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• Arie Broere († 2002)
• Aaltje Tolsma, Drachten († 2011)
• Albert Gustave LAEVENS, Ludon-Médoc (France) († 1993)
• Bernard Menke, Siedlung Wesuwermoor, Haren († 1918)
• Antoony LOMMERSE, Bennebroek († 1940)
• Alice Ruby Turner, MILLBORO, TRIPP Co. SOUTH DAKOTA († 2000)
• Anna Maria Tuijn, Haarlem († 1917)
• Adriana Catharina "sjaan (Ook Jeanne)" Voorhaar, 's-Gravenhage († 2006)
• Berend Baptist, Bellingwolde († 1918)
• Anna Adriana Andrea Maria van de Langerijt, Tilburg († 1985)

• Albert Halff (80), Middenbeemster, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Benedictus Lenjou (73), Burcht
• Antje Klazes RIEMERSMA (69), Grouw, Friesland, Nederland
• Alexander E A HARGRAVE (23), Étaples, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
• Aalt van den Akker (6)
• Barend Mosselman (4), den bommel (goeree overflakkee)
• Aaltje Kat (26), Chicago (Illinois, USA)
• Anna Oort, Danieldochter (65), Bloemendaal (Noord Holland)
• Aaltje "Alice" Kat (26), Cook, Illinois, United States
• Aaltje Bult (47), ALKMAAR, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1916 » José López Rega, Argentinean politician († 1989)
• 1917 » Adele Stimmel Chase, American painter and sculptor († 2000)
• 1917 » Alfred Benlloch Llorach, Spanish inventor († 2013)
• 1917 » Marsha Hunt, American actress and singer
• 1917 » Martin Donnelly, New Zealand cricketer († 1999)
• 1917 » Norman Leyden, American composer and conductor († 2014)
• 1917 » Sumner Locke Elliott, Australian-American author and playwright († 1991)
• 1918 » Luis Alberto Solari, Uruguayan artist († 1993)
• 1918 » Ralph Wilson, American businessman, founded the Buffalo Bills († 2014)
• 1918 » Rita Hayworth, American actress, singer and dancer († 1987)

• 1887 » Gustav Kirchhoff, German physicist and chemist (b. 1824)
• 1889 » Nikolay Chernyshevsky, Russian philosopher and critic (b. 1828)
• 1893 » Patrice de MacMahon, Duke of Magenta, French general and politician, 3rd President of France (b. 1808)
• 1910 » Julia Ward Howe, American poet and songwriter (b. 1819)
• 1918 » Malak Hifni Nasif, Egyptian poet and author (b. 1886)
• 1928 » Frank Dicksee, English painter and illustrator (b. 1853)
• 1931 » Alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist and academic (b. 1884)
• 1937 » J. Bruce Ismay, English businessman (b. 1862)
• 1938 » Karl Kautsky, Czech-German journalist, philosopher, and theoretician (b. 1854)
• 1948 » Royal Cortissoz, American art critic (b. 1869)

• 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 6.5 million citizens.
• June 23 » In a game against the Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox pitcher Ernie Shore retires 26 batters in a row after replacing Babe Ruth, who had been ejected for punching the umpire.
• August 28 » Ten Suffragettes are arrested while picketing the White House.
• October 15 » World War I: Dutch dancer Mata Hari is executed by France for espionage.
• November 7 » World War I: Third Battle of Gaza ends: British forces capture Gaza from the Ottoman Empire.
• November 20 » World War I: Battle of Cambrai begins: British forces make early progress in an attack on German positions but are later pushed back.
• November 24 » In Milwaukee, nine members of the Milwaukee Police Department are killed by a bomb, the most deaths in a single event in U.S. police history until the September 11 attacks in 2001.

The temperature on October 17, 1917 was between 5.7 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 9.7 °C. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.