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• Albertus Evert Muller, Arnhem
• adriaantje sampimon, amsterdam
• Adrianus van Schijndel, Boxtel († 1914)
• Antonia Theodora (Tonia) Peters († 1996)
• Apolonia Poreda, Stara Huta, woj.lubelskie akt 56 († 2000)
• Anna Dirksd van Oostrom, Mijdrecht, ut.nld
• Anna van Egmond, Rijnsburg, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alfred Henry Walter Knowles, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England († 1995)
• Aaltje Batterink, Avereest († 1992)
• Antonius Johannes Martinus de Beer, Tilburg, Nederland († 2005)

• Antonie van Dortmont (67), Dussen
• Barbera de Redelijkheid (75), Bergambacht, Nederland
• Adriaan Jobse (80), Meliskerke
• Anthonij SELS (72), Pella, Marion County, Iowa
• Aagtje de GROOT (39), Marken, Waterland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus van Schijndel (0), Boxtel
• Anna Vestjens (71), Horn
• Anna Frederiks de Vos (2), Ooststellingwerf
• Anna (Frederik) de Vos (1), Oldeberkoop, Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Netherlands
• Antonie Alderen van (72), Gilze en Rijen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1909 » Miron Grindea, Romanian-English journalist († 1995)
• 1913 » Don Hutson, American football player and coach († 1997)
• 1914 » Jersey Joe Walcott, American boxer and police officer († 1994)
• 1915 » Alan Lomax, American historian, author, and scholar († 2002)
• 1915 » Bobby Hackett, American trumpet player and cornet player († 1976)
• 1915 » Garry Moore, American comedian and game show host († 1993)
• 1915 » Thomas Merton, American monk and author († 1968)
• 1916 » Frank Parker, American tennis player († 1997)
• 1917 » Fred Bassetti, American architect and academic, founded Bassetti Architects († 2013)
• 1919 » Jackie Robinson, American baseball player and sportscaster († 1972)

• 1888 » John Bosco, Italian priest and educator, founded the Salesian Society (b. 1815)
• 1892 » Charles Spurgeon, English pastor and author (b. 1834)
• 1900 » John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry, Scottish nobleman (b. 1844)
• 1907 » Timothy Eaton, Canadian businessman, founded Eaton's (b. 1834)
• 1923 » Eligiusz Niewiadomski, Polish painter and critic (b. 1869)
• 1933 » John Galsworthy, English novelist and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
• 1942 » Henry Larkin, American baseball player and manager (b. 1860)
• 1944 » Jean Giraudoux, French author and playwright (b. 1882)
• 1954 » Edwin Howard Armstrong, American engineer, invented FM radio (b. 1890)
• 1954 » Vivian Woodward, English captain and footballer (b. 1879)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacobus
10. Adrianus
11. Jacob
12. Gerardus
13. Antonius
14. Arie
15. Wilhelmus
16. Hendrikus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Hendrika
8. Adriana
9. Catharina
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Grietje
13. Geertruida
14. Aaltje
15. Helena
16. Margaretha

• 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.
• August 6 » World War I: First Battle of the Atlantic: Two days after the United Kingdom had declared war on Germany over the German invasion of Belgium, ten German U-boats leave their base in Heligoland to attack Royal Navy warships in the North Sea.
• August 24 » World War I: The Battle of Cer ends as the first Allied victory in the war.
• September 13 » World War I: The Battle of Aisne begins between Germany and France.
• November 7 » The first issue of The New Republic is published.
• December 15 » World War I: The Serbian Army recaptures Belgrade from the invading Austro-Hungarian Army.
• December 16 » World War I: Admiral Franz von Hipper commands a raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby.

The temperature on January 31, 1914 was between 0.8 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (78%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.