About the day » Wednesday July 11, 1917Calender converter

• Catharina Josephina Anna (Toos) Horvers, Tilburg († 2004)
• Aaltje HAEGENS, Rotterdam († 1999)
• Antonius Josephus Patrus Maria van de Sande, Tilburg († 1917)
• Annie Sidonia van Acker, Axel († 1918)
• Aloijsius Franciscus Maria Maijen, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg († 1975)
• Aaltje Buruma, Rijperkerk († 1918)
• Adriana Kalis, Vrijenban, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2007)
• Arend Okker Timmer, Winschoten († 1983)
• Catharina Elisabeth Deodata Crommelin, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1979)
• Alberdina Reiman, Amsterdam († 2010)

• Carolina Wilhelmine (Wilhelmine) OBERHOFF (80), Monchengladbach (D) 80y
• Berend Unck (63)
• Alois Engelen (15), South Bend Township, Blue Earth County, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten
• Augustinus Maria Hubertus Van Rijckevorsel (71), bemmel
• Alexander Hercules BEELS (58), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland NL
• adrianus Verschuren (30), Oudenbosch
• Antje Oppelaar (73), Hazerswoude
• Abraham van Mil (81), Varik
• Augustinus Maria Hubertus van RIJCKEVORSEL (71), Bemmel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Drinkwaard (0), Hendrik Ido Ambacht

• 1913 » Cordwainer Smith, American sinologist, author, and academic († 1966)
• 1913 » Paul Gibb, English cricketer († 1977)
• 1916 » Alexander Prokhorov, Australian-Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2002)
• 1916 » Gough Whitlam, Australian lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 21st Prime Minister of Australia († 2014)
• 1916 » Hans Maier, Dutch water polo player († 2018)
• 1916 » Mortimer Caplin, American tax attorney, educator, and IRS Commissioner († 2019)
• 1916 » Reg Varney, English actor and screenwriter († 2008)
• 1918 » Venetia Burney, English educator, who named Pluto († 2009)
• 1920 » Yul Brynner, Russian actor and dancer († 1985)
• 1920 » Zecharia Sitchin, Russian-American author († 2010)

• 1897 » Patrick Jennings, Irish-Australian politician, 11th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1831)
• 1905 » Muhammad Abduh, Egyptian jurist and scholar (b. 1849)
• 1908 » Friedrich Traun, German sprinter and tennis player (b. 1876)
• 1909 » Simon Newcomb, Canadian-American astronomer and mathematician (b. 1835)
• 1929 » Billy Mosforth, English footballer and engraver (b. 1857)
• 1937 » George Gershwin, American pianist, songwriter, and composer (b. 1898)
• 1959 » Charlie Parker, English cricketer, coach, and umpire (b. 1882)
• 1966 » Delmore Schwartz, American poet and short story writer (b. 1913)
• 1967 » Guy Favreau, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 28th Canadian Minister of Justice (b. 1917)
• 1971 » John W. Campbell, American journalist and author (b. 1910)

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 11 » The Kingsland munitions factory explosion occurs as a result of sabotage.
• January 31 » World War I: Germany announces that its U-boats will resume unrestricted submarine warfare after a two-year hiatus.
• March 15 » Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates the Russian throne ending the 304-year Romanov dynasty.
• March 26 » World War I: First Battle of Gaza: British troops are halted after 17,000 Turks block their advance.
• July 20 » World War I: The Corfu Declaration, which leads to the creation of the post-war Kingdom of Yugoslavia, is signed by the Yugoslav Committee and Kingdom of Serbia.
• November 28 » The Estonian Provincial Assembly declares itself the sovereign power of Estonia.

The temperature on July 11, 1917 was between 9.5 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.