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• Adriana Maria Gardenier, Rotterdam
• Agnes Cornelia Maria Draijer, Heemstede
• Abraham Alkema, Midlum (Franekeradeel) († 1992)
• Adolf.G.H. Evers, Linne († 1993)
• de Ruiter, Duiven, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1907)
• Albert Nijenbanning, Wezup
• Aleida Maria Jacobs Konter, Vollenhove († 1993)
• Aartje Schotkamp, Zwolle (Ov )
• "Jimmie" Tempie McCurdy, Spencer, Rowan County, North Carolina, Verenigde Staten († 1974)
• Aaltje WINTERS, Vollenhove Ambt

• Antonius van Beek (74), Vinkeveen,U
• Aagje~Lieuwes Wesselius (34), Wûnseradiel
• Anthonie Evelyn Melbourne Sir Ashley (71)
• de Ruiter (0), Duiven, Gelderland, Netherlands
• * Willem Loeff (80), Nieuwkuijk
• "Roberto" Carlo Luigi Maria di Borbone-Parma (59), Viareggio, Italie
• Aagje Wesselius (34), Wons (gem. Súdwest-Fryslân)
• Adrianus Loeffen (64), Berghem, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonie van Buuren (83), Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Raas (61), Ovezande

• 1899 » Mary Margaret McBride, American radio host († 1976)
• 1900 » Eliška Junková, Czechoslovakian race car driver († 1994)
• 1904 » Nnamdi Azikiwe, 1st President of Nigeria († 1996)
• 1905 » Eddie Condon, American guitarist and banjo player († 1973)
• 1907 » Burgess Meredith, American actor, singer, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1997)
• 1909 » Mirza Nasir Ahmad, Indian-Pakistani religious leader († 1982)
• 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)

• 1878 » Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine (b. 1874)
• 1884 » František Chvostek, Czech-Austrian soldier and physician (b. 1835)
• 1885 » Louis Riel, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1844)
• 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)

• 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.
• February 9 » The Mud March is the first large procession organised by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS).
• April 17 » The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than on any other day.
• August 17 » Pike Place Market, a popular tourist destination and registered historic district in Seattle, opened.
• September 29 » The cornerstone is laid at the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (better known as Washington National Cathedral) in Washington, D.C.
• October 27 » Fifteen people are killed in Hungary when a gunman opens fire on a crowd gathered at a church consecration.
• November 9 » The Cullinan Diamond is presented to King Edward VII on his birthday.

The temperature on November 16, 1907 was between 7.2 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.