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• Adrianus Brakenhoff, Castricum, NH, The Netherlands († 1917)
• Adrianus Brakenhoff, Castricum († 1917)
• Antonius Hendricus Otten, Beek en Donk, NL († 1918)
• Antonia Regina Tunzi, Rotterdam († 1999)
• Barbera Johanna Wilhelmina Boot, Roosendaal en Nispen († 2010)
• Anna Catharina Teunisse, Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Nederland († 1917)
• Anton Eduard van der Bilt († 1999)
• Bareld van der Wiel, Oostermeer, gem. Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1996)
• Alice Ruth Andersen, Union Grove, Wisconsin, United States († 2004)
• Adriana Vermeulen († 1988)

• Adriana Maria Theodora Diepstraten (0), Gilze-Rijen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Eildert Conraad Heinrich Christiaan Bruins (37), Heiloo
• Antonia de Rijk (84), Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Annes van Assen (77), Huizum, Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Johanna van Rijn (25), 's-Gravenzande, Nederland
• Arthur Trumble TOVREA (83), Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
• Adrianus van der Perk (1), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Onvlee (68), Leiden
• Catharina Zomer (0), Haarlemmermeer
• Antje Tjeerds Bosma (76), Hardegarijp

• 1914 » France Milčinski - Ježek, Slovene poet, satirist, comedian, actor, children's writer and director.
• 1914 » Karl Carstens, German lieutenant and politician, 5th President of the Federal Republic of Germany († 1992)
• 1915 » Dan Dailey, American dancer and actor († 1978)
• 1916 » Shirley Jackson, American novelist and short story writer († 1965)
• 1917 » C.-H. Hermansson, Swedish author and politician († 2016)
• 1917 » Elyse Knox, American actress and fashion designer († 2012)
• 1917 » June Taylor, American dancer and choreographer († 2004)
• 1918 » B. K. S. Iyengar, Indian yoga instructor and author, founded Iyengar Yoga († 2014)
• 1918 » James T. Aubrey, American broadcaster († 1994)
• 1918 » Radu Beligan, Romanian actor and director († 2016)

• 1912 » Belgrave Edward Sutton Ninnis, English lieutenant and explorer (b. 1887)
• 1917 » Phil Waller, Welsh rugby player (b. 1889)
• 1920 » George Gipp, American football player (b. 1895)
• 1927 » Julian Sochocki, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1842)
• 1929 » Henry B. Jackson, British admiral (b. 1855)
• 1935 » Stanley G. Weinbaum, American author (b. 1902)
• 1937 » Fabián de la Rosa, Filipino painter and educator (b. 1869)
• 1940 » Anton Korošec, Slovenian priest and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1872)
• 1943 » John Harvey Kellogg, American physician and businessman, co-invented corn flakes (b. 1852)
• 1944 » Lupe Vélez, Mexican actress (b. 1908)

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 31 » World War I: Germany announces that its U-boats will resume unrestricted submarine warfare after a two-year hiatus.
• March 2 » The enactment of the Jones–Shafroth Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.
• March 8 » International Women's Day protests in St. Petersburg mark the beginning of the February Revolution (February 23rd in the Julian calendar).
• 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.
• October 31 » World War I: Battle of Beersheba: The "last successful cavalry charge in history".
• November 2 » The Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet, in charge of preparation and carrying out the Russian Revolution, holds its first meeting.

The temperature on December 14, 1917 was between 4.8 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.