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• Albert Bouwmeester, Wijster († 1945)
• Agatha Verver, Limmen
• Agatha Verver, Limmen
• Antje Maria Aartje van Kleef, Puttershoek, Zuid-Holland, PAYS-BAS († 2009)
• Anno BOLHUIS († 1981)
• Anna Eelsing, Sellingen († 1917)
• Andries Kersten, Heumen, Heumen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1983)
• Adriana Wilhelmina Klaassen, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg († 1981)
• Albertus van der Netten van Stigt, Buurmalsen († 1991)
• Adriana Wilhelmina Albatta Berghuis, 's-Gravenhage († 2016)

• Anna Huberta Springvloed (62), Utrecht
• Anna Hubertha Springvloed (62), Utrecht
• Catharina Koster (81), Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Catharina Anna Gerharda van Bijlert (56), Nijmegen (GL)
• Adriana Teunissen (72), Roosendaal en Nispen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alfred J Washburn (42), Suplee, Crook County, Oregon, Verenigde Staten
• Anne Thomas Spoelstra (50), Drachten
• Berendina Brugman (0), Hengelo
• Anna Maria Catharina Hermans (61), Schimmert
• Casemire Hortense Janssen (77), Leiden, Nederland

• 1911 » Buck Clayton, American trumpet player and academic († 1991)
• 1914 » Peter Whitehead, English race car driver († 1958)
• 1915 » Roland Barthes, French philosopher, theorist, and critic († 1980)
• 1916 » Jean Papineau-Couture, Canadian composer and academic († 2000)
• 1916 » Paul Emery, English race car driver († 1993)
• 1917 » Jo Stafford, American singer († 2008)
• 1919 » France Štiglic, Slovenian film director and screenwriter († 1993)
• 1920 » Richard Quine, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 1989)
• 1922 » Kim Hunter, American actress († 2002)
• 1922 » Tadeusz Borowski, Polish poet, author, and journalist († 1951)

• 1896 » Joseph James Cheeseman, Liberian politician, 12th President of Liberia (b. 1843)
• 1902 » William Henry Barlow, English engineer (b. 1812)
• 1916 » Percival Lowell, American astronomer, mathematician, and author (b. 1855)
• 1933 » F. Holland Day, American photographer and publisher (b. 1864)
• 1933 » John Cady, American golfer (b. 1866)
• 1939 » Norman Bethune, Canadian physician and humanitarian (b. 1890)
• 1946 » Albert Bond Lambert, American golfer and pilot (b. 1875)
• 1946 » Madan Mohan Malaviya, Indian academic and politician, President of the Indian National Congress (b. 1861)
• 1948 » Umberto Giordano, Italian composer (b. 1867)
• 1950 » Lesley Ashburner, American hurdler (b. 1883)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Adrianus
10. Jacobus
11. Jacob
12. Albert
13. Gerardus
14. Dirk
15. Wilhelmus
16. Antonius

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

• 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.
• May 18 » World War I: The Selective Service Act of 1917 is passed, giving the President of the United States the power of conscription.
• June 11 » King Alexander assumes the throne of Greece after his father, Constantine I, abdicates under pressure from allied armies occupying Athens.
• October 24 » First World War: Italy suffers a disastrous defeat on the Austro-Italian front.
• October 26 » First World War: Brazil declares war on the Central Powers.
• November 2 » The Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet, in charge of preparation and carrying out the Russian Revolution, holds its first meeting.
• November 5 » Tikhon is elected the Patriarch of Moscow and of the Russian Orthodox Church.

The temperature on November 12, 1917 was between -1.9 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.