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• Bernardus Hermanus Heerink, Tubbergen (gem.) († 1964)
• Anna Maria Seits, Maastricht († 1918)
• Anthonia Scholte, Soerabaja († 2004)
• Barberdina Jacomina (Berber) Zeeff, Eenrum († 2013)
• "Bernard" Marie Joseph Fulcran de Roquefeuil, Moulins, Aller, France († 1990)
• Albertus van der Werf, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland († 1994)
• Alphonsius Smits, Den Dungen († 1986)
• Albertus Martinus Plat, Paasloo († 1917)
• Antonia Petronella Erve, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1918)
• Arie Valstar, Maasland († 2007)

• Anna Elizabeth Scheepers (67), Rotterdam
• Antonius Thomas Backs (70)
• Albertus Appeltans (1), Alken
• Albertus Martinus Plat (0), Paasloo
• Chauncy S Holcomb (72), Shelby County, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Belizaire Belzire Broussard (87), Youngsville, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, United States
• ('Mia') Jennissen, Echt
• Alberta Logtenberg (0), Epe, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana de Baat (78), Mijnsheerenland
• Christina Huisman (53), Smilde

• 1913 » Richard Nixon, American commander, lawyer, and politician, 37th President of the United States († 1994)
• 1914 » Kenny Clarke, American jazz drummer and bandleader († 1985)
• 1915 » Anita Louise, American actress († 1970)
• 1916 » Fernando Lamas, Argentinian-American actor, singer, and director († 1982)
• 1916 » Vic Mizzy, American soldier, pianist, and composer († 2009)
• 1918 » Alma Ziegler, American baseball player and golfer († 2005)
• 1919 » William Morris Meredith, Jr., American poet and academic († 2007)
• 1920 » Clive Dunn, English actor († 2012)
• 1920 » Hakim Said, Pakistani scholar and politician, 20th Governor of Sindh († 1998)
• 1921 » Ágnes Keleti, Hungarian Olympic gymnast

• 1908 » Abraham Goldfaden, Russian actor, playwright, and author (b. 1840)
• 1908 » Wilhelm Busch, German poet, illustrator, and painter (b. 1832)
• 1911 » Edvard Rusjan, Italian-Slovene pilot and engineer (b. 1886)
• 1911 » Edwin Arthur Jones, American violinist and composer (b. 1853)
• 1917 » Luther D. Bradley, American cartoonist (b. 1853)
• 1918 » Charles-Émile Reynaud, French scientist and educator, invented the Praxinoscope (b. 1844)
• 1923 » Katherine Mansfield, New Zealand novelist, short story writer, and essayist (b. 1888)
• 1924 » Ponnambalam Arunachalam, Sri Lankan civil servant and politician (b. 1853)
• 1927 » Houston Stewart Chamberlain, English-German philosopher and author (b. 1855)
• 1930 » Edward Bok, Dutch-American journalist and author (b. 1863)

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.
• May 26 » Several powerful tornadoes rip through Illinois, including the city of Mattoon.
• June 28 » World War I: Greece joins the Allied powers.
• July 20 » World War I: The Corfu Declaration, which leads to the creation of the post-war Kingdom of Yugoslavia, is signed by the Yugoslav Committee and Kingdom of Serbia.
• August 30 » Vietnamese prison guards led by Trịnh Văn Cấn mutiny at the Thái Nguyên penitentiary against local French authority.
• December 2 » World War I: Russia and the Central Powers sign an armistice at Brest-Litovsk, and peace talks leading to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk begin.
• December 7 » World War I: The United States declares war on Austria-Hungary.

The temperature on January 9, 1917 was between 0.6 °C and 3.0 °C and averaged 2.1 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.