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• Anna Gerssen, Den Helder († 2004)
• Adrianus Boer, Vlaardingen († 1918)
• Anko van Dijk, Winschoterzijl, Groningen, Nederland († 1919)
• Anthonie Jan LOHR, Ede, Gelderland, Nederland († 2011)
• Anna de Graaf († 1999)
• Bloeme van Thijn, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• van Holstein († 1951)
• Berend Stegmeijer († 1978)
• Aloys Constantijn Johan Karel Prins van Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg, Berlijn († 1925)
• Betje Lens, Den Haag († 1996)

• Catharina Louisa Dickmanns (74), Eindhoven
• Arij van den Berg (77), Delft
• Beatrice Hood (38), Glendo, Platte County, Wyoming, Verenigde Staten
• Aaltje Meems (4), Odoorn, Drenthe, Netherlands(Exloermond)
• Adriana van de Vorst (79), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Adriaan Verheul (0), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antje van Noord (36), Oostzaan wijk A nr 97 Zuideinde
• Catharina Johanna Vermeer (12), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus VAN KESSEL (82), Turnhout,2300,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Aaltje Meems (4), Exloermond, Odoorn

• 1913 » Arnold Brown, English-Canadian missionary, 11th General of The Salvation Army († 2002)
• 1914 » Alan Bullock, English historian and author († 2004)
• 1914 » Larry Noble, English comedian and actor († 1993)
• 1915 » B. J. Vorster, South African lawyer and politician, 4th State President of South Africa († 1983)
• 1916 » Archie Moore, American boxer († 1998)
• 1916 » Leonard Weisgard, American author and illustrator († 2000)
• 1918 » Bill Vukovich, Serbian-American race car driver († 1955)
• 1919 » Hans-Joachim Marseille, German captain and pilot († 1942)
• 1920 » George P. Shultz, American economist and politician, 60th United States Secretary of State
• 1921 » Turgut Demirağ, Turkish film producer, director and screenwriter († 1987)

• 1908 » Augustus Le Plongeon, French photographer and historian (b. 1825)
• 1919 » Woldemar Voigt, German physicist and academic (b. 1850)
• 1922 » Arthur Wesley Dow, American painter and photographer (b. 1857)
• 1922 » Hannes Hafstein, Icelandic poet and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Iceland (b. 1861)
• 1924 » Samuel Gompers, English-born American labor leader, founded the American Federation of Labor (b. 1850)
• 1927 » Mehmet Nadir, Turkish mathematician and academic (b. 1856)
• 1930 » Fritz Pregl, Slovenian-Austrian chemist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)
• 1931 » Gustave Le Bon, French psychologist, sociologist, and anthropologist (b. 1840)
• 1932 » Georgios Jakobides, Greek painter and sculptor (b. 1853)
• 1935 » Victor Grignard, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)

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.
• June 26 » World War I: The American Expeditionary Forces begin to arrive in France. They will first enter combat four months later.
• July 6 » World War I: Arabian troops led by T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") and Auda ibu Tayi capture Aqaba from the Ottoman Empire during the Arab Revolt.
• September 14 » The Russian Empire is formally replaced by the Russian Republic.
• October 4 » World War I: The Battle of Broodseinde is fought between the British and German armies in Flanders.
• October 25 » Old Style date of the October Revolution in Russia.
• November 5 » October Revolution: Lenin calls for the October Revolution.

The temperature on December 13, 1917 was between 1.3 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.