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• Antoinette Boons, Den Bosch († 2010)
• Albertus Alphonsus BAMPS, Hasselt, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie († 1994)
• Boetes, Augustinusga, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1917)
• Antonia Adriana Versteeg, Ijsselstein, Utrecht, Nederland († 2002)
• Bernardus Petrus Nederstigt, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, NL († 1981)
• Johanna Adriana de Boeck, Halsteren († 2016)
• Adriana Antonia van Gageldonk, Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1990)
• Bets Roes († 1998)
• Albertien Klasens, Sleen († 2006)
• Bernardus Petrus Nederstigt, Haarlem,Haarlem,Noord Holland,Nederland († 1981)

• Aaltje Cornelis Room (75), Velsen, Nederland
• Antje Minzes de Meer (76), Dantumawoude
• Anna Maria de Hilster (66), Amsterdam
• Alida Gerardina Kalis (45), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Andries Westendorp (12), IJsselmuiden {OV}
• Alef Jan Seinhorst (31), Wisch
• Antonia Petronella van der Lelij (37), Loosduinen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Maria de Bruin (57), Rijsenburg, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltje Mugge (67), 's-Gravenhage
• Seltenrijch (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1913 » George Ignatieff, Russian-Canadian scholar and diplomat, 8th Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations († 1989)
• 1914 » O. Winston Link, American photographer († 2001)
• 1916 » Ruth Johnson Colvin, American author and educator, founded ProLiteracy Worldwide
• 1917 » Arthur C. Clarke, British science fiction writer († 2008)
• 1917 » Nabi Bux Khan Baloch, Pakistani author and scholar († 2011)
• 1917 » Pete T. Cenarrusa, American soldier, pilot, and politician, Secretary of State of Idaho († 2013)
• 1920 » Frederick Rotimi Williams, Nigerian lawyer and politician († 2005)
• 1921 » Eulalio González, Mexican singer-songwriter, director, producer, and screenwriter († 2003)
• 1922 » Cy Leslie, American record producer, founded Pickwick Records († 2008)
• 1923 » Menahem Pressler, German-American pianist

• 1897 » Alphonse Daudet, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1840)
• 1898 » Pavel Tretyakov, Russian businessman and art collector (b. 1832)
• 1908 » American Horse, American tribal leader and educator (b. 1840)
• 1917 » Frank Gotch, American wrestler (b. 1878)
• 1921 » Camille Saint-Saëns, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1835)
• 1922 » Gabriel Narutowicz, Lithuanian–Polish engineer and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Poland (b. 1865)
• 1928 » Elinor Wylie, American poet and author (b. 1885)
• 1935 » Thelma Todd, American actress and comedian (b. 1905)
• 1936 » Frank Eugene, American-German photographer and educator (b. 1865)
• 1940 » Eugène Dubois, Dutch paleoanthropologist (b. 1858)

• 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 11 » The Kingsland munitions factory explosion occurs as a result of sabotage.
• February 23 » First demonstrations in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The beginning of the February Revolution (March 8 in the Gregorian calendar).
• March 11 » World War I: Mesopotamian campaign: Baghdad falls to Anglo-Indian forces commanded by General Stanley Maude.
• May 21 » The Imperial War Graves Commission is established through royal charter to mark, record, and maintain the graves and places of commemoration of the British Empire's military forces.
• 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.
• November 26 » The Manchester Guardian publishes the 1916 secret Sykes-Picot Agreement between the United Kingdom and France.

The temperature on December 16, 1917 was between -0.1 °C and 2.3 °C and averaged 1.1 °C. There was 5.0 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.