About the day » Tuesday February 17, 1914Calender converter

• Adrianus van Limbeek
• Alma Garthe, Addy, Stevens, Washington, Verenigde Staten († 2002)
• Anna Maria Lavrijsen, Reusel
• Adele Koenen, Kevelaer, Kleve, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany († 1967)
• Anna Borgers, Woensel,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2006)
• Deinum, Ferwoude, Friesland, Nederland († 1914)
• Anna Maria Mensink, Reutum,, Overijssel, Nederland († 2003)
• Alida Molenaar († 2005)
• Ana Elizabeth Brouwer, Midwolda
• Anna Elisabeth Brouwer, Midwolda, Groningen, Nederland († 1997)

• Antonius Leonardus Fransen (49), Vorstenbosch
• Adriana van Ekelenburg (57), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaantjen. van der Meijde, Nieuw-Helvoet, 3222, Nederland
• Antonia van den Braak (38), Schijndel
• Aleida Engeliena Westen (24), Musselkanaal
• Antonius van de Ven (76), Oerle
• Beenen (0), Kessel
• Antonius Leonardus Fransen (49), Vorstenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Wiersma (49), Idaarderadeel
• Antje Wiersma (49), Idaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland

• 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)
• 1918 » Jacqueline Ferrand, French mathematician († 2014)
• 1918 » William Bronk, American poet and academic († 1999)

• 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. 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. Catharina
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Grietje
13. Geertruida
14. Aaltje
15. Helena
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 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.
• July 18 » The U.S. Congress forms the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps, giving official status to aircraft within the U.S. Army for the first time.
• August 12 » World War I: The United Kingdom declares war on Austria-Hungary; the countries of the British Empire follow suit.
• August 15 » The Panama Canal opens to traffic with the transit of the cargo ship SSAncon.
• September 11 » World War I: Australia invades German New Guinea, defeating a German contingent at the Battle of Bita Paka.
• November 26 » HMS Bulwark was destroyed by a large internal explosion with the loss of 741 men near Sheerness.
• November 28 » World War I: Following a war-induced closure in July, the New York Stock Exchange re-opens for bond trading.

The temperature on February 17, 1914 was between 3.4 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.