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• Aaltje Van Berkesteijn, Wassenaar, South Holland, Netherlands († 1984)
• Adrianus Fredericus van der Waal, Rotterdam
• aaltje van leeuwen, amsterdam († 2003)
• Adriana Immers, Delft, ZH, Nederland († 1912)
• Albert Bleker, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Alphonsus Josephus Johannes Maria Mandos, Tilburg Nederland († 1917)
• Annie Cavents, Turnhout
• Anna Schmitt, Gladbeck (D)
• Adrianus Kokke, Standdaarbuiten
• Adrianus Phillippus van der Breggen, Waddinxveen († 1972)

• Annigje Herkes Walinga (42), Exmorra, Wonseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• - Crauwels (0), Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
• Adriaan Griekspoor (9), Hillegom, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Anna Butter (41), Limmen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Bernardus Johannes Stokman (0), Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Peperkamp (92), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriaan Oever (63), Veghel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aartje Godschalk (Godtschalk) (1), Leerdam, Nederland
• Anna Van Pelt (43), Ginneken en Bavel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Augustinus Ludovicus Pauwels (2), Gheel (Aert)

• 1907 » Warren E. Burger, American lawyer and judge, 15th Chief Justice of the United States († 1995)
• 1908 » John Creasey, English author and politician († 1973)
• 1908 » Rafael Israelyan, Armenian architect and educator, designed the Sardarapat Memorial and St. Vartan Cathedral († 1973)
• 1909 » Elizabeth Enright, American author and illustrator († 1968)
• 1912 » Irena Kwiatkowska, Polish actress († 2011)
• 1912 » Maksim Tank, Belarusian poet, journalist, and translator († 1995)
• 1914 » Shin Kanemaru, Japanese politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Japan († 1996)
• 1914 » Thomas J. Bata, Czech-Canadian businessman († 2008)
• 1914 » William Grut, Swedish pentathlete († 2012)
• 1915 » M. F. Husain, Indian painter and director († 2011)

• 1894 » Deng Shichang, Chinese captain (b. 1849)
• 1899 » Charles Alfred Pillsbury, American businessman, co-founded the Pillsbury Company (b. 1842)
• 1907 » Edmonia Lewis, American sculptor (b. 1844)
• 1907 » Ignaz Brüll, Czech-Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1846)
• 1908 » Henri Julien, Canadian cartoonist (b. 1852)
• 1908 » Thomas Selfridge, American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1882)
• 1909 » Thomas Bent, Australian businessman and politician, 22nd Premier of Victoria (b. 1838)
• 1911 » Edmonia Lewis, American sculptor (b. 1844)
• 1923 » Stefanos Dragoumis, Greek judge and politician, 92nd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1842)
• 1925 » Carl Eytel, German-American painter and illustrator (b. 1862)

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 14 » Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition makes landfall on the eastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf.
• April 8 » Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovers superconductivity.
• 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.
• November 17 » Omega Psi Phi fraternity was founded on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C.
• December 9 » A mine explosion near Briceville, Tennessee, kills 84 miners despite rescue efforts led by the United States Bureau of Mines.
• December 14 » Roald Amundsen's team, comprising himself, Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel, and Oscar Wisting, becomes the first to reach the South Pole.

The temperature on September 17, 1911 was between 5.0 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.