About the day » Friday November 17, 1911Calender converter

• Albertus Evergradus Hoenholt, Duiven, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albert Romkes, Leeuwarden
• Auke Zwarts, Opsterland († 1945)
• Albert Ottenhoff, Djoewana (Japara) Ned. Indie
• Agnes Rosalie Smekens, Brussel, België († 1975)
• Adriana Cornelia Mallan, Rotterdam, Nederland († 1924)
• Adriana Justina van Wetering, Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Maartje Lakerveld, Rotterdam
• Ketz, Dieren († 1911)
• Cornelis Adrianus Bevaart, Abbenbroek († 1987)

• Andreas Meurs (84), Klimmen
• Leermakers (0), Wintelre
• Anna Koster (50), Zuidwolde, Drenthe, Netherlands(Vuile Riete)
• Aaltje van der Zwaag (0), Luinjeberd
• Andreas Meurs (84), Klimmen
• Aaltje Kluinhaar (39), Zwollerkerspel (Westenholte)
• Abraham Cornelis ten Brink (81), Coevorden
• Adrianus Joannes Cornelis Jongbloets (0), Tilburg
• Aaltje van der Zwaag (0), Luinjeberd, Utingeradeel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Adrianus Johannes Antonia Scholten, Haarlem

• 1904 » Isamu Noguchi, American sculptor and architect († 1988)
• 1905 » Arthur Chipperfield, Australian cricketer († 1987)
• 1905 » Astrid of Sweden († 1935)
• 1905 » Mischa Auer, Russian-American actor († 1967)
• 1906 » Rollie Stiles, American baseball player († 2007)
• 1906 » Soichiro Honda, Japanese engineer and businessman, co-founded the Honda Motor Company († 1991)
• 1907 » Israel Regardie, English occultist and author († 1985)
• 1911 » Christian Fouchet, French lawyer and politician, French Minister of the Interior († 1974)
• 1916 » Shelby Foote, American historian and author († 2005)
• 1917 » Ruth Aaronson Bari, American mathematician († 2005)

• 1897 » George Hendric Houghton, American pastor and theologian (b. 1820)
• 1902 » Hugh Price Hughes, Welsh theologian and educator (b. 1847)
• 1905 » Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, (b. 1817)
• 1910 » Ralph Johnstone, American pilot (b. 1886)
• 1917 » Auguste Rodin, French sculptor and illustrator (b. 1840)
• 1922 » Robert Comtesse, Swiss lawyer and politician, 29th President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1847)
• 1923 » Eduard Bornhöhe, Estonian author (b. 1862)
• 1924 » Gregory VII of Constantinople (b. 1850)
• 1928 » Lala Lajpat Rai, Indian author and politician (b. 1865)
• 1929 » Herman Hollerith, American statistician and businessman (b. 1860)

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.
• May 30 » At the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the first Indianapolis 500 ends with Ray Harroun in his Marmon Wasp becoming the first winner of the 500-mile auto race.
• June 28 » The Nakhla meteorite, the first one to suggest signs of aqueous processes on Mars, falls to Earth, landing in Egypt.
• August 21 » The Mona Lisa is stolen by Vincenzo Peruggia, a Louvre employee.
• August 24 » Manuel de Arriaga is elected and sworn-in as the first President of Portugal.
• December 29 » Sun Yat-sen becomes the provisional President of the Republic of China; he formally takes office on January 1, 1912.

The temperature on November 17, 1911 was between 7.9 °C and 12.3 °C and averaged 9.7 °C. There was 17.6 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.