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• Adriana van den Berg, Bergambacht († 1916)
• Aaltje Koerts, Beilen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1993)
• Bernardus Theodorus Gort, Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie († 1923)
• Arnolda Josepha Antoinette Kitselar, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 2005)
• ? Wiegersma, Solingen, 42655, Duitsland († 2009)
• Antonius Gerardus van Rijswijk, Berkel († 2007)
• Betsie Branca Tokkie, Tilburg († 1943)
• Roijakkers, Manchester, Groot Brittanië († 1985)
• Antoon Dionijs Renckens, Overpelt († 1991)
• Betsie Branca Tokkie, Tilburg,Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1943)

• Aaltje Egberts Dekker (88), ten Arlo/Zuidwolde
• Adelida Horn (63), Essen, Noordrijn-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Antje Wolters Venema (87), Feerwerd (Ezinge) Gem. Winsum
• Adriana Johanna Mulder (0), Rotterdam
• Stevens (0), Buinerveen (Borger)
• Abel de Wilde (0), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Agatha (Aagje) Jans de Wit (95), Heemskerk, Nederland
• Aagje Jans de Wit (95), Heemskerk
• Agatha Jansdr. de Wit (95), Heemskerk
• Aaltje van den Born (54), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1911 » Busher Jackson, Canadian ice hockey player († 1966)
• 1914 » Anacleto Angelini, Italian-Chilean businessman († 2007)
• 1914 » Irving Brecher, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 2008)
• 1914 » Paul Royle, Australian lieutenant and pilot († 2015)
• 1914 » William Stafford, American poet and author († 1993)
• 1916 » Peter Frelinghuysen Jr., American lieutenant and politician († 2011)
• 1917 » M. G. Ramachandran, Indian actor, director, and politician, 5th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu († 1987)
• 1918 » George M. Leader, American soldier and politician, 36th Governor of Pennsylvania († 2013)
• 1918 » Keith Joseph, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Education († 1994)
• 1920 » Georges Pichard, French author and illustrator († 2003)

• 1903 » Ignaz Wechselmann, Hungarian architect and philanthropist (b. 1828)
• 1908 » Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1835)
• 1909 » Francis Smith, Australian lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1819)
• 1911 » Francis Galton, English polymath, anthropologist, and geographer (b. 1822)
• 1927 » Juliette Gordon Low, American founder of the Girl Scouts of the USA (b. 1860)
• 1930 » Gauhar Jaan, One of the first performers to record music on 78 rpm records in India. (b. 1873)
• 1931 » Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia (b. 1864)
• 1932 » Ahmet Derviş, Turkish general (b. 1881)
• 1932 » Albert Jacka, Australian captain, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1893)
• 1933 » Louis Comfort Tiffany, American stained glass artist (b. 1848)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Hendrika
8. Catharina
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Aaltje
13. Grietje
14. Geertruida
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 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 6.4 million citizens.
• June 3 » The National Defense Act is signed into law, increasing the size of the United States National Guard by 450,000 men.
• July 22 » Preparedness Day Bombing: In San Francisco, a bomb explodes on Market Street during a parade, killing ten and injuring 40.
• August 29 » The United States passes the Philippine Autonomy Act.
• August 30 » Ernest Shackleton completes the rescue of all of his men stranded on Elephant Island in Antarctica.
• November 7 » Woodrow Wilson is reelected as President of the United States.
• December 30 » Russian mystic and advisor to the Tsar Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin was murdered by a loyalist group led by Prince Felix Yusupov. His frozen, partially-trussed body was discovered in a Moscow river three days later.

The temperature on January 17, 1916 was between 5.0 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.