About the day » Friday January 19, 1917Calender converter

• August A Agnew, North Dakota, Verenigde Staten († 1956)
• Anna Engelina van Fessem, Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1972)
• Ardis Gail OVERHOFF, or 19-01-1916 Rockingham, Scott IO (USA) Lived Cook IL (USA) († 1958)
• Adrianus Petrus Josephus Olsthoorn, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1979)
• Anna Maria Deym van Stritez, Arnstorf, Niederbayern, Beieren († 2013)
• Asta Viktoria Korsgaard, Grynnerup († 1997)
• Anthonius Gerardus Odijk, Cothen, Utrecht, Nederland († 1919)
• Adriana Hill († 1984)
• Andries van Leeuwen, 's-Gravenhage († 1943)
• Apolonia Droppert, Vlaardingen († 1991)

• Annette Carter (76), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Aaltje de Lange (47), Enschede
• Andries Brus (0), Rotterdam
• (1) Maria Rosalia van Weddingen (31), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Akke Leeuwkes Visser (73), Vrouwenparochie, Het Bildt, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje Harmens Otter (65), Dennenoord, Zuidlaren
• Arie Klinge (63), Maassluis
• Alice Mary Turnbull (60), Granville, NSW, Australie
• Aagje Krijgsman (69), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bergers (88), Urmond

• 1911 » Choor Singh, Indian-Singaporean lawyer and judge († 2009)
• 1912 » Leonid Kantorovich, Russian mathematician and economist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1986)
• 1913 » Rex Ingamells, Australian author and poet († 1955)
• 1913 » Rudolf Wanderone, American professional pocket billiards player († 1996)
• 1918 » John H. Johnson, American publisher, founded the Johnson Publishing Company († 2005)
• 1920 » Bernard Dunstan, English painter and educator († 2017)
• 1920 » Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Peruvian politician and diplomat, 135th Prime Minister of Peru († 2020)
• 1921 » Patricia Highsmith, American novelist and short story writer († 1995)
• 1922 » Arthur Morris, Australian cricketer and journalist († 2015)
• 1922 » Miguel Muñoz, Spanish footballer and manager († 1990)

• 1878 » Henri Victor Regnault, French physicist and chemist (b. 1810)
• 1905 » Debendranath Tagore, Indian philosopher and author (b. 1817)
• 1906 » Bartolomé Mitre, Argentinian historian and politician, 6th President of Argentina (b. 1821)
• 1908 » Roberto Bompiani, Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1821)
• 1929 » Liang Qichao, Chinese journalist, philosopher, and scholar (b. 1873)
• 1930 » Frank P. Ramsey, British mathematician, philosopher and economist (b. 1903)
• 1938 » Branislav Nušić, Serbian author, playwright, and journalist (b. 1864)
• 1945 » Gustave Mesny, French general (b. 1886)
• 1948 » Tony Garnier, French architect and urban planner, designed the Stade de Gerland (b. 1869)
• 1954 » Theodor Kaluza, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1885)

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.
• January 31 » World War I: Germany announces that its U-boats will resume unrestricted submarine warfare after a two-year hiatus.
• March 8 » International Women's Day protests in St. Petersburg mark the beginning of the February Revolution (February 23rd in the Julian calendar).
• July 27 » World War I: The Allies reach the Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele.
• August 18 » A Great Fire in Thessaloniki, Greece destroys 32% of the city leaving 70,000 individuals homeless.
• October 13 » The "Miracle of the Sun" is witnessed by an estimated 70,000 people in the Cova da Iria in Portugal.

The temperature on January 19, 1917 was between -3.9 °C and 0.5 °C and averaged -1.0 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.