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• Antonius Arnoldus Overbeek, van, Vaassen, Gemeente Epe, Gelderland, Nederland († 2011)
• Anton Valentine Boegemann, Scott, Minnesota († 2002)
• Albertha (Bertha) Bouwmeester, Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1975)
• Anna Lefferts van den Bos, Beetsterzwaag, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland († 1919)
• Annechien Cazemier, Lettelbert
• Antonius Petrus Ham, Schiebroek, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1965)
• Antonius (Antoon) den Blanken, Nieuwer-Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2006)
• Agatha Schilt, Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2002)
• Alida Gerarda Boere, Oudewater (UTR) The Netherlands († 1985)
• Anna Lefferts van den Bos, Beetsterzwaag († 1919)

• Aaldert Van Amerongen (63), Linschoten, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriana Berkhof (46), Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Anna Catharina Elisabeth Driessen (76), Obbicht en Papenhoven, Provincie Limburg, Nederland
• Adam Baarlen van (73), Rotterdam South Holland Netherlands
• Adriana van der Heijden (57), Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albrecht Florens Kamiel Ryckoort (0), Eeklo, Belgie
• Albertha Ravenhorst (92), Amsterdam
• Aart van Zomeren (79), Hierden
• Aagtje Panjer (2), Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adrianus Geeven (1), Helmond

• 1913 » James Pike, American bishop († 1969)
• 1913 » Jimmy Hoffa, American trade union leader († 1975)
• 1913 » Mel Allen, American sportscaster († 1996)
• 1913 » Woody Hayes, American football player and coach († 1987)
• 1916 » Edward Platt, American actor († 1974)
• 1916 » Marcel Bigeard, French general († 2010)
• 1916 » Masaki Kobayashi, Japanese director and producer († 1996)
• 1916 » Sally Gray, English actress and singer († 2006)
• 1917 » Herbert A. Hauptman, American mathematician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2011)
• 1921 » Hugh Downs, American journalist, game show host, and producer

• 1891 » William Tecumseh Sherman, American general (b. 1820)
• 1894 » Eugène Charles Catalan, Belgian-French mathematician and academic (b. 1814)
• 1901 » Edward Stafford, Scottish-New Zealand educator and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1819)
• 1910 » Giovanni Passannante, Italian anarchist (b. 1849)
• 1922 » Heikki Ritavuori, Finnish lawyer and politician (b. 1880)
• 1929 » Thomas Burke, American sprinter, coach, and lawyer (b. 1875)
• 1930 » Thomas Mackenzie, Scottish-New Zealand cartographer and politician, 18th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1853)
• 1933 » Carl Correns, German botanist and geneticist (b. 1864)
• 1942 » Adnan Saidi, Malayan lieutenant (b. 1915)
• 1943 » Dora Gerson, German actress and singer (b. 1899)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Catharina
8. Hendrika
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Geertruida
13. Aaltje
14. Grietje
15. Helena
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 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 6.5 million citizens.
• January 11 » The Kingsland munitions factory explosion occurs as a result of sabotage.
• March 25 » The Georgian Orthodox Church restores its autocephaly abolished by Imperial Russia in 1811.
• August 30 » Vietnamese prison guards led by Trịnh Văn Cấn mutiny at the Thái Nguyên penitentiary against local French authority.
• November 2 » The Balfour Declaration proclaims British support for the "establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people" with the clear understanding "that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities".
• December 6 » Halifax Explosion: A munitions explosion near Halifax, Nova Scotia kills more than 1,900 people in the largest artificial explosion up to that time.
• December 20 » Cheka, the first Soviet secret police force, is founded.

The temperature on February 14, 1917 was between -7.6 °C and 5.4 °C and averaged -0.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.