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• Albert de Ruiter, Den Helder († 1987)
• Alphonsus Adrianus Cornelis Usleeber, 's-Hertogenbosch († 1973)
• Alphonsius Josephus Stevens, Rosmeer, Bilzen (B) († 1997)
• Abraham Marcus, Groningen († 1942)
• Adrianus Jacobus van Bennekom, Zoeterwoude († 1989)
• Adriaantje Roos, Zevenhuizen, Zuidplas, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1977)
• Frederika Alberts, Emmen († 1912)
• Alois Jan Baptist Heylen, Kasterlee
• Abdu'l Tawwab Tarzi, Kaboul, Afghanistan († 1991)
• Oene Zoethout, Hindeloopen († 1907)

• Adrianus Somers (49), Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aafje Vogel (53), Velsen
• Albertus Meeuwenberg (82)
• "Wilhelm" Maximilian Theodor von Biberstein (90), Ravensburg, Germany
• Albert Meeuwenberg (Klein Oonk) (82)
• ADRIANUS DEGROOT (78), Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Antonius Knoop (45), Nijmegen, Gemeente Nijmegen, Gelderland, Niederlande
• Alida Jacoba Petronella Bosman (38), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Balbina Josepha Hubertina Samson (82), Heerlen
• Albert Meeuwenberg (82)

• 1905 » Leopoldo Benites, Ecuadorian diplomat 28th president of the United Nations General Assembly († 1996)
• 1906 » Paul Derringer, American baseball player († 1987)
• 1907 » John Marley, American actor († 1984)
• 1908 » Hjördis Petterson, Swedish actress († 1988)
• 1908 » Kenji Miyamoto, Japanese politician († 2007)
• 1908 » Red Rolfe, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1969)
• 1908 » Wally Prigg, Australian rugby league player († 1980)
• 1909 » Cozy Cole, American drummer († 1981)
• 1909 » Joaquín Satrústegui, Spanish lawyer and politician († 1992)
• 1909 » Leopoldo Panero, Spanish poet († 1962)

• 1868 » Laura Secord, Canadian war heroine (b. 1775)
• 1887 » Gustav Kirchhoff, German physicist and chemist (b. 1824)
• 1889 » Nikolay Chernyshevsky, Russian philosopher and critic (b. 1828)
• 1893 » Patrice de MacMahon, Duke of Magenta, French general and politician, 3rd President of France (b. 1808)
• 1910 » Julia Ward Howe, American poet and songwriter (b. 1819)
• 1918 » Malak Hifni Nasif, Egyptian poet and author (b. 1886)
• 1928 » Frank Dicksee, English painter and illustrator (b. 1853)
• 1931 » Alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist and academic (b. 1884)
• 1937 » J. Bruce Ismay, English businessman (b. 1862)
• 1938 » Karl Kautsky, Czech-German journalist, philosopher, and theoretician (b. 1854)

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

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

• 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
• October 21 » The 1907 Qaratog earthquake hits the borders of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, killing between 12,000 and 15,000 people.
• November 16 » Cunard Line's RMSMauretania, sister ship of RMSLusitania, sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
• December 10 » The worst night of the Brown Dog riots in London, when 1,000 medical students clash with 400 police officers over the existence of a memorial for animals that have been vivisected.
• December 16 » The American Great White Fleet begins its circumnavigation of the world.
• December 19 » Two hundred thirty-nine coal miners die in the Darr Mine Disaster in Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania.
• December 31 » The first New Year's Eve celebration is held in Times Square (then known as Longacre Square) in Manhattan.

The temperature on October 17, 1907 was between 8.0 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.