• Aat Martens Sikkes (50), Huizum
• Andreas De Krom de Crom (50), Vught
• Arie Martinus Siebel (58)
• Anna Korf (0), Urk
• Aagje Hofman (67), Aarlanderveen (ZH, NLD)
• Antonius Constant Martinus Theuns, Zundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Verhoeff (76), Rotterdam

• 1914 » Albert Tucker, Australian painter and illustrator († 1999)
• 1914 » Billy Tipton, American pianist and saxophonist († 1989)
• 1914 » Zainul Abedin, Bangladeshi painter and academic († 1976)
• 1915 » Bill Osmanski, American football player and coach († 1996)
• 1915 » Jo Van Fleet, American actress († 1996)
• 1915 » Robert Ruark, American hunter and author († 1965)
• 1917 » Ramanand Sagar, Indian director and producer († 2005)
• 1917 » Tom Bradley, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 38th Mayor of Los Angeles († 1998)
• 1919 » Alfred de Grazia, American political scientist and author († 2014)
• 1919 » Roman Vlad, Italian pianist and composer († 2013)

• 1894 » Christina Rossetti, English poet and hymn-writer (b. 1830)
• 1897 » William James Linton, English-American painter, author, and activist (b. 1812)
• 1900 » John Henry Leech, English entomologist (b. 1862)
• 1910 » Reginald Doherty, English tennis player (b. 1872)
• 1924 » Carl Spitteler, Swiss poet and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)
• 1925 » Félix Vallotton, Swiss/French painter (b. 1865)
• 1926 » Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian poet and author (b. 1875)
• 1929 » Wilhelm Maybach, German engineer and businessman, founded Maybach (b. 1846)
• 1937 » Don Marquis, American journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1878)
• 1941 » Tullio Levi-Civita, Italian mathematician and scholar (b. 1873)

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.
• March 16 » World War I: A German auxiliary cruiser is sunk in the Action of 16 March 1917.
• March 26 » World War I: First Battle of Gaza: British troops are halted after 17,000 Turks block their advance.
• August 18 » A Great Fire in Thessaloniki, Greece destroys 32% of the city leaving 70,000 individuals homeless.
• August 28 » Ten Suffragettes are arrested while picketing the White House.
• October 4 » World War I: The Battle of Broodseinde is fought between the British and German armies in Flanders.
• November 25 » World War I: German forces defeat Portuguese army of about 1,200 at Negomano on the border of modern-day Mozambique and Tanzania.

The average temperature on December 29, 1917 was 1.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.