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• Albin Seraphin Samaey, Bekegem († 2000)
• Aafke Bekkema, Drachten, gem. Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje Otten, Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland († 1984)
• Anna Frederika Klok, Sleen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1941)
• Adriana Christina Elisabeth Anna KAAN, Terneuzen († 1992)
• Albert Edward Price, Derby, Derbyshire, England († 1991)
• Alberdina Duursma, Emmer-Compascuum, Emmen († 2013)
• Anna Elisabeth Van Deinse, Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• Anthony Frank Pawloski, Michigan († 1975)
• Anna Maria Mengelers († 1915)

• Amalia Gans (22), Arnhem
• Albertus Nuijens (77), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Annetje Plat Plak (52), Nijkerk
• Arie Kemp (75), Zandvoort
• Anthonij Gilles Juijn (55), Zierikzee
• Antonetta Lips (54), Breda
• Annetje Plat (52), Nijkerk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Gijsbertus van der Veldt (77), Haarlem
• Arie kemp (75), Zandvoort
• Anna Maria Meeuwis (78), Meijel

• 1911 » Busher Jackson, Canadian ice hockey player († 1966)
• 1911 » John S. McCain Jr., American admiral († 1981)
• 1914 » Anacleto Angelini, Italian-Chilean businessman († 2007)
• 1914 » Irving Brecher, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 2008)
• 1914 » Paul Royle, Australian lieutenant and pilot († 2015)
• 1914 » William Stafford, American poet and author († 1993)
• 1916 » Peter Frelinghuysen Jr., American lieutenant and politician († 2011)
• 1917 » M. G. Ramachandran, Indian actor, director, and politician, 5th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu († 1987)
• 1918 » George M. Leader, American soldier and politician, 36th Governor of Pennsylvania († 2013)
• 1918 » Keith Joseph, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Education († 1994)

• 1903 » Ignaz Wechselmann, Hungarian architect and philanthropist (b. 1828)
• 1908 » Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1835)
• 1909 » Francis Smith, Australian lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1819)
• 1911 » Francis Galton, English polymath, anthropologist, and geographer (b. 1822)
• 1927 » Juliette Gordon Low, American founder of the Girl Scouts of the USA (b. 1860)
• 1930 » Gauhar Jaan, One of the first performers to record music on 78 rpm records in India. (b. 1873)
• 1931 » Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia (b. 1864)
• 1932 » Ahmet Derviş, Turkish general (b. 1881)
• 1932 » Albert Jacka, Australian captain, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1893)
• 1933 » Louis Comfort Tiffany, American stained glass artist (b. 1848)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Geertruida
13. Grietje
14. Neeltje
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 6.3 million citizens.
• January 17 » Russia defeats Ottoman Turkey in the Battle of Sarikamish during the Caucasus Campaign of World War I.
• April 25 » World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli begins: The invasion of the Turkish Gallipoli Peninsula by British, French, Indian, Newfoundland, Australian and New Zealand troops, begins with landings at Anzac Cove and Cape Helles.
• May 7 » World War I: German submarine U-20 sinks RMS Lusitania, killing 1,198 people, including 128 Americans. Public reaction to the sinking turns many former pro-Germans in the United States against the German Empire.
• June 5 » Denmark amends its constitution to allow women's suffrage.
• July 1 » Leutnant Kurt Wintgens of the then-named German Deutsches Heer's Fliegertruppe army air service achieves the first known aerial victory with a synchronized machine-gun armed fighter plane, the Fokker M.5K/MG Eindecker.
• December 20 » World War I: The last Australian troops are evacuated from Gallipoli.

The temperature on January 17, 1915 was between 0.6 °C and 6.0 °C and averaged 2.7 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.