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• Adriana Looijen, Ede (GL) († 2005)
• Abraham Levie van Minden, Amsterdam
• Amancilia Teixeira da Costa, Santo Angelo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
• Alida van den Eijkel, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andries Vermaat, Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1938)
• Adriana Looijen, Ede, Gelderland, Nederland († 2005)
• Achille DENHAERINCK, Antwerpen, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium († 1996)
• Andre Stoffels, Koningsbosch, Netherlands († 1985)
• Albin Anthony Pioszak, Ludington, Mason, Michigan, United States († 1929)
• Albert Jan Udink, Rheden († 1969)

• Alida Rosina Maria Augusta Willeman (4), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Sophia van Assendelft van Wijck (75), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Cornelia Moors (0), Hingen, Echt
• Arie Boon (19), 's Gravenzande
• August Steppe (59), Denderhoutem
• Knevelbaard (0), Martenshoek
• Arie Bosch (85), Pijnacker
• Aleida Johanna Breitenstein (70), Twello (Voorst), Gelderland, Netherlands
• Alida Kurver (41), Montfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antje Hendriks Pijl (29), Opeinde, Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland

• 1908 » Cus D'Amato, American boxing manager and trainer († 1985)
• 1911 » Busher Jackson, Canadian ice hockey player († 1966)
• 1911 » George Stigler, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1991)
• 1911 » John S. McCain Jr., American admiral († 1981)
• 1914 » Anacleto Angelini, Italian-Chilean businessman († 2007)
• 1914 » Irving Brecher, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 2008)
• 1914 » Paul Royle, Australian lieutenant and pilot († 2015)
• 1914 » William Stafford, American poet and author († 1993)
• 1916 » Peter Frelinghuysen Jr., American lieutenant and politician († 2011)
• 1917 » M. G. Ramachandran, Indian actor, director, and politician, 5th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu († 1987)

• 1893 » Rutherford B. Hayes, American general, lawyer, and politician, 19th President of the United States (b. 1822)
• 1903 » Ignaz Wechselmann, Hungarian architect and philanthropist (b. 1828)
• 1908 » Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1835)
• 1909 » Francis Smith, Australian lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1819)
• 1911 » Francis Galton, English polymath, anthropologist, and geographer (b. 1822)
• 1927 » Juliette Gordon Low, American founder of the Girl Scouts of the USA (b. 1860)
• 1930 » Gauhar Jaan, One of the first performers to record music on 78 rpm records in India. (b. 1873)
• 1931 » Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia (b. 1864)
• 1932 » Ahmet Derviş, Turkish general (b. 1881)
• 1932 » Albert Jacka, Australian captain, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1893)

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. Trijntje

• 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 17 » The Armory Show opens in New York City, displaying works of artists who are to become some of the most influential painters of the early 20th century.
• March 4 » First Balkan War: The Greek army engages the Turks at Bizani, resulting in victory two days later.
• March 21 » Over 360 are killed and 20,000 homes destroyed in the Great Dayton Flood in Dayton, Ohio.
• April 24 » The Woolworth Building, a skyscraper in New York City, is opened.
• September 23 » Roland Garros of France becomes the first to fly in an airplane across the Mediterranean (from St. Raphael in France to Bizerte, Tunisia).
• October 14 » Senghenydd colliery disaster, the United Kingdom's worst coal mining accident, claims the lives of 439 miners.

The temperature on January 17, 1913 was between 1.5 °C and 5.1 °C and averaged 3.5 °C. There was 10.7 mm of rain. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.