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• Aleida Adriana Jacoba van Bree, Helmond († 1914)
• Albertin DISSEAUX, Boussu-Bois († 2002)
• Adrianus Paulus Cornelis Hermanus Felix, Utrecht
• Albertus Alphonsus VANDERMEULEN, Sint Niklaas († 1981)
• Albertus Johannes Gerardus Tosseram, Amsterdam († 1986)
• Anna Elisabeth Conijn, Berkhout, Koggenland, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1915)
• Alfons Hubert Habets, Wijnandsrade, Nuth
• Aloys Krüssmann († 1914)
• Aaltje Oost, Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adriana Cornelia Vingerhoets, Veldhoven († 1989)

• Anna Maria Eek (83), Zwolle
• Anna Hermina Christina Wijnveldt, Lochem
• Allegonda Maria Peeters (40), Woensel
• Annetta Ackermans (4), Maastricht (Maastricht) (Limburg)
• Angela Jacobi (79), Kenosha, Kenosha, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• Alan Ralph Peel (28), Kosseoa, Cameroon
• Antje van Zanten (74), Zeist
• Catharina Luijkx (72), Steenbergen (Charitas)
• Alida Hoogendoorn (2), Houten,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Akke Eeltjes Boes (78), Blija

• 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)
• 1921 » Albert Bertelsen, Danish painter and illustrator († 2019)

• 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. Jacobus
10. Adrianus
11. Jacob
12. Gerardus
13. Antonius
14. Wilhelmus
15. Arie
16. Hendrikus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Hendrika
8. Adriana
9. Catharina
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Grietje
13. Geertruida
14. Aaltje
15. Helena
16. Margaretha

• 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 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 6.2 million citizens.
• March 1 » The Republic of China joins the Universal Postal Union.
• August 17 » World War I: Battle of Stallupönen: The German army of General Hermann von François defeats the Russian force commanded by Paul von Rennenkampf near modern-day Nesterov, Russia.
• September 9 » World War I: The creation of the Canadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade, the first fully mechanized unit in the British Army.
• September 17 » Andrew Fisher becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
• November 15 » Harry Turner becomes the first player to die from game-related injuries in the "Ohio League", the direct predecessor to the National Football League.
• December 8 » World War I: A squadron of Britain's Royal Navy defeats the Imperial German East Asia Squadron in the Battle of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic.

The temperature on November 17, 1914 was between -2.1 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 2.0 °C. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.