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• Albert Schepers, Vroenhoven, Riemst, België († 2006)
• Akke Cornelis Oosterloo, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Annie Pons, Rotterdam († 1982)
• Adriaan Griekspoor, Hillegom
• Agnes Hubertina Wijnands, Swalmen, Nederland († 2000)
• Atonia Gesiena Jalink († 2023)
• Albert Smit, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2016)
• Anna Meints van Dijk, Harkema Opeinde († 1998)
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• Anton Jalink, Diepenveen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1997)

• Antonij Korteweg (97), New Jersey, Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus van Vugt (36), Vlijmen, NL
• Anna Barbara Strang (74), Monchengladbach Dld
• Antje Maria Bos (54), Alkmaar
• Annigje Kralendonk (0)
• Adrianus Franciscus van de Veerdonk (79), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• ?? van Brenkelen (0), Rotterdam
• Anna Susanna Jacoba de Waal (67), Stellenbosch, Zuid-Afrika
• Anna Rubbens (81), Ginneken en Bavel
• Adrianus van Vugt (36), Vlijmen

• 1911 » Joh Bjelke-Petersen, New Zealand-Australian farmer and politician, 31st Premier of Queensland († 2005)
• 1914 » Osa Massen, Danish-American actress († 2006)
• 1914 » Ted Willis, Baron Willis, English author, playwright, and screenwriter († 1992)
• 1919 » Robert Stack, American actor († 2003)
• 1921 » Arthur Stevens, English footballer, outside right (d. 2007}
• 1921 » Dachine Rainer, American-English author and poet († 2000)
• 1921 » Necati Cumalı, Greek-Turkish author and poet († 2001)
• 1922 » Albert Lamorisse, French director and producer († 1970)
• 1923 » Daniil Shafran, Russian cellist († 1997)
• 1923 » Willem Slijkhuis, Dutch runner († 2003)

• 1905 » George Thorn, Australian farmer and politician, 6th Premier of Queensland (b. 1838)
• 1906 » Alexander Stepanovich Popov, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1859)
• 1907 » Jakob Hurt, Estonian theologist and linguist (b. 1839)
• 1915 » Mary Slessor, Scottish-Nigerian missionary (b. 1848)
• 1916 » Victoriano Huerta, Mexican military officer and president, 1913–1914 (b. 1850)
• 1923 » Alexandre Ribot, French academic and politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1842)
• 1924 » Georg Hermann Quincke, German physicist and academic (b. 1834)
• 1929 » H. B. Higgins, Irish-Australian judge and politician, 3rd Attorney-General for Australia (b. 1851)
• 1929 » Wyatt Earp, American police officer (b. 1848)
• 1934 » Paul Ulrich Villard, French physicist and chemist (b. 1860)

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. Antonius

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.
• March 15 » Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates the Russian throne ending the 304-year Romanov dynasty.
• March 31 » According to the terms of the Treaty of the Danish West Indies, the islands become American possessions.
• July 6 » World War I: Arabian troops led by T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") and Auda ibu Tayi capture Aqaba from the Ottoman Empire during the Arab Revolt.
• July 25 » Sir Robert Borden introduces the first income tax in Canada as a "temporary" measure (lowest bracket is 4% and highest is 25%).
• August 18 » A Great Fire in Thessaloniki, Greece destroys 32% of the city leaving 70,000 individuals homeless.
• 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 13, 1917 was between -1.1 °C and 1.6 °C and averaged 0.5 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.