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• Adriaan Hendrik Spooren, Eersel († 1913)
• Aaltje Martha Schut, Schiermonnikoog († 1996)
• Albertus Hoetink, Brummen
• Aartje van Maanen, Ede
• Alfred C TeKrony, Deuel County, South Dakota
• Adriaan Franciscus Pommer, Hoogland, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriana van den Berge, Nisse, Zeeland, Nederland († 1988)
• Alan Drysdale BENJAMIN, Yea, Victoria, Australia († 1978)
• Anna Elderkamp, Brielle († 2013)
• Albert Gerard van Hulst, Meester Cornelis († 1983)

• Adam van der Horst (89), Heemstede
• Anna Maria Bouwmans, Boumans (85), Vierlingsbeek
• Albertien Hofstee (79), Sleen
• Anna Vermaat (62), Poortugaal
• Antonia Carolina van Deijck (70), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Annigjen Tjitzes Jongsma (81), Lemmer
• Andreas BRUINSMA (8), Barradeel(Friesland)
• Alida Ennata Catharina Daggers (17), Veendam
• Anna Maria Lips (71), Oudenhoorn
• Albertus Ensink (47)

• 1909 » Martin Lings, English author and scholar († 2005)
• 1910 » Doris Haddock, American political activist († 2010)
• 1912 » Frederick Ashworth, American admiral († 2005)
• 1913 » Norman Dello Joio, American organist and composer († 2008)
• 1913 » Ray Stehr, Australian rugby league player and coach († 1983)
• 1915 » Robert Motherwell, American painter and academic († 1991)
• 1915 » Vítězslava Kaprálová, Czech composer and conductor († 1940)
• 1916 » Gene Mako, Hungarian-American tennis player and actor († 2013)
• 1916 » Rafael Caldera, Venezuelan lawyer and politician, 65th President of Venezuela († 2009)
• 1917 » Ernest Borgnine, American actor († 2012)

• 1877 » Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist and journalist (b. 1796)
• 1881 » James Collinson, English painter (b. 1825)
• 1883 » Friedrich von Flotow, German composer (b. 1812)
• 1895 » Lord Randolph Churchill, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1849)
• 1920 » Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1884)
• 1939 » Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician, created Muesli (b. 1867)
• 1943 » John Burns, English trade union leader and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (b. 1858)
• 1960 » Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor (b. 1886)
• 1961 » Alfred Carlton Gilbert, American pole vaulter and businessman, founded the A. C. Gilbert Company (b. 1884)
• 1962 » André Lhote, French sculptor and painter (b. 1885)

• 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 22 » Mystic Phan Xích Long, the self-proclaimed Emperor of Vietnam, was arrested for organising a revolt against the colonial rule of French Indochina, which was nevertheless carried out by his supporters the following day.
• May 14 » Governor of New York William Sulzer approves the charter for the Rockefeller Foundation, which begins operations with a $100million donation from John D. Rockefeller.
• October 31 » The Indianapolis Streetcar Strike and subsequent riot begins.
• November 5 » King Otto of Bavaria is deposed by his cousin, Prince Regent Ludwig, who assumes the title Ludwig III.
• November 7 » The first day of the Great Lakes Storm of 1913, a massive blizzard that ultimately killed 250 and caused over $5 million (about $118,098,000 in 2013 dollars) damage. Winds reach hurricane force on this date.
• December 23 » The Federal Reserve Act is signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson, creating the Federal Reserve System.

The temperature on January 24, 1913 was between 7.3 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 3.6 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.