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• Adrianus Armoldus van den Ende, Hof van Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland The Netherlands
• Andre Louis Polydoor Kesteloot, Izegem
• Adrianus Christianus Gooskens, Stratum († 1992)
• Albert van der Wiel, Scheveningen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1961)
• Adrianus Christianus Gooskens, Stratum († 1992)
• Adrianus Cornelis Roeling, Schiedam
• Aaltje Duindam, Noordwijk aan Zee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2000)
• Albert van der Wiel, Scheveningen
• Adriana Gertruda Tijssen, Reusel
• Adrianus Arnoldus van den Ende, Hof van Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Agnes Elisabeth Klink (1), Dalfsen
• Albert Egberts Ritsma (62), Drachten, gem. Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus Koenraad Noorduijn (94), ·Äòs Gravenhage
• Alberta Theresia Swartjes (0), Riele (Diepenveen)
• Adriaan Jansen (75), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Susanna Broer (49), Aschendorf
• Aafje Moll (80), Ouderkerk
• Anna Geertrui Reij (74), Amersfoort
• Aart van Eden (80), Veenendaal
• Alida Heikoop (70), Driebergen, Utrecht, NL

• 1909 » Miron Grindea, Romanian-English journalist († 1995)
• 1913 » Don Hutson, American football player and coach († 1997)
• 1914 » Jersey Joe Walcott, American boxer and police officer († 1994)
• 1915 » Alan Lomax, American historian, author, and scholar († 2002)
• 1915 » Bobby Hackett, American trumpet player and cornet player († 1976)
• 1915 » Garry Moore, American comedian and game show host († 1993)
• 1915 » Thomas Merton, American monk and author († 1968)
• 1916 » Frank Parker, American tennis player († 1997)
• 1917 » Fred Bassetti, American architect and academic, founded Bassetti Architects († 2013)
• 1919 » Jackie Robinson, American baseball player and sportscaster († 1972)

• 1888 » John Bosco, Italian priest and educator, founded the Salesian Society (b. 1815)
• 1892 » Charles Spurgeon, English pastor and author (b. 1834)
• 1900 » John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry, Scottish nobleman (b. 1844)
• 1907 » Timothy Eaton, Canadian businessman, founded Eaton's (b. 1834)
• 1923 » Eligiusz Niewiadomski, Polish painter and critic (b. 1869)
• 1933 » John Galsworthy, English novelist and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
• 1942 » Henry Larkin, American baseball player and manager (b. 1860)
• 1944 » Jean Giraudoux, French author and playwright (b. 1882)
• 1954 » Edwin Howard Armstrong, American engineer, invented FM radio (b. 1890)
• 1954 » Vivian Woodward, English captain and footballer (b. 1879)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Adrianus
10. Jacobus
11. Jacob
12. Wilhelmus
13. Gerardus
14. Antonius
15. Dirk
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.
• February 5 » Greek military aviators, Michael Moutoussis and Aristeidis Moraitinis perform the first naval air mission in history, with a Farman MF.7 hydroplane.
• February 21 » Ioannina is incorporated into the Greek state after the Balkan Wars.
• 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.
• August 16 » Completion of the Royal Navy battlecruiser HMSQueen Mary.
• October 9 » The steamship SSVolturno catches fire in the mid-Atlantic.
• December 24 » The Italian Hall disaster in Calumet, Michigan results in the deaths of 73 Christmas party participants (including 59 children) when someone falsely yells "fire".

The temperature on January 31, 1913 was between 1.9 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 10.8 mm of rain. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.