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• Augustien Alois Freyser, Meerdonk (B), België († 2004)
• Albertus Mossel, Vollenhove, Overijssel, Nederland
• Agnès Pauline Lucienne Gérarde BEUN, Herzeele, 59470, Nord, Nord Pas-de-Calais, France († 1989)
• Aaltje de Graaf, Zwartemeer, Emmen
• Bartholomeus Kamps-, Ubbergen, Nederland († 1972)
• Alijda Snijders, Amersfoort, Gemeente Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Albertus Cornelisz Mossel, Vollenhove, ov.nld
• Bartholomeus Kamps, Erlecom, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albert Steunebrink, Eelde, Drenthe, Nederland († 1913)
• Apolonia Hendrika Zaal, Amstelveen,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1950)

• Annigje van der Veer (82), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Markwat (75), Goeree-Overflakkee (Dirksland) (Zuid Holland)
• Anna Catharina Braeckmans (76), Borsbeek
• Andries Gooitsens Sybesma (55), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Amelia Elisabeth Alegonda Dijkshoorn (74), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltjen Woolschot (71), Zelhem
• Adrianus Osephius (65), Schiedam
• Annigje Zevenbergen (75), Ridderkerk
• Anna Hendrina Baltussen, Wanssum (gemeente Meerlo Wanssum)
• Anna Groenendijk (1), Rotterdam

• 1909 » Clement Greenberg, American art critic († 1994)
• 1910 » Dizzy Dean, American baseball player and sportscaster († 1974)
• 1911 » Eduardo Frei Montalva, Chilean lawyer and politician, 28th President of Chile († 1982)
• 1911 » Ivan Barrow, Jamaican cricketer († 1979)
• 1911 » Roger Lapébie, French cyclist († 1996)
• 1914 » Roger Wagner, French-American conductor and educator († 1992)
• 1915 » Leslie H. Martinson, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 2016)
• 1916 » Eddie Burns, Australian rugby league player and coach († 2004)
• 1916 » Philip Lucock, English-Australian minister and politician († 1996)
• 1917 » Carl Karcher, American businessman, founded Carl's Jr. († 2008)

• 1891 » Léo Delibes, French pianist and composer (b. 1836)
• 1898 » Charles Pelham Villiers, English lawyer and politician (b. 1802)
• 1901 » Arnold Böcklin, Swiss painter and academic (b. 1827)
• 1901 » Hiram Rhodes Revels, American soldier, minister, and politician (b. 1822)
• 1901 » Jules Barbier, French poet and playwright (b. 1825)
• 1906 » Marshall Field, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Marshall Field's (b. 1834)
• 1917 » George Dewey, American admiral (b. 1837)
• 1919 » Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 5th President of Brazil (b. 1848)
• 1933 » Bekir Sami Kunduh, Turkish politician (b. 1867)
• 1936 » Albert Fish, American serial killer, rapist and cannibal (b. 1870)

• 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.
• January 5 » First Balkan War: The Battle of Lemnos begins; Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it did not venture for the rest of the war.
• July 31 » The Balkan States sign an armistice in Bucharest.
• August 16 » Completion of the Royal Navy battlecruiser HMSQueen Mary.
• October 31 » The Indianapolis Streetcar Strike and subsequent riot begins.
• 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 16, 1913 was between -1.5 °C and 3.7 °C and averaged 1.2 °C. There was 5.0 mm of rain. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.