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• Burchard Frederik Max Werner Georg van Wittelsbach Prins van Pruisen, Potsdam, Brandenburg († 1988)
• Burchard Friedrich Max Werner Georg van Pruisen († 1988)
• Aukje Filippus van der Veen, Harkema-Opeinde, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 2004)
• Arend Fluks, Schiedam, Nederland († 2010)
• Arthur R. VAN LOO (= van Loo ), Alto (Fo) († 1994)
• Burchard v.Preußen, Potsdam († 1988)
• (Stillborn) KRUIT, Emmen Drenthe Netherlands († 1917)
• Aukje Van der Veen, Harkema-Opeinde, Achtkarspelen,, Fryslân | Friesland, Nederland († 2004)
• Burchard de Prusse, Potsdam, 12054, Allemagne († 1988)
• Aartje Harts, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 2005)

• Aaltje de Wend (74), Sebaldeburen
• ? Lems, Schiedam (ZH-NLD)
• Antonius (Toon) Bellemakers (65), Heitrak(Neerkant)
• Anthonetta HEIJNEMAN (54), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Anna Helena van der Voort (38), Eindhoven,Gemeente Eindhoven,North Brabant,Netherlands
• Anna Catharina Thijssen (71), Beesel
• Anna Huisman (83), Deventer
• Aartje van de Bor (62), Hoogland, Netherlands
• Anthonnetta Heijneman (54), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Anna Catharina Kuepers (74), Nederweert

• 1911 » Gypsy Rose Lee, American actress, dancer, and author († 1970)
• 1912 » José Ferrer, Puerto Rican-American actor and director († 1992)
• 1912 » Lawrence Walsh, Canadian-American lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th United States Deputy Attorney General († 2014)
• 1915 » Walker Cooper, American baseball player and manager († 1991)
• 1917 » Peter Matthew Hillsman Taylor, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright († 1994)
• 1922 » Dale D. Myers, American engineer († 2015)
• 1923 » Giorgio Tozzi, American opera singer and actor († 2011)
• 1923 » Johnny Wardle, English cricketer († 1985)
• 1923 » Joseph Weizenbaum, German-American computer scientist and author († 2008)
• 1923 » Larry Storch, American actor and comedian

• 1901 » John Barry, Irish soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1873)
• 1912 » Friedrich Schrempf, German journalist and politician (b. 1858)
• 1914 » Simon Bolivar Buckner, American general and 30th Governor of Kentucky (b. 1823)
• 1916 » Ada Rehan, Irish-American actress (b. 1860)
• 1916 » Rembrandt Bugatti, Italian sculptor (b. 1884)
• 1918 » Ellis H. Roberts, American journalist and politician, 20th Treasurer of the United States (b. 1827)
• 1918 » Johannes Pääsuke, Estonian photographer and director (b. 1892)
• 1920 » Josef Josephi, Polish-born singer and actor (b.1852)
• 1925 » George Bellows, American painter (b.1882)
• 1934 » Andrei Bely, Russian novelist, poet, and critic (b. 1880)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Catharina
8. Hendrika
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Geertruida
13. Aaltje
14. Grietje
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 6.5 million citizens.
• January 19 » Silvertown explosion: A blast at a munitions factory in London kills 73 and injures over 400. The resulting fire causes over £2,000,000 worth of damage.
• February 23 » First demonstrations in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The beginning of the February Revolution (March 8 in the Gregorian calendar).
• March 26 » World War I: First Battle of Gaza: British troops are halted after 17,000 Turks block their advance.
• November 5 » October Revolution: Lenin calls for the October Revolution.
• November 7 » The Gregorian calendar date of the October Revolution, which gets its name from the Julian calendar date of 25 October. On this date in 1917, the Bolsheviks storm the Winter Palace.
• December 11 » World War I: British General Edmund Allenby enters Jerusalem on foot and declares martial law.

The average temperature on January 8, 1917 was 2.5 °C. There was 8.5 mm of rain. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.