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• Aart Bredenhoff, Heerde
• Adriene van Parijs, Kortrijk (B) († 1972)
• André Hubert Mathieu van Houtem, Membach (B), België († 1991)
• Adrianus Augustinus Jacobus Raaijmakers, Roosendaal,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1990)
• Albertje Zwiers, Oosterhesselen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1995)
• Julienne Caroline, Gent († 1986)
• Aaron Kermit Akin, Ardmore, Oklahoma, Verenigde Staten († 1977)
• pieternella rosalia oschmann
• RUIJSAARD († 1914)
• Albert Nooij, Havelte († 2000)

• Agnes van UDEN (88), Uden,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana kevie (78), 's gravenhage westeinde 132
• Aleida Wilhelmina LAMMERS (9), Gendringen, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Adrianus (55), Tiel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Rebecca Behrmann (40), Camberwell, Greater London, United Kingdom
• Aleida Maria Bobbink (0), Zutphen
• Anna van Hamond (59), Veghel
• Abe Wybrens (Wijbrens) Fennema (91), Akkrum, Utingeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Abe Wijbrens Fennema (91), Akkrum, Utingeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• * Henricus Petrus (Harrie) van de Pas (38), Tilburg

• 1911 » Roy Eldridge, American jazz trumpet player († 1989)
• 1912 » Barbara W. Tuchman, American historian and author († 1989)
• 1912 » Francis Schaeffer, American pastor and theologian († 1984)
• 1912 » Werner Hartmann, German physicist and academic († 1988)
• 1914 » David Wayne, American actor († 1995)
• 1914 » John Ireland, Canadian-American actor and director († 1992)
• 1914 » Luc-Marie Bayle, French commander and painter († 2000)
• 1915 » Joachim Peiper, German SS officer († 1976)
• 1915 » John Profumo, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for War († 2006)
• 1917 » Paul Frère, Belgian race car driver and journalist († 2008)

• 1881 » Arthur O'Shaughnessy, English poet and herpetologist (b. 1844)
• 1889 » Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, heir apparent to the throne of Austria-Hungary (b. 1858)
• 1926 » Barbara La Marr, American actress (b. 1896)
• 1928 » Johannes Fibiger, Danish physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
• 1929 » La Goulue, French model and dancer (b. 1866)
• 1934 » Frank Nelson Doubleday, American publisher, founded the Doubleday Publishing Company (b. 1862)
• 1947 » Frederick Blackman, English botanist and physiologist (b. 1866)
• 1948 » Arthur Coningham, Australian air marshal (b. 1895)
• 1948 » Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule (b. 1869)
• 1948 » Orville Wright, American pilot and engineer, co-founded the Wright Company (b. 1871)

• 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.
• May 29 » The Ocean liner RMSEmpress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with the loss of 1,012 lives.
• August 1 » The German Empire declares war on the Russian Empire at the opening of World War I. The Swiss Army mobilizes because of World War I.
• September 3 » World War I: Start of the Battle of Grand Couronné, a German assault against French positions on high ground near the city of Nancy.
• September 8 » World War I: Private Thomas Highgate becomes the first British soldier to be executed for desertion during the war.
• September 22 » A German submarine sinks three British cruisers over a seventy-minute period, killing almost 1500 sailors.
• December 25 » A series of unofficial truces occur across the Western Front to celebrate Christmas.

The temperature on January 30, 1914 was between 4.0 °C and 5.9 °C and averaged 4.7 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.