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• Antonia Blanken, Rotterdam († 1973)
• Anna Cornelia Vergouwen, Essen (B) († 1996)
• Aaltje Elsina Bos, Westergeest, gem. Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland († 1983)
• Anne Hendrikus Pel, Sneek, Fr, Nederland († 1975)
• Andries Ariensz Wink, Werkendam, nb.nld († 1988)
• Adelina Thá, Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil
• Antonia Brekelmans, Vught, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anne Henderikus Pel, Sneek
• Ale Hoogma, Bolsward († 1978)
• Adriana Johanna Vrijhoeven, Drunen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1999)

• Adriana van Zanten Solleveld (81), Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Prummel (82), Meeden gemeente Menterwolde Groningen
• Anna Prummel (82), Beneden Veensloot, Nederland
• Andrew Sproul (71), Washington, Washington, Utah, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana van Zanten Solleveld (eerst: Doorduijn) (81), Naaldwijk
• Adriaantje Wilhelmijna Hage (66)
• Anna Tecla Arling (67), Mussel gem. Onstwedde
• Albert Elgenant Denekamp (70), Schoonhoven
• Albert Regelink (82)
• Annigjen Teunisen Post (79), Barsbeek, Ambt Vollenhove

• 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)
• 1919 » Kim Heungsou, Korean painter and educator († 2014)
• 1920 » Camillo Felgen, Luxembourgian singer-songwriter († 2005)
• 1920 » Gemini Ganesan, Indian actor and director († 2002)

• 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)

• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
• February 9 » A group of meteors is visible across much of the eastern seaboard of North and South America, leading astronomers to conclude the source had been a small, short-lived natural satellite of the Earth.
• February 21 » Ioannina is incorporated into the Greek state after the Balkan Wars.
• March 3 » Thousands of women march in the Woman Suffrage Procession in Washington, D.C.
• October 10 » U.S. President Wilson triggers the explosion of the Gamboa Dike, completing major construction on the Panama Canal.
• December 1 » The Buenos Aires Metro, the first underground railway system in the Southern Hemisphere and in Latin America, begins operation.
• December 24 » The Italian Hall disaster in Calumet, Michigan results in the deaths of 73 Christmas party participants (including 59 children) when someone falsely yells "fire".

The temperature on November 17, 1913 was between 8.8 °C and 13.2 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.