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• Caecilia Maria VULSMA, Amsterdam († 1924)
• anna mechtildis (an) van helden, posterholt († 2000)
• Antonius Wenceslaus Jansen, Didam († 1987)
• Antoinetta Maria Emmen, Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2016)
• Aaltje Gaal, Willemsoord († 1934)
• Berend Kasper Marten Peters († 1992)
• Caroline Plater van Syberg, Minsk, Wit-Rusland († 1994)
• Aaltje Koops, Odoorn,Drenthe,Niederlande († 2001)
• Antonia Joanna (Tonia) VAN DER PLUIJM, Dussen, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 1986)
• Antonius Franciscus (Ton) Plag, Rotterdam, Nederland († 2005)

• Adriana Sonne (83), rijswijk
• Tomas (0), Nijmegen
• Aaltje Leininga (68), Siddeburen gem. Slochteren, Groningen, Nederland
• Alle Feddes Kalverboer (68), Barradeel
• Adrianus VAN CUTSEM (77), Pamel
• Aart van Apeldoorn (74), Epe-Emst, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Leinenga (68), Siddeburen, Slochteren, Groningen, Nederland
• Alle Feddes Kalverboer (68), wijnaldum
• Albert Roeterd (84), Diepenveen,Gemeente Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Albert Wolter de Jonge (67), De Sloot gem, Hoogeveen

• 1912 » Daniel Jones, Welsh captain and composer († 1993)
• 1913 » Kersti Merilaas, Estonian author and poet († 1986)
• 1915 » Eli Wallach, American actor († 2014)
• 1915 » Leigh Brackett, American author and screenwriter († 1978)
• 1920 » Fiorenzo Magni, Italian cyclist († 2012)
• 1920 » Tatamkhulu Afrika, South African poet and author († 2002)
• 1920 » Walter Nowotny, Austrian-German soldier and pilot († 1944)
• 1921 » Pramukh Swami Maharaj, Indian guru and scholar († 2016)
• 1923 » Intizar Hussain, Indian-Pakistani author and scholar († 2016)
• 1923 » Ted Knight, American actor and comedian († 1986)

• 1891 » Arthur Blyth, English-Australian politician, 9th Premier of South Australia (b. 1823)
• 1894 » Ferdinand de Lesseps, French businessman and diplomat, co-developed the Suez Canal (b. 1805)
• 1899 » Juan Luna, Filipino painter and sculptor (b. 1857)
• 1902 » Thomas Nast, German-American cartoonist (b. 1840)
• 1906 » Élie Ducommun, Swiss journalist and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1833)
• 1913 » Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano, Italian cardinal (b. 1828)
• 1917 » Ludwig Minkus, Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1826)
• 1918 » Frank Wilson, English-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1859)
• 1941 » Attack on Pearl Harbor:
• 1947 » Tristan Bernard, French author and playwright (b. 1866)

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.
• March 11 » World War I: Mesopotamian campaign: Baghdad falls to Anglo-Indian forces commanded by General Stanley Maude.
• April 16 » Vladimir Lenin returns to Petrograd, Russia, from exile in Switzerland.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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 26 » World War I: The Battle of Polygon Wood begins.

The temperature on December 7, 1917 was between 1.4 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.