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• August Janssens, Herenthout, Antwerpen, BelgiÁe († 1975)
• Antoine de Milliano, Aardenburg, Zeeland, The Netherlands († 1982)
• Afra Johanna Bakkum, Uitgeest († 1992)
• Camille Joseph Philippe Pelissier, Saint-Michel, Yamaska, Quebec, Canada († 2014)
• Adrianus Johannes Matheus de Graaf, Venlo († 1996)
• Anna Christina Martijnse, Schiedam († 2006)
• Anna Petronella Henderika Hulst, Rotterdam († 1989)
• Albertje Trip, Emmer-Compascuum, Emmen († 2016)
• (Stillborn) WIND, Musselkanaal (Onstwedde) Groningen Netherlands († 1917)
• Adriana Jongepier, Middelburg († 2010)

• Bouwe Wiersma (30), Marssum, Menaldumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Antje Kamp (74), Kalamazoo, Verenigde Staten
• Adam Egbert Van Der Meulen (75), Malang, Ned. Indie
• Aagje Fecken (45), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Homan (60), Hertme
• Arthur Jacob Blackwell (59), Bezer, Smith County, Mississippi, United States of America
• Antonius Vos de (51), Bloemendaal
• Alida van Beelen (79), Noordwijk
• Alida van Beelen (79), Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Andrew Jackson Hanson Day (66), Pickens County, South Carolina

• 1915 » Billy Strayhorn, American pianist and composer († 1967)
• 1915 » Ludu Daw Amar, Burmese journalist and author († 2008)
• 1916 » Fran Ryan, American actress and comedian († 2000)
• 1917 » Merle Travis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1983)
• 1917 » Pierre Gaspard-Huit, French director and screenwriter († 2017)
• 1918 » Madeleine L'Engle, American author and poet († 2007)
• 1919 » Joe Weider, Canadian-American bodybuilder and publisher, co-founded the International Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness († 2013)
• 1920 » Joseph Shivers, American chemist and academic, developed spandex († 2014)
• 1920 » Yegor Ligachyov, Russian engineer and politician
• 1922 » Michael Howard, English-American historian, author, and academic († 2019)

• 1883 » Hiệp Hòa, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1847)
• 1894 » Juan N. Méndez, Mexican general and interim president, 1876-1877 (b. 1820)
• 1918 » Prince Antônio Gastão of Orléans-Braganza (b. 1881)
• 1924 » Giacomo Puccini, Italian composer and educator (b. 1858)
• 1927 » George Giffen, Australian cricketer (b. 1859)
• 1932 » Abdullah Cevdet, Kurdish-Turkish physician and academic (b. 1869)
• 1939 » Philipp Scheidemann, German lawyer and politician, 10th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1865)
• 1941 » Frank Waller, American sprinter and hurdler (b. 1884)
• 1942 » Boyd Wagner, American colonel and pilot (b. 1916)
• 1946 » Johannes Vares, Estonian poet, physician, and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1890)

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.
• January 17 » The United States pays Denmark $25 million for the Virgin Islands.
• March 2 » The enactment of the Jones–Shafroth Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.
• March 25 » The Georgian Orthodox Church restores its autocephaly abolished by Imperial Russia in 1811.
• April 2 » World War I: United States President Woodrow Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.
• June 4 » The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded: Laura E. Richards, Maude H. Elliott, and Florence Hall receive the first Pulitzer for biography (for Julia Ward Howe). Jean Jules Jusserand receives the first Pulitzer for history for his work With Americans of Past and Present Days. Herbert B. Swope receives the first Pulitzer for journalism for his work for the New York World.
• December 6 » World War I: USSJacob Jones is the first American destroyer to be sunk by enemy action when it is torpedoed by German submarine SMU-53.

The temperature on November 29, 1917 was between 8.2 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.