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• Arie Marinus de Heer, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2013)
• Auke Van Der Geest, Harlingen († 1999)
• Aagje Huibertsd Schong, EaZ († 2013)
• Arie Laurensz van der Voet, unbekannt († 2007)
• Jacob Corba, Hoogeveen († 1941)
• Alois v.Liechtenstein, unbekannt († 1967)
• Alfred James Loomans, Alto, Fond du Lac County (WI, USA) († 1996)
• Anna Baukje Ewouds, Terschelling, Friesland, Nederland († 1989)
• Adriana Pietronella de Meij, Rijnsburg († 1985)
• Adriana Pietronella van der Meij, Rijnsburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1985)

• Adriana Wilhelmina Schreuders (5), Zaltbommel
• Albarta Maria Catharina Henricusdr Vrieselaar (74), Maastricht
• Anna Theresia RAEYMAEKERS (80), Geel Belgie
• Anna Paulina de Sturler de Frienisberg (zie elders-1) (61), Zeist
• Aaltjen Broeke (68), Borculo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arie Zorn (78), Mijdrecht
• Adriana Christina Böger (33), ’s-Gravenhage, Nederland, Zuid Holland
• Albertien Greving (79), Gasselte
• Adriana Christina Böger (33), ’s-Gravenhage, Nederland, Zuid Holland
• Alida Elisabeth Vodegel (53)

• 1914 » Noor Inayat Khan, British SOE agent († 1944)
• 1917 » Shannon Bolin, American actress and singer († 2016)
• 1918 » Patrick Anthony Porteous, Scottish colonel, Victoria Cross recipient († 2000)
• 1918 » Willy den Ouden, Dutch swimmer († 1997)
• 1919 » Carole Landis, American actress († 1948)
• 1919 » J. D. Salinger, American soldier and author († 2010)
• 1919 » Rocky Graziano, American boxer and actor († 1990)
• 1920 » Osvaldo Cavandoli, Italian cartoonist († 2007)
• 1921 » César Baldaccini, French sculptor and academic († 1998)
• 1921 » Ismail al-Faruqi, Palestinian-American philosopher and academic († 1986)

• 1892 » Roswell B. Mason, American lawyer and politician, 25th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)
• 1894 » Heinrich Hertz, German physicist and academic (b. 1857)
• 1896 » Alfred Ely Beach, American publisher and lawyer, created the Beach Pneumatic Transit (b. 1826)
• 1906 » Hugh Nelson, Scottish-Australian farmer and politician, 11th Premier of Queensland (b. 1833)
• 1918 » William Wilfred Campbell, Canadian poet and author (b. 1858)
• 1921 » Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, German lawyer and politician, 5th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1856)
• 1929 » Mustafa Necati, Turkish civil servant and politician, Turkish Minister of Environment and Urban Planning (b. 1894)
• 1931 » Martinus Beijerinck, Dutch microbiologist and botanist (b. 1851)
• 1937 » Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, Indian religious leader, founded the Gaudiya Math (b. 1874)
• 1940 » Panuganti Lakshminarasimha Rao, Indian author and educator (b. 1865)

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.
• June 4 » The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded: Laura E. Richards, Maude H. Elliott, and Florence Hall receive the first Pulitzer for biography (for Julia Ward Howe). Jean Jules Jusserand receives the first Pulitzer for history for his work With Americans of Past and Present Days. Herbert B. Swope receives the first Pulitzer for journalism for his work for the New York World.
• October 13 » The "Miracle of the Sun" is witnessed by an estimated 70,000 people in the Cova da Iria in Portugal.
• October 15 » World War I: Dutch dancer Mata Hari is executed by France for espionage.
• November 8 » The first Council of People's Commissars is formed, including Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin.
• December 6 » Finland declares independence from Soviet Russia.
• December 6 » World War I: USSJacob Jones is the first American destroyer to be sunk by enemy action when it is torpedoed by German submarine SMU-53.

The temperature on January 1, 1917 was between 8.9 °C and 10.5 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 3.6 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.