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• Amalia Geessiena KAPTEIJN, Hilversum († 2001)
• Anke Westerhoff, Emmer-Compascuum, Emmen († 2018)
• Aagje de Haan, Nibbixwoud († 1921)
• Abraham Vaandrager, Rotterdam († 2004)
• Adriana Francisca van de Griendt, Vlijmen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2012)
• Abraham Janowitz († 2008)
• Arend Talens, Leeuwarden († 1920)
• Aaltje Piet, Aalsmeer, NH Netherlands († 2019)
• Alexander Bernardus Christiaan Hoek, Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1937)
• Adriana BERG, van den, Bergambacht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1999)

• Antonius Arts (83), Druten
• Antonius Martinus Schotman (5), Middel (Olst)
• Antonius Fredericus Theodorus Steeman (56), Tiel
• Adriana Lena Neeltje Dieleman (0), 's-Heerenhoek, Borsele, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Abraham Geus (77), Texel
• Aleida Wolfswinkel (76), Apeldoorn (GL)
• Anna Catharina Wessels (1), Alkmaar
• Anna van der Made (76), Oudenbosch
• Abraham William Speidel (20), Lancaster, Pa
• Alberdina KAMPERMAN (33), Steenderen, Nederland, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1916 » Shelby Foote, American historian and author († 2005)
• 1917 » Ruth Aaronson Bari, American mathematician († 2005)
• 1919 » Kim Heungsou, Korean painter and educator († 2014)
• 1920 » Camillo Felgen, Luxembourgian singer-songwriter († 2005)
• 1920 » Gemini Ganesan, Indian actor and director († 2002)
• 1921 » Albert Bertelsen, Danish painter and illustrator († 2019)
• 1922 » Jack Froggatt, English footballer († 1993)
• 1922 » Stanley Cohen, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2020)
• 1923 » Hubertus Brandenburg, Swedish bishop († 2009)
• 1923 » Mike Garcia, American baseball player († 1986)

• 1902 » Hugh Price Hughes, Welsh theologian and educator (b. 1847)
• 1905 » Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, (b. 1817)
• 1910 » Ralph Johnstone, American pilot (b. 1886)
• 1917 » Auguste Rodin, French sculptor and illustrator (b. 1840)
• 1922 » Robert Comtesse, Swiss lawyer and politician, 29th President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1847)
• 1923 » Eduard Bornhöhe, Estonian author (b. 1862)
• 1924 » Gregory VII of Constantinople (b. 1850)
• 1928 » Lala Lajpat Rai, Indian author and politician (b. 1865)
• 1929 » Herman Hollerith, American statistician and businessman (b. 1860)
• 1932 » Charles W. Chesnutt, American lawyer, author, and activist (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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
• January 15 » Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, two of the most prominent socialists in Germany, are tortured and murdered by the Freikorps at the end of the Spartacist uprising.
• January 22 » Act Zluky is signed, unifying the Ukrainian People's Republic and the West Ukrainian National Republic.
• March 23 » In Milan, Italy, Benito Mussolini founds his Fascist political movement.
• July 13 » The British airship R34 lands in Norfolk, England, completing the first airship return journey across the Atlantic in 182 hours of flight.
• September 11 » United States Marine Corps invades Honduras.
• November 7 » The first Palmer Raid is conducted on the second anniversary of the Russian Revolution. Over 10,000 suspected communists and anarchists are arrested in 23 U.S. cities.

The temperature on November 17, 1919 was between -9.1 °C and 2.0 °C and averaged -1.1 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.