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• Alida Polderman, Middelburg († 1911)
• Aaltje Douwes Reitsma, Franeker, Franekeradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1986)
• Andrée Harpman, Parijs, Frankrijk († 1945)
• Adriana Cornelia Jansen, Made en Drimmelen
• Adrianus Gerardus Wolvers, Leimuiden († 1913)
• Adriana Maria Johanna Rijnaars, Roosendaal
• Adriana Deijkers, Fijnaart
• Antoinetta Theodora Geerts, Sas van Gent
• Andrew Jackson McNeal, West Virginia († 1992)
• Anna van der Woude, Koedijk

• Anna Elisabeth Vergers (82), Haarlem
• Adriana Barel (37), Capelle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Barel (37), Capelle
• Aaltje Rietdijk (59), Oostvoorne, 3233, Nederland
• Adrianus Zekveld (37), Oudshoorn, ZH, Nederland
• Agatha Louisa Johanna Maria van Dartel (41), 's Hertogenbosch
• Bernard Hermann Kaspers (48), Vlagtwedde (Groningen)
• Arend Joel (4), Hoogezand (Nieuwe Compagnie)
• Carolina de Schepper (82), Graauw en Langendam (Zld)
• Arie van Donselaar (89), Langbroek

• 1904 » Marie-Anne Desmarest, French author († 1973)
• 1906 » Zinka Milanov, Croatian-American soprano and educator († 1989)
• 1909 » Julius Sumner Miller, American physicist and academic († 1987)
• 1911 » Lisa Fonssagrives, Swedish-American model († 1992)
• 1911 » Maureen O'Sullivan, Irish-American actress († 1998)
• 1912 » Ace Parker, American baseball and football player († 2013)
• 1912 » Archibald Cox, American lawyer and politician, 31st United States Solicitor General († 2004)
• 1912 » Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner, American inventor († 2006)
• 1913 » Hans Ruesch, Swiss racing driver and author († 2007)
• 1914 » Robert N. Thompson, American-Canadian chiropractor and politician († 1997)

• 1888 » Giacomo Zanella, Italian priest and poet (b. 1820)
• 1911 » Frederick August Otto Schwarz, German-American businessman, founded FAO Schwarz (b. 1836)
• 1916 » Boris Borisovich Golitsyn, Russian physicist and seismologist (b. 1862)
• 1917 » Charles Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak (b. 1829)
• 1917 » Clara Ayres, American nurse (b. 1880)
• 1919 » Guido von List, Austrian-German journalist, author, and poet (b. 1848)
• 1921 » Karl Mantzius, Danish actor and director (b. 1860)
• 1922 » Dorothy Levitt, English racing driver and journalist (b. 1882)
• 1927 » Harold Geiger, American pilot and lieutenant (b. 1884)
• 1934 » Cass Gilbert, American architect (b. 1859)

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 12 » The University of the Philippines College of Law is formally established; three future Philippine presidents are among the first enrollees.
• January 14 » Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition makes landfall on the eastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf.
• May 9 » The works of Gabriele D'Annunzio are placed in the Index of Forbidden Books by the Vatican.
• September 18 » Russian Premier Pyotr Stolypin is shot at the Kiev Opera House.
• November 3 » Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T.
• November 5 » After declaring war on the Ottoman Empire on September 29, 1911, Italy annexes Tripoli and Cyrenaica.

The temperature on May 17, 1911 was between 11.6 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.