About the day » Saturday December 29, 1917Calender converter

• Arie Koene, 's-Gravenzande, Nederland († 2004)
• Anna Catharina Petronella Kanters, 's-Gravenhage († 1990)
• Adrianus de Reus, Amsterdam
• Berend van Bon, Schiermonnikoog († 2021)
• Arend Folkerts Hobma, Westhem, Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1918)
• Anna Aandagt, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Pierweijer, Barger-Oosterveld, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1917)
• Bernardus van Bekkum, Amersfoort († 1946)
• Agnes Theresia Grote, Bokeloh, Meppen, Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Arnolda Van den Broek, Bakel,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2007)

• Adriana Gosina van Baalen (77), Utrecht
• Anna Dirks Korf (0), Urk, Nederland
• Andreas de CROM (50), Vught, 4366, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Ducaneaux (0), Rotterdam, Government of Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
• Andreas de Crom (50), Vught
• Anna KORF (0), Urk, Flevoland, Nederland
• Pierweijer (0), Barger-Oosterveld, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Antonius Beekhuijzen (81), Nijmegen, Nederland
• Anna Maria Gertrud Hülsmann (57), Laer-Müschen, Preussen
• Antonius Beekhuijzen (81), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1914 » Albert Tucker, Australian painter and illustrator († 1999)
• 1914 » Billy Tipton, American pianist and saxophonist († 1989)
• 1914 » Zainul Abedin, Bangladeshi painter and academic († 1976)
• 1915 » Bill Osmanski, American football player and coach († 1996)
• 1915 » Jo Van Fleet, American actress († 1996)
• 1915 » Robert Ruark, American hunter and author († 1965)
• 1917 » Ramanand Sagar, Indian director and producer († 2005)
• 1917 » Tom Bradley, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 38th Mayor of Los Angeles († 1998)
• 1919 » Alfred de Grazia, American political scientist and author († 2014)
• 1919 » Roman Vlad, Italian pianist and composer († 2013)

• 1894 » Christina Rossetti, English poet and hymn-writer (b. 1830)
• 1897 » William James Linton, English-American painter, author, and activist (b. 1812)
• 1900 » John Henry Leech, English entomologist (b. 1862)
• 1910 » Reginald Doherty, English tennis player (b. 1872)
• 1924 » Carl Spitteler, Swiss poet and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)
• 1925 » Félix Vallotton, Swiss/French painter (b. 1865)
• 1926 » Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian poet and author (b. 1875)
• 1929 » Wilhelm Maybach, German engineer and businessman, founded Maybach (b. 1846)
• 1937 » Don Marquis, American journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1878)
• 1941 » Tullio Levi-Civita, Italian mathematician and scholar (b. 1873)

• 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 11 » World War I: Mesopotamian campaign: Baghdad falls to Anglo-Indian forces commanded by General Stanley Maude.
• April 12 » World War I: Canadian forces successfully complete the taking of Vimy Ridge from the Germans.
• July 28 » The Silent Parade took place in New York City, in protest to murders, lynchings, and other violence directed towards African Americans.
• October 15 » World War I: Dutch dancer Mata Hari is executed by France for espionage.
• November 20 » World War I: Battle of Cambrai begins: British forces make early progress in an attack on German positions but are later pushed back.
• December 9 » World War I: Field Marshal Allenby captures Jerusalem, Palestine.

The average temperature on December 29, 1917 was 1.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.