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• Annemarie Mirjam Posner († 1994)
• Aart Bultman, Doornspijk († 1983)
• Aaltje ter Maten, Esveld,Gemeente Barneveld,Gelderland,Nederland († 1963)
• Albertus Alphonsus Ludovicus Christaens, Sint Niklaas (Belgie) († 1998)
• Albert Verstrynge, Maldegem († 1992)
• Antonius Kennis, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2016)
• Adrianus van Koolwijk, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1953)
• Albertus ( Bert ) Rens, Hull Sioux County Iowa ( USA ) († 1953)
• Alisa Marjorie Grieve, Spring Hill, Brisbane, Queensland, Australie († 1999)
• Annora Velma Garvin, Ohioville, Pennsylvania, VS († 2018)

• Antonia Wilhelmina Otte (0), Nijverdal, Overijssel, Nederland
• Andries Lammers (76), Haarlemmermeer
• Andries Oordt (49), Hospers, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Abel Huizinga (76), Oldehove, Groningen, Nederland
• Agatha Hermanna Dijkhoff (73), Leeuwarden
• Aaltje Stoker (83), Hilversum
• Antonie Stiphout van (83), Made en Drimmelen
• Andreas Fredericus Wientjens (76), Oeffelt
• Anje Mantjes (27), Veendam, Groningen, Nederland
• Anje Elema (34), Leens

• 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)
• 1919 » J. M. S. Careless, Canadian historian and academic († 2009)
• 1919 » Joe Hunt, American tennis player († 1945)
• 1919 » Kathleen Freeman, American actress and singer († 2001)

• 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)

• 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 6.4 million citizens.
• April 25 » Anzac Day is commemorated for the first time on the first anniversary of the landing at ANZAC Cove.
• June 24 » Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to sign a million-dollar contract.
• June 29 » British diplomat turned Irish nationalist Roger Casement is sentenced to death for his part in the Easter Rising.
• August 2 » World War I: Austrian sabotage causes the sinking of the Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci in Taranto.
• August 14 » Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary.
• September 7 » US federal employees win the right to Workers' compensation by Federal Employers Liability Act (39 Stat. 742; 5 U.S.C. 751)

The temperature on February 17, 1916 was between 1.4 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west.