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• Alice Lillian MacLEAN, Residence, Mount Stewart, Queens, Prince Edward Island, CANADA († 1908)
• Andreas Romen, Recklinghausen (Duitsland) († 1959)
• Aaltje van Beek, Barneveld
• Adriaan C. Bon († 1975)
• Anje Bolt, Bedum,, Groningen, Nederland
• , Ginneken en Bavel († 1968)
• Albertus Christoffel Veenendaal, Utrecht, Netherlands
• van der Giessen, gorinchem (zuid holland)
• Albertien Etten, Nieuw-Amsterdam, Emmen
• Adriana Geertruida Verbunt, Raamsdonk, Nederland († 1945)

• Andries Adriaan Andreas Donders (50), Tilburg,Noord Brabant,Nederland
• Adriaan Doggen (86), Halsteren
• Adrianus DOGGEN (86), Halsteren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• *Fennechien Boor, van der (0), Polder (gem. Muntendam)
• Anna Maria van der Helm (40), Rotterdam
• Adrianus Jan Mes (0), Moordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alice E Freeman (51), MT Clemens Mich, Macomb, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Maria Zwennes (67), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Plomp (1), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Beelen (74), Velden, Limburg, Netherlands

• 1897 » Marcel Petiot, French physician and serial killer († 1946)
• 1898 » Lela Mevorah, Serbian librarian († 1972)
• 1899 » Al Capone, American mob boss († 1947)
• 1899 » Nevil Shute, English engineer and author († 1960)
• 1899 » Robert Maynard Hutchins, American philosopher and academic († 1977)
• 1901 » Aron Gurwitsch, Lithuanian-American philosopher and author († 1973)
• 1904 » Hem Vejakorn, Thai painter and illustrator († 1969)
• 1905 » Eduard Oja, Estonian composer, conductor, educator, and critic († 1950)
• 1905 » Peggy Gilbert, American saxophonist and bandleader († 2007)
• 1905 » Ray Cunningham, American baseball player († 2005)

• 1878 » Edward Shepherd Creasy, English historian and jurist (b. 1812)
• 1884 » Hermann Schlegel, German ornithologist and herpetologist (b. 1804)
• 1887 » William Giblin, Australian lawyer and politician, 13th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1840)
• 1888 » Big Bear, Canadian tribal chief (b. 1825)
• 1891 » George Bancroft, American historian and politician, 17th United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1800)
• 1893 » Rutherford B. Hayes, American general, lawyer, and politician, 19th President of the United States (b. 1822)
• 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)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Adriana
8. Hendrika
9. Catharina
10. Jacoba
11. Aaltje
12. Grietje
13. Geertruida
14. Petronella
15. Neeltje
16. Helena

• 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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
• March 1 » The Australian Army is formed.
• March 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the Platt Amendment limiting the autonomy of Cuba, as a condition of the withdrawal of American troops.
• April 25 » New York becomes the first U.S. state to require automobile license plates.
• May 9 » Australia opens its first national parliament in Melbourne.
• July 24 » O. Henry is released from prison in Columbus, Ohio, after serving three years for embezzlement from a bank.
• September 7 » The Boxer Rebellion in Qing dynasty (modern-day China) officially ends with the signing of the Boxer Protocol.

The temperature on January 17, 1901 was between -2.4 °C and 6.5 °C and averaged 1.8 °C. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (25%).