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• "Guy" Joseph Louis de Vienne, Paris († 2009)
• Adriaan Pieter Raat, Schoorl, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1963)
• Adrianus Fris, Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aagje Johanna van Vliet, Gouda († 1995)
• 46ndrikus Wilhelmus van Aarle, Sint-Oedenrode († 1972)
• Adriaan Kik, Bruinisse Zeeland, Nederland († 1911)
• Adriana Groot
• Albert Kornelis Alma, Drogeham, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1911)
• Aart Marius van der ELST, Dordrecht († 1993)
• Aaltje van Leeuwen, Loppersum († 1931)

• Antje Johannes HOEKSTRA (63), Barradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Scholten Jentje (75), Hollandscheveld, Hoogeveen
• Aagje Troost (80), Strijen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Pieper (75), Vlagtwedde
• Adrianus Spek (82), Ouderkerk aan de IJssel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abel Nijdam (79)
• Anna Maria Scheepens (36), Udenhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Warmerdam (1), Noordwijkerhout
• Aaltje Roelfiena Wage (2), Groningen
• Andries den Besten (90), Nieuwland

• 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)
• 1911 » Oskar Seidlin, German-American author, poet, and scholar († 1984)
• 1912 » Andre Norton, American author († 2005)
• 1914 » Arthur Kennedy, American actor († 1990)
• 1914 » Wayne Morris, American actor and producer († 1959)
• 1916 » Alexander Obolensky, Russian rugby player and pilot († 1940)
• 1916 » Don Tallon, Australian cricketer († 1984)

• 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. Adrianus
10. Jacob
11. Jacobus
12. Wilhelmus
13. Gerardus
14. Arie
15. Dirk
16. Hendrikus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Hendrika
8. Catharina
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Geertruida
13. Grietje
14. Aaltje
15. Helena
16. Neeltje

• 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
• July 4 » A massive heat wave strikes the northeastern United States, killing 380 people in eleven days and breaking temperature records in several cities.
• September 1 » The armored cruiser Georgios Averof is commissioned into the Greek Navy. It now serves as a museum ship.
• September 18 » Russian Premier Pyotr Stolypin is shot at the Kiev Opera House.
• September 25 » An explosion of badly degraded propellant charges on board the French battleship Liberté detonates the forward ammunition magazines and destroys the ship.
• September 29 » Italy declares war on the Ottoman Empire.
• October 10 » The day after a bomb explodes prematurely, the Wuchang Uprising begins against the Chinese monarchy.

The temperature on February 17, 1911 was between 7.2 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west.