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• Aafien Aaltje Muntinga, Nieuwolda, Groningen, Netherlands
• Adriana Helena Rennen, Rijsbergen († 2007)
• Adrienne Weytsman, Kwaremont, België († 2002)
• Ada Cornelia van Pallandt, Rozendaal, Gelderland, Nederland († 1991)
• Agnes Budd Berrisford, Nakusp, British Columbia, Canada († 1989)
• Aartje Mulderij, Putten († 1915)
• Abigael Boender, Vlaardingen
• Ada Cornelia barones van Pallandt, Rozendaal,Gemeente Rozendaal,Gelderland,Netherlands,huis de Hut
• Aleida Johanna Liebrand, Wisch († 1981)
• * Leonarda Johanna Pijnenburg, Schijndel († 2004)

• Adrianus Burgers (72), Tilburg
• Andrianna Vlekke (65)
• van Leeuwen, Maassluis
• Adriaan de Roo (75)
• Adriana Frederika Vlekke (65)
• Aaltje Steenbergen (69), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianna Vlekke (65)
• Alida Luntz (0), Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Croijmans (28)
• Adriaan Roo, de (75), Zwijndrecht Zhl. NL

• 1910 » Django Reinhardt, Belgian guitarist and composer († 1953)
• 1912 » Boris Pokrovsky, Russian director and manager († 2009)
• 1913 » Jean-Michel Atlan, Algerian-French painter († 1960)
• 1913 » Wally Parks, American businessman, founded the National Hot Rod Association († 2007)
• 1915 » Herma Bauma, Austrian javelin thrower and handball player († 2003)
• 1915 » Potter Stewart, American lawyer and judge († 1985)
• 1915 » W. Arthur Lewis, Saint Lucian-Barbadian economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1991)
• 1916 » Airey Neave, English colonel, lawyer, and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland († 1979)
• 1916 » David Douglas Duncan, American photographer and journalist († 2018)
• 1918 » Gertrude B. Elion, American biochemist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1999)

• 1893 » José Zorrilla, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1817)
• 1893 » Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II, American lawyer and politician, 16th United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1825)
• 1921 » Mykola Leontovych, Ukrainian composer and conductor (b. 1877)
• 1922 » Arthur Nikisch, Hungarian conductor and academic (b. 1855)
• 1922 » René Beeh, Alsatian painter and draughtsman (b. 1886)
• 1923 » Max Nordau, Austrian physician and author (b. 1849)
• 1931 » Anna Pavlova, Russian-English ballerina (b. 1881)
• 1937 » Orso Mario Corbino, Italian physicist and politician (b. 1876)
• 1939 » Matthias Sindelar, Austrian footballer and manager (b. 1903)
• 1943 » Alexander Woollcott, American actor, playwright, and critic (b. 1887)

• 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 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 6.2 million citizens.
• February 13 » Copyright: In New York City the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers is established to protect the copyrighted musical compositions of its members.
• May 15 » During a poker game at the Gaiety Theatre in Galesburg, Illinois, comedian Art Fisher nicknames Chicko, Harpo, Groucho, and Gummo Marx.
• August 3 » World War I: Germany declares war against France, while Romania declares its neutrality.
• August 27 » World War I: Battle of Étreux: A British rearguard action by the Royal Munster Fusiliers during the Great Retreat.
• September 3 » William, Prince of Albania leaves the country after just six months due to opposition to his rule.
• September 26 » The United States Federal Trade Commission is established by the Federal Trade Commission Act.

The temperature on January 23, 1914 was between -9.3 °C and 0.8 °C and averaged -5.7 °C. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (76%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.