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• Alphons van Beers, van Beers, Grieth (Duitsland)
• Anna Van Den Berg, 's-Gravenhage, den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Antonia Bartels, Strijp (Eindhoven)
• Anna Harmanna Sagel, Oude Pekela
• Aaltje DE VROOME, Smilde (NL/DR) († 2002)
• Alberdiena Achterhof († 1992)
• Anna Maria Vermeulen, Zwijndrecht († 1965)
• Adriaantje Anna Naber, 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna ELisabeth Laméris, Amersfoort
• Alice Marie Lanckriet († 2006)

• Adriana Louisa Koedam (44), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Amelia Minerva Roe (82), Ford, Texas, United States
• Adriana van den Tillart (68), Veghel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria van der Ven (74), Waspik
• Anthonia Menkman (22), Wageningen
• Antonie Balvers (80), Culemborg
• Anna Engelina Schleuszinger (69), Rotterdam
• Anna Gertrudis Duijckers (65), Meerlo, Nederland
• Albertus Waltherius Draulans (76), Zoerle-Parwijs, 2260, België
• Alma May Bastin (1), Hustonville, Lincoln, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten

• 1901 » Allen B. DuMont, American engineer and broadcaster, founded the DuMont Television Network († 1965)
• 1901 » E. P. Taylor, Canadian businessman and horse breeder († 1989)
• 1903 » Yeshayahu Leibowitz, Russian-Israeli biochemist and philosopher († 1994)
• 1905 » Barnett Newman, American painter and etcher († 1970)
• 1906 » Joe Primeau, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 1989)
• 1913 » Victor Mature, American actor († 1999)
• 1915 » Bill Peet, American author and illustrator († 2002)
• 1915 » John Serry Sr., Italian-American concert accordionist and composer (d.2003)
• 1917 » John Raitt, American actor and singer († 2005)
• 1918 » John Forsythe, American actor († 2010)

• 1888 » Edward Lear, English poet and illustrator (b. 1812)
• 1899 » Alfred Sisley, French-English painter (b. 1839)
• 1906 » Christian IX of Denmark (b. 1818)
• 1928 » Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, Scottish field marshal (b. 1861)
• 1931 » Henri Mathias Berthelot, French general during World War I (b. 1861)
• 1933 » Sara Teasdale, American poet (b. 1884)
• 1934 » Fritz Haber, Polish-German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1868)
• 1941 » Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general and politician, 130th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1871)
• 1944 » William Allen White, American journalist and author (b. 1868)
• 1946 » Harry Hopkins, American businessman and politician, 8th United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1890)

• 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
• January 26 » Glenn Curtiss flies the first successful American seaplane.
• May 23 » The New York Public Library is dedicated.
• July 24 » Hiram Bingham III re-discovers Machu Picchu, "the Lost City of the Incas".
• September 18 » Russian Premier Pyotr Stolypin is shot at the Kiev Opera House.
• October 10 » The day after a bomb explodes prematurely, the Wuchang Uprising begins against the Chinese monarchy.
• October 24 » Orville Wright remains in the air nine minutes and 45 seconds in a glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.

The temperature on January 29, 1911 was between -1.8 °C and 5.9 °C and averaged 3.2 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.