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• Albert Gentiel DHONDT, Ouwegem, Kruisem, Province of East Flanders, Belgium
• Aaltje de Boer, Oostermeer († 1976)
• Hendrikus Marinus Johannes Arnoldus de Beer, Utrecht († 1993)
• Adrianus Hermans, Halsteren, N-Br, NL († 1988)
• Aalt Haanschoten, Barneveld
• Aaltje de Boer, Oostermeer, gem. Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1976)
• Aaltje Eleveld, Steenwijk
• Aart Borst, Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1977)
• Accursia Carmen Carlino, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States († 1971)
• Abraham de Mos, den Haag († 1995)

• Adriaan van Bloppoel (74), Zierikzee
• Alida Sophia van Halm (62), Amsterdam
• Adriana Sonderwald (84), Rotterdam
• Adrianus van Rietschoten (75), Zwijndrecht, Gemeente Zwijndrecht
• Antje Bloot (86), Oudekerk aan de IJssel
• Anna Maria BARTHOLOMEEUSSEN (90), Sint-Lenaarts, Brecht, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
• Adriaan van Bloppoel (74), Zierikzee, Zeeland, Nederland
• Alida Buter (79), Assendelft NH NL
• * Nicolaas Anne (1) Baars (0), Nieuw-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, NL
• Apolonia Sprengers (70), Lisse

• 1910 » Django Reinhardt, Belgian guitarist and composer († 1953)
• 1912 » Boris Pokrovsky, Russian director and manager († 2009)
• 1913 » Jean-Michel Atlan, Algerian-French painter († 1960)
• 1913 » Wally Parks, American businessman, founded the National Hot Rod Association († 2007)
• 1915 » Herma Bauma, Austrian javelin thrower and handball player († 2003)
• 1915 » Potter Stewart, American lawyer and judge († 1985)
• 1915 » W. Arthur Lewis, Saint Lucian-Barbadian economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1991)
• 1916 » Airey Neave, English colonel, lawyer, and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland († 1979)
• 1916 » David Douglas Duncan, American photographer and journalist († 2018)
• 1918 » Gertrude B. Elion, American biochemist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1999)

• 1883 » Gustave Doré, French engraver and illustrator (b. 1832)
• 1893 » José Zorrilla, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1817)
• 1893 » Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II, American lawyer and politician, 16th United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1825)
• 1921 » Mykola Leontovych, Ukrainian composer and conductor (b. 1877)
• 1922 » Arthur Nikisch, Hungarian conductor and academic (b. 1855)
• 1922 » René Beeh, Alsatian painter and draughtsman (b. 1886)
• 1923 » Max Nordau, Austrian physician and author (b. 1849)
• 1931 » Anna Pavlova, Russian-English ballerina (b. 1881)
• 1937 » Orso Mario Corbino, Italian physicist and politician (b. 1876)
• 1939 » Matthias Sindelar, Austrian footballer and manager (b. 1903)

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. Dirk
15. Antonius
16. Hendrikus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Grietje
13. Aaltje
14. Geertruida
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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• 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 6.1 million citizens.
• March 12 » The future capital of Australia is officially named Canberra.
• April 4 » First Balkan War: Greek aviator Emmanouil Argyropoulos becomes the first pilot to die in the Hellenic Air Force when his plane crashes.
• July 3 » Confederate veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913 reenact Pickett's Charge; upon reaching the high-water mark of the Confederacy they are met by the outstretched hands of friendship from Union survivors.
• July 12 » Serbian forces begin their siege of the Bulgarian city of Vidin; the siege is later called off when the war ends.
• December 1 » Crete, having obtained self rule from Turkey after the First Balkan War, is annexed by Greece.
• December 1 » Ford Motor Company introduces the first moving assembly line.

The temperature on January 23, 1913 was between 0.4 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. There was 5.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.