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• Clarence William Sowers II, Hartline, Grant, Washington, Verenigde Staten († 1991)
• Arie Kuijvenhoven († 2005)
• Aldert Zwaan, Amsterdam († 1978)
• Antonius johannes Borgsteede, Amsterdam († 1919)
• Arend Arends Jongman, Vollenhove († 1950)
• Antonia Johanna Charlotta Crommelin, Haarlem († 2007)
• Carolyn H Wedaman, Edgefield County, South Carolina, United States of America († 2013)
• Beeuwkje Holtrop, Echten, dr.nld († 1991)
• Andreas Hinderikus Maria Durville, Amsterdam, NH, Nederland († 1967)
• Antonius van Noije, Kaatsheuvel († 1977)

• Anna Catharina Maria Elisabeth Zimmer (79), Arnhem
• Anthonia Maria BURGERS (78), Amsterdam-Hollande-
• Albert Koers (60), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anje Aaffiena Haan (8), Nieuwolda (gem. Oldambt)
• Aalbertus Pater (71), Doorn, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Maria van der Valk (76), Rotterdam
• Adrianus STALLINGA (64), Bolsward(Friesland)
• Adriana de Kwaadsteniet (52), 's-gravenhage (zuid holland)
• Anna Catharina Van der Borght‏ (86), Meerhout, België
• Aalbertus Pater (70), Doorn, Utrecht, NL

• 1912 » Charles Addams, American cartoonist, created The Addams Family († 1988)
• 1913 » Johnny Mize, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster († 1993)
• 1916 » Babe Pratt, Canadian ice hockey player († 1988)
• 1916 » W. L. Jeyasingham, Sri Lankan geographer and academic († 1989)
• 1920 » Vincent Gardenia, Italian-American actor († 1992)
• 1921 » Chester Kallman, American poet and translator († 1975)
• 1921 » Esmeralda Arboleda Cadavid, Colombian politician († 1997)
• 1922 » Alvin Dark, American baseball player and manager († 2014)
• 1922 » Jean-Pierre Rampal, French flute player († 2000)
• 1923 » Hugh Kenner, Canadian scholar and critic († 2003)

• 1892 » Tewfik Pasha, Egyptian ruler (b. 1852)
• 1893 » Josef Stefan, Slovenian physicist and mathematician (b. 1835)
• 1919 » Henry Ware Eliot, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Washington University in St. Louis (b. 1843)
• 1920 » Edmund Barton, Australian judge and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1849)
• 1927 » Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos, Greek politician, 99th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1851)
• 1931 » Edward Channing, American historian and author (b. 1856)
• 1932 » André Maginot, French sergeant and politician (b. 1877)
• 1936 » Guy d'Hardelot, French pianist and composer (b. 1858)
• 1941 » Charles Finger, English journalist and author (b. 1869)
• 1943 » Nikola Tesla, Serbian-American physicist and engineer (b. 1856)

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 9 » World War I: The Battle of Rafa is fought near the Egyptian border with Palestine.
• March 2 » The enactment of the Jones–Shafroth Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.
• March 31 » According to the terms of the Treaty of the Danish West Indies, the islands become American possessions.
• July 17 » King George V issues a Proclamation stating that the male line descendants of the British Royal Family will bear the surname Windsor.
• 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 18 » The resolution containing the language of the Eighteenth Amendment to enact Prohibition is passed by the United States Congress.

The temperature on January 7, 1917 was between -2.2 °C and 4.9 °C and averaged 1.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.