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• Bernardina Gerharda Nuis, Overdinkel (Losser) († 2008)
• Adriana Godschalk, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1977)
• Anna Gloudina Lintvelt
• Anna Maria Catharina Berbers, Venray († 1973)
• Aaltien Aly Bos, Vries,Drenthe,Niederlande,Zeijen († 2013)
• Anna Maria Catharina Berbers, Venray († 1973)
• Berendina ten Cate ov, Hengelo {OV} († 1918)
• Arend Leendert Sluijs, van der, Rotterdam († 1969)
• Antoon de Boer, Wieringen († 1993)
• Bennie Merle Spurgeon, Udell, Appanoose County, Iowa, United States of America († 2001)

• Arnoldus Petrus Stephanus Van Workum (0), Ewijk
• Anke Hobbes Zondervan (78), Franeker
• Anna Maria Visker (0), Rotterdam
• Agatha Virginie Blondeel (77), Oostkamp
• Aaltje van Eck (76), Maurik,Buren
• Anna Gorter (0), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anthonia Antonia van Zeelst (82), Ammerzoden, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arie Vermeer (14), Berkel en Rodenrijs
• Anna Maria van Bakel (0), Heemstede
• Antonia van Zeelst (82), Ammerzoden, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1912 » George O. Petrie, American actor and director († 1997)
• 1912 » W. E. D. Ross, Canadian actor, playwright, and author († 1995)
• 1913 » Ellen Albertini Dow, American actress († 2015)
• 1914 » Eddie Chapman, English spy († 1997)
• 1915 » Jean Fritz, Chinese-American author († 2017)
• 1916 » Al Lucas, Canadian-American bassist († 1983)
• 1916 » Daws Butler, American voice actor and singer († 1988)
• 1916 » Harold Baigent, New Zealand actor and director († 1996)
• 1922 » Gene Amdahl, American computer scientist, physicist, and engineer († 2015)
• 1922 » José Saramago, Portuguese novelist († 2010)

• 1903 » Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (b. 1895)
• 1907 » Robert I, Duke of Parma (b. 1848)
• 1908 » Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, French-Canadian lawyer and politician, 4th Premier of Quebec (b. 1829)
• 1911 » A. A. Ames, American physician and politician, 9th Mayor of Minneapolis (b. 1842)
• 1911 » Lawrence Feuerbach, American shot putter (b. 1879)
• 1913 » George Barham, English businessman, founded Express County Milk Supply Company (b. 1836)
• 1922 » Max Abraham, Polish-German physicist and academic (b. 1875)
• 1939 » Pierce Butler, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1866)
• 1941 » Eduard Eelma, Estonian footballer (b. 1902)
• 1941 » Miina Härma, Estonian organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1864)

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. Arie

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.
• February 3 » First World War: The American entry into World War I begins when diplomatic relations with Germany are severed due to its unrestricted submarine warfare.
• April 12 » World War I: Canadian forces successfully complete the taking of Vimy Ridge from the Germans.
• May 26 » Several powerful tornadoes rip through Illinois, including the city of Mattoon.
• October 4 » World War I: The Battle of Broodseinde is fought between the British and German armies in Flanders.
• November 8 » The first Council of People's Commissars is formed, including Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin.
• 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.

The temperature on November 16, 1917 was between 3.7 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.