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• Albert Suurd, Peize, Noordenveld, Drenthe, Nederland († 2006)
• Anne Groenewold, Illinois (VS) († 1990)
• Aaltje DE VRIES, Anjum Friesland Netherlands († 1988)
• Albertus Gerardus Hoogduin, Voorschoten
• Alois Bittner († 1991)
• Alma Robinson, Brunswick County, North Carolina
• Alice Cornelia Guillemine Pluijmakers, Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland († 1987)
• Anna Cornelia JANSSENS, Stabroek, Antwerpen, Belgie
• Alke Wubs, Mussel, Onstwedde, Groningen, Nederland
• Alphonsus Franciscus (Fons) Janssen, Tilburg, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 1988)

• Albert Remken (69), Ruinen, Drenthe, Netherlands(Stuifzand)
• Berendina Hemmers (65), Lonneker, 7525 PC, Nederland
• Berendina Stevens (2), Exloërmond (Gem. Odoorn), Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriana Kraan (83), Uithoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Ann Elizabeth Charles (64), Remsen, Oneida County, NY
• Bernhard Vrijheer Gerschau van Flotow (57), Vitebsk, Wit-Rusland
• Cornelia Krijgsman (43), Kwadijk
• Albertje Teunissen (0), Ermelo
• Antoon BOLLEN (81), Blerick, Venlo, Pays-Bas
• Anna Jans Hartman (0), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands(De Huizen)

• 1909 » Cozy Cole, American drummer († 1981)
• 1909 » Joaquín Satrústegui, Spanish lawyer and politician († 1992)
• 1909 » Leopoldo Panero, Spanish poet († 1962)
• 1910 » Ester Wier, American author († 2000)
• 1910 » Marina Núñez del Prado, Bolivian sculptor († 1995)
• 1912 » Jack Owens, American singer-songwriter and pianist († 1982)
• 1912 » Pope John Paul I, Catholic pope from August 1978- September 1978 († 1978)
• 1912 » Theodore Marier, American composer and educator, founded the Boston Archdiocesan Choir School († 2001)
• 1913 » Faik Türün, Turkish general († 2003)
• 1913 » Robert Lowery, American actor († 1971)

• 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)
• 1948 » Royal Cortissoz, American art critic (b. 1869)

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

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

• 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
• January 30 » The destroyer USSTerry makes the first airplane rescue at sea saving the life of Douglas McCurdy ten miles from Havana, Cuba.
• March 29 » The M1911 .45 ACP pistol becomes the official U.S. Army side arm.
• May 31 » The RMS Titanic is launched in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
• July 4 » A massive heat wave strikes the northeastern United States, killing 380 people in eleven days and breaking temperature records in several cities.
• September 18 » Russian Premier Pyotr Stolypin is shot at the Kiev Opera House.
• December 29 » Mongolia gains independence from the Qing dynasty, enthroning 8th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu as Khagan of Mongolia.

The temperature on October 17, 1911 was between 2.3 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.