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• Aron Spector, New York City, New York, Verenigde Staten († 1958)
• Antonia Ruijs, Nuland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1930)
• Albert ROOSEN, Bree († 1987)
• Carmelita Turatti, Viamão, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil († 1948)
• Arie van Halem, Utrecht († 1953)
• * Hendrik de Ruijter († 2008)
• Bernardus Gerardus Hilgers, Doetinchem († 2002)
• Arend Swart, Glanerbrug († 1984)
• Annie Benders († 2002)
• adrianus scheij († 1918)

• Arnoldus Oomen (85), Alphen en Riel
• Abel Leschevin de Prévoisin (82), Saint-Servan, Ille-et-Vilaine, France
• Anna Wilhelmina Elisabeth Timman (71), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Andries de Vos (32)
• Antje Mogendorff (93), Deventer, Nederland
• Antje - Etje Mogendorff (93), Deventer
• Berendina Slot (88), Twello(Voorst)
• Barbara TRUYMAN (78), Lommel
• anna catharina backus, maasbree
• Antonius van Gestel (74), Tilburg

• 1911 » Václav Renč, Czech poet and playwright († 1973)
• 1912 » Morris Louis, American painter († 1962)
• 1913 » Cliff Addison, English chemist and academic († 1994)
• 1915 » Evald Okas, Estonian painter and academic († 2011)
• 1915 » Yves Thériault, Canadian author († 1983)
• 1916 » Lilian, Princess of Réthy († 2002)
• 1916 » Ramón José Velásquez, Venezuelan journalist, lawyer, and politician, President of Venezuela († 2014)
• 1919 » Keith Miller, Australian cricketer, footballer, and pilot († 2004)
• 1923 » Gloria Grahame, American actress († 1981)
• 1923 » Helen Delich Bentley, American politician († 2016)

• 1891 » Sir James Corry, 1st Baronet, British politician (b. 1826)
• 1901 » Moses Dickson, African-American abolitionist, soldier, minister, and founder of The Knights of Liberty (b. 1824)
• 1904 » Hermann de Pourtalès, Swiss sailor (b. 1847)
• 1907 » Stanisław Wyspiański, Polish playwright, poet, and painter (b. 1869)
• 1912 » Walter Benona Sharp, American businessman (b. 1870)
• 1917 » Mikelis Avlichos, Greek poet and scholar (b. 1844)
• 1921 » `Abdu'l-Bahá, Head of the Bahá’í Faith (b. 1844)
• 1930 » Constantine VI of Constantinople (b. 1859)
• 1935 » Erich von Hornbostel, Austrian musicologist and scholar (b. 1877)
• 1939 » James Naismith, Canadian-American physician and educator, created basketball (b. 1861)

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.
• March 26 » World War I: First Battle of Gaza: British troops are halted after 17,000 Turks block their advance.
• June 7 » World War I: Battle of Messines: Allied soldiers detonate a series of mines underneath German trenches at Messines Ridge, killing 10,000 German troops.
• September 26 » World War I: The Battle of Polygon Wood begins.
• November 2 » The Balfour Declaration proclaims British support for the "establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people" with the clear understanding "that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities".
• 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 8 » The first Council of People's Commissars is formed, including Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin.

The temperature on November 28, 1917 was between 8.4 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.