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• Aaltje Knobbe, Hengelo
• Aartje Kers, Apeldoorn († 1984)
• Adrianus Gerardus Wolvers-, Leimuiden, Nederland († 1913)
• Adriana Deijkers, Fijnaart, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• ADRIAAN MOERMAN, MAASSLUIS († 1987)
• Alfons Huyers, Niel, Antwerpen, Belgium († 2004)
• Adriana Cornelia Jansen, Made en Drimmelen
• Aleida van Orden, Wageningen († 1990)
• Aleida van Orden, Wageningen
• Alpha May NIXON († 1912)

• Adriana Geertruida Dogterom (53), Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Adrianus Zekveld (37), Oudshoorn, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Anna Elizabeth Vergers (82), Haarlem
• Aaltje Evertsdr Joffers (82), Smilde
• Alida Baunach (85)
• Anna Elisabeth Vergers (82), Haarlem
• Anna Maria van den Bogaard (78), Groesbeek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Geertruida Dogterom (53), Ridderkerk
• Aantje Stam (56), Schelluinen, Netherlands
• Bernard Hermann Caspers (48), Lauderzwarteveen, Nederland

• 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)

• 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.
• June 22 » Mexican Revolution: Government forces bring an end to the Magonista rebellion of 1911 in the Second Battle of Tijuana.
• October 13 » Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, becomes the first Governor General of Canada of royal descent.
• October 24 » Orville Wright remains in the air nine minutes and 45 seconds in a glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.
• November 1 » World's first combat aerial bombing mission takes place in Libya during the Italo-Turkish War. Second Lieutenant Giulio Gavotti of Italy drops several small bombs.
• 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 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.