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• Adrianus Cornelis Petrus Kleijweg, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1963)
• Alice May Berens, Wall Lake, South Dakota († 2007)
• Agnes Baeckelmans, Antwerpen / Anvers, België
• Adrianus Johannes Cornelis de Groot, Halsteren,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1988)
• Akkelina Aaltina VAN DIJK, Marum Groningen Netherlands
• Adriana Maria Paulina Simons
• Anna Cornelia Klok, Linschoten († 1984)
• Aaltje Koning, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1913)
• Anje VAN HALEN, Surhuizum (Achtkarspelen) Friesland Netherlands († 1988)
• Anna Cornelia Klok, Linschoten

• Alida (Aaltje) van Leeuwen (64)
• Antonia Doll (71), Arnhem, Nederland
• Anne Amelia ESCHAUZIER (71), Den Haag
• Anna Catharina Lumke SMIT (0), On Board Ship at Maassluis Zuid-Holland Netherlands
• Adrianus van Breda (58), Sassenheim
• Anna Catharina Lumke Smit (0), Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Edes Edens (66), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Adrianus van der Mee (80), Uden
• Aaltje Catharina Peek (14), IJsselstein, Nederland
• Anne Marie Weijnen (57), Swalmen, Nederland

• 1908 » Bo Yibo, Chinese general and politician, Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China († 2007)
• 1908 » Red Barber, American sportscaster († 1992)
• 1910 » Marc Lawrence, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 2005)
• 1911 » Oskar Seidlin, German-American author, poet, and scholar († 1984)
• 1912 » Andre Norton, American author († 2005)
• 1914 » Arthur Kennedy, American actor († 1990)
• 1914 » Wayne Morris, American actor and producer († 1959)
• 1916 » Alexander Obolensky, Russian rugby player and pilot († 1940)
• 1916 » Don Tallon, Australian cricketer († 1984)
• 1916 » Raf Vallone, Italian footballer and actor († 2002)

• 1874 » Adolphe Quetelet, Belgian astronomer, mathematician, and sociologist (b. 1796)
• 1890 » Christopher Latham Sholes, American publisher and politician (b. 1819)
• 1905 » William Bickerton, English-American religious leader, leader in the Latter Day Saint movement (b. 1815)
• 1909 » Geronimo, American tribal leader (b. 1829)
• 1912 » Edgar Evans, Welsh sailor and explorer (b. 1876)
• 1919 » Wilfrid Laurier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1841)
• 1934 » Albert I of Belgium (b. 1875)
• 1934 » Siegbert Tarrasch, German chess player and theoretician (b. 1862)
• 1939 » Willy Hess, German violinist and educator (b. 1859)
• 1946 » Dorothy Gibson, American actress and singer (b. 1889)

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.
• March 12 » The future capital of Australia is officially named Canberra.
• March 31 » The Vienna Concert Society rioted during a performance of modernist music by Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, Alexander von Zemlinsky, and Anton von Webern, causing a premature end to the concert due to violence; this concert became known as the Skandalkonzert.
• 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.
• June 25 » American Civil War veterans begin arriving at the Great Reunion of 1913.
• 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 » The Buenos Aires Metro, the first underground railway system in the Southern Hemisphere and in Latin America, begins operation.

The temperature on February 17, 1913 was between -2.3 °C and 3.5 °C and averaged 0.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.