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• Aaltje van Leeuwen, Loppersum (gem. Eemsdelta) († 1933)
• Albertha de Jong († 1979)
• Adrianus Boemaars, Breda († 1984)
• Adriana Groot
• Aart Marius van der ELST, Dordrecht († 1993)
• Abraham Anthonie Quist, Schoondijke, Zeeland, Nederland († 1990)
• Marrigje Wilhelmina Sloesarwij († 1996)
• Aaltien Dijks, Exloo, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adrianus Fris, Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aleida Theodora Catharina Keukens, Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1933)

• Adrianus Spek (82), Ouderkerk aan den IJssel, Krimpenerwaard, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• de Jong (0), Veenwouden
• Wilhelmus Cornel (76), Raamsdonkveer
• Lodeweges, Enschede
• Abel Nijdam (79), (DR) Eelde
• Albertus Meester (0), Andijk, Medemblik,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• ALIDA CATHARINA TER BURG (37), DEN HELDER
• Adrianus Warmerdam (1), Gemeente Noordwijkerhout, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Scholten Jentje (75), Hollandscheveld, Hoogeveen
• Adrianus Warmerdam (1), Noordwijkerhout

• 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)
• 1910 » Marc Lawrence, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 2005)
• 1911 » Oskar Seidlin, German-American author, poet, and scholar († 1984)
• 1912 » Andre Norton, American author († 2005)
• 1914 » Arthur Kennedy, American actor († 1990)
• 1914 » Wayne Morris, American actor and producer († 1959)
• 1916 » Alexander Obolensky, Russian rugby player and pilot († 1940)
• 1916 » Don Tallon, Australian cricketer († 1984)

• 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)
• 1946 » Dorothy Gibson, American actress and singer (b. 1889)

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

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

• 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 14 » Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition makes landfall on the eastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf.
• January 15 » Palestinian Arabic-language Falastin newspaper founded.
• January 26 » Glenn Curtiss flies the first successful American seaplane.
• May 19 » Parks Canada, the world's first national park service, is established as the Dominion Parks Branch under the Department of the Interior.
• June 16 » IBM founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York.
• December 9 » A mine explosion near Briceville, Tennessee, kills 84 miners despite rescue efforts led by the United States Bureau of Mines.

The temperature on February 17, 1911 was between 7.2 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west.