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• Arie BULTJE, South Dakota († 1994)
• Albertus Dubbelhuis, Zweeloo, Drenthe, Nederland († 2005)
• Ardina Maria van Weert, Uden († 1918)
• Albert Matthew Scholten, Climax (Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA) († 2003)
• Smit, Ruinen, Drenthe, The Netherlands († 1917)
• Antonius Wilhelmus van der Zon, Zoeterwoude († 1997)
• Anna Maria Urbina VAN DAM, Ter Aar,Nieuwkoop, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1992)
• Adrianus Gerardus Coremans, Gilze en Rijen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2003)
• Albertina van Toorenburg, Amsterdam († 1918)
• Apolinaria Ramirez Rios, Carlsbad, New Mexico († 2003)

• Anna Christina Wiegand (87), Amsterdam
• Anna Kakara (63), Streator, La Salle, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Albert Kobuszoon MOSSEL (68), Volendam, Edam-Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Marinus Burgmans (0), Haaren, Gemeente Haaren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Charlotte Vandenkerkhoven (25), Brussels (Bruxelles-Capitale), Brussels Capital Region, Belgi√´
• Allegonda Horsten (67), Oploo
• Adriana Wit, de (79), Zwijndrecht Zhl. NL
• Alberdina de Groot (74), Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Eggink (0), Laren (Lochem), Gelderland, Nederland
• Smit (0), Ruinen, Drenthe, The Netherlands

• 1913 » Jimmy Van Heusen, American pianist and composer († 1990)
• 1914 » Dürrüşehvar Sultan, Imperial Princess of the Ottoman Empire († 2006)
• 1915 » William Hopper, American actor († 1970)
• 1917 » Louis Zamperini, American runner and captain († 2014)
• 1918 » Nicolae Ceaușescu, Romanian dictator, 1st President of Romania († 1989)
• 1918 » Philip José Farmer, American author († 2009)
• 1919 » Bill Nicholson, English footballer and manager († 2004)
• 1919 » Hyun Soong-jong, South Korean politician, 24th Prime Minister of South Korea († 2020)
• 1919 » Valentino Mazzola, Italian footballer († 1949)
• 1920 » Hans Holzer, Austrian-American paranormal researcher and author († 2009)

• 1891 » Nicolaus Otto, German engineer, invented the Internal combustion engine (b. 1833)
• 1893 » Abner Doubleday, American general (b. 1819)
• 1895 » Arthur Cayley, English mathematician and academic (b. 1825)
• 1904 » Whitaker Wright, English businessman (b. 1846)
• 1926 » John Flannagan, American priest and academic (b. 1860)
• 1932 » William Wrigley, Jr., American businessman, founded the Wrigley Company (b. 1861)
• 1942 » Felix Hausdorff, German mathematician and academic (b. 1868)
• 1943 » Harry H. Laughlin, American sociologist and eugenicist (b. 1880)
• 1943 » Nikolai Vavilov, Russian botanist and geneticist (b. 1887)
• 1946 » Oskar Kallas, Estonian linguist and diplomat (b. 1868)

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.
• February 5 » The current constitution of Mexico is adopted, establishing a federal republic with powers separated into independent executive, legislative, and judicial branches.
• March 4 » Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first female member of the United States House of Representatives.
• June 26 » World War I: The American Expeditionary Forces begin to arrive in France. They will first enter combat four months later.
• 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 15 » World War I: An armistice between Russia and the Central Powers is signed.
• December 20 » Cheka, the first Soviet secret police force, is founded.

The temperature on January 26, 1917 was between -11.5 °C and -2.6 °C and averaged -6.9 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.