The temperature on May 16, 1917 was between 9.5 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
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.
March 16 » World War I: A German auxiliary cruiser is sunk in the Action of 16 March 1917.
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.
November 5 » October Revolution: Lenin calls for the October Revolution.
November 5 » Tikhon is elected the Patriarch of Moscow and of the Russian Orthodox Church.
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.
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