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• Aalt van LOHUIZEN, Grafhorst
• Adrianus VAN Hemert, Rotterdam († 1990)
• Adrianus Theodorus Zandbergen, Hillegom († 1987)
• Adriaan Eikelenboom, Rijnsaterwoude, 2465, Nederland († 1901)
• Adriaan Boer, Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1951)
• Aaltje Janssen, Smilde († 1977)
• Aartje Schaap, Hilversum († 2003)
• Adriana Constantia Léopoldina Feyen, Kapellen, Antwerpen, België († 1988)
• Aaltje Janssen, Smilde († 1977)
• Adrianus van Hemert, Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Akke Frankena (0), Bolsward (FRL)
• Anne Marie Mortier (91), Zedelgem
• Abraham de Vos (1), Ooltgensplaat, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Van STEENSEL (72), Maasdam
• Adelaide Sophia Garling (69), 17 Harold Road, Upper Norwood, Croydon, London, England
• Albertje Raterink (57), Sleen
• Amedée Gustaaf Flamée (1), Nederbrakel,9660,Oost-Vlaanderen,BE
• Agnes Stein (64), Tamaqua, Schuylkill Co, PA
• Versteeg (0), Schoonrewoerd, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Amos QUEMBY (82), Shepshed, Leicestershire, England

• 1893 » Wally Pipp, American baseball player and journalist († 1965)
• 1899 » Jibanananda Das, Bangladeshi-Indian poet and author († 1954)
• 1900 » Ruth Clifford, American actress († 1998)
• 1903 » Sadegh Hedayat, Iranian-French author and translator († 1951)
• 1904 » Hans Morgenthau, German-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic († 1980)
• 1905 » Rózsa Politzer, Hungarian mathematician († 1977)
• 1905 » Ruth Baldwin, British socialite († 1937)
• 1906 » Mary Brian, American actress († 2002)
• 1908 » Bo Yibo, Chinese general and politician, Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China († 2007)
• 1908 » Red Barber, American sportscaster († 1992)

• 1856 » Heinrich Heine, German journalist and poet (b. 1797)
• 1874 » Adolphe Quetelet, Belgian astronomer, mathematician, and sociologist (b. 1796)
• 1890 » Christopher Latham Sholes, American publisher and politician (b. 1819)
• 1905 » William Bickerton, English-American religious leader, leader in the Latter Day Saint movement (b. 1815)
• 1909 » Geronimo, American tribal leader (b. 1829)
• 1912 » Edgar Evans, Welsh sailor and explorer (b. 1876)
• 1919 » Wilfrid Laurier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1841)
• 1934 » Albert I of Belgium (b. 1875)
• 1934 » Siegbert Tarrasch, German chess player and theoretician (b. 1862)
• 1939 » Willy Hess, German violinist and educator (b. 1859)

• 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.
• August 28 » Silliman University is founded in the Philippines. It is the first American private school in the country.
• September 7 » The Boxer Rebellion in Qing dynasty (modern-day China) officially ends with the signing of the Boxer Protocol.
• September 17 » Second Boer War: A Boer column defeats a British force at the Battle of Blood River Poort.
• October 24 » Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
• November 18 » Britain and the United States sign the Hay–Pauncefote Treaty, which nullifies the Clayton–Bulwer Treaty and withdraws British objections to an American-controlled canal in Panama.
• December 3 » In a State of the Union message, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt delivers a 20,000-word speech to the House of Representatives asking Congress to curb the power of trusts "within reasonable limits".

The temperature on February 17, 1901 was between -4.7 °C and 1.4 °C and averaged -0.8 °C. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (21%).