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• Albert Arends Strijker, Krakeel (Hoogeveen) († 1902)
• Andreas Huizenga, Bedum († 1902)
• Abraham van Hulst, Oostvoorne († 1966)
• Albert Tjoonk, Noordink
• Andreas Huizinga, Bedum, Het Hogeland, Groningen, Nederland († 1902)
• Aartje Mulder, Zeist († 1902)
• Adriana van Ooijen, Ammerzoden († 1966)
• Adriaantje Willempje (Jaantje) Trappenburg, Noordeloos († 1990)
• Abraham van Hulst, Oostvoorne, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1966)
• Albert de Roode, Nieuw-Amsterdam, Emmen († 1981)

• Aarjen de Bree (69), Broek op Langedijk
• Aarjen de Bree (69), Broek op Langedijk
• Annechien Alberts Kloeze (70), De Wijk, Drenthe, Nederland
• Albert Jonasse (84), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Antonia van de Leur (35), Baardwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Christina GERRITSEN (59), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna van Pelt (0), Heerjansdam
• Adrianus Petrus Luijsterburg (20), Roosendaal
• Anna Maria Christina Gerritsen (59), Den Haag
• Adriaan Liempt van (69)

• 1899 » Jibanananda Das, Bangladeshi-Indian poet and author († 1954)
• 1900 » Ruth Clifford, American actress († 1998)
• 1903 » Sadegh Hedayat, Iranian-French author and translator († 1951)
• 1904 » Hans Morgenthau, German-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic († 1980)
• 1905 » Rózsa Politzer, Hungarian mathematician († 1977)
• 1905 » Ruth Baldwin, British socialite († 1937)
• 1906 » Mary Brian, American actress († 2002)
• 1908 » Bo Yibo, Chinese general and politician, Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China († 2007)
• 1908 » Red Barber, American sportscaster († 1992)
• 1910 » Marc Lawrence, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 2005)

• 1874 » Adolphe Quetelet, Belgian astronomer, mathematician, and sociologist (b. 1796)
• 1890 » Christopher Latham Sholes, American publisher and politician (b. 1819)
• 1905 » William Bickerton, English-American religious leader, leader in the Latter Day Saint movement (b. 1815)
• 1909 » Geronimo, American tribal leader (b. 1829)
• 1912 » Edgar Evans, Welsh sailor and explorer (b. 1876)
• 1919 » Wilfrid Laurier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1841)
• 1934 » Albert I of Belgium (b. 1875)
• 1934 » Siegbert Tarrasch, German chess player and theoretician (b. 1862)
• 1939 » Willy Hess, German violinist and educator (b. 1859)
• 1946 » Dorothy Gibson, American actress and singer (b. 1889)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacob
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Arie
13. Wilhelmus
14. Dirk
15. Hendrikus
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Adriana
7. Elisabeth
8. Hendrika
9. Catharina
10. Jacoba
11. Aaltje
12. Geertruida
13. Petronella
14. Grietje
15. Neeltje
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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
• January 28 » The Carnegie Institution of Washington is founded in Washington, D.C. with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie.
• April 2 » "Electric Theatre", the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles.
• July 17 » Willis Carrier creates the first air conditioner in Buffalo, New York.
• November 21 » The Philadelphia Football Athletics defeated the Kanaweola Athletic Club of Elmira, New York, 39–0, in the first ever professional American football night game.
• December 10 » The opening of the reservoir of the Aswan Dam in Egypt.
• December 28 » The Syracuse Athletic Club defeated the New York Philadelphians, 5–0, in the first indoor professional football game, which was held at Madison Square Garden.

The temperature on February 17, 1902 was between -8.6 °C and 3.1 °C and averaged -3.3 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (72%).