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• André Auguste de Bijl, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1971)
• Adriaantje Wijve Zwanenburg, Hillegersberg († 2011)
• den Hartog, Culemborg (GL) († 1917)
• Rovers, Geffen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1917)
• Aalt van der Haak, .Amsterdam, Noord_Holland, Nederland († 1995)
• PARDOEL († 1917)
• Albert Visser, Edam († 1979)
• Anna Gerardina Martens, Ginneken en Bavel († 2002)
• Agnes Marie Pawlowski, Stevens Point, Portage, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten († 2007)
• Adrianus Goossens, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1980)

• Albertus Petrus Kokke (0), Nijmegen
• Adriana Pieternella Nobels (50), Vlissingen
• Aalbregt Rijk (90), Ovezande
• "Maria" Johanna Maria Johanna Maria (85), St-Michielsgestel, NL
• Agnessa Petronella Wynands (80), Haarlem
• Albertus de Kuijer (24), IJsselstein, Utrecht, Nederland
• - Reith (0), Großenlüder, Landkreis Fulda, Hessen, Duitsland
• Anderson W. Coleman (69), Ogreeta Bapt Ch Cemetery, Ogeeta, Cherokee Co., NC
• Aaltjen Loman (78), Harfsen
• Antonetta Wilhelmina Catharina van Reenen (48), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1914 » Hugh Trevor-Roper, English historian and academic († 2003)
• 1914 » Stefan Bałuk, Polish general († 2014)
• 1917 » K. A. Thangavelu, Indian film actor and comedian († 1994)
• 1918 » Édouard Gagnon, Canadian cardinal († 2007)
• 1918 » Gamal Abdel Nasser, Egyptian colonel and politician, 2nd President of Egypt († 1970)
• 1918 » João Figueiredo, Brazilian general and politician, 30th President of Brazil († 1999)
• 1919 » George Cadle Price, Belizean politician, 1st Prime Minister of Belize († 2011)
• 1919 » Maurice Herzog, French mountaineer and politician, French Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports († 2012)
• 1920 » Bob Davies, American basketball player and coach († 1990)
• 1920 » Steve Gromek, American baseball player († 2002)

• 1896 » Mathew Brady, American photographer and journalist (b. 1822)
• 1905 » George Thorn, Australian politician, 6th Premier of Queensland (b. 1838)
• 1909 » Arnold Janssen, German priest and missionary (b. 1837)
• 1916 » Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian playwright and translator (b. 1850)
• 1919 » Karl Liebknecht, German politician (b. 1871)
• 1919 » Rosa Luxemburg, German economist, theorist, and philosopher (b. 1871)
• 1926 » Enrico Toselli, Italian pianist and composer (b. 1883)
• 1929 » George Cope, American painter (b. 1855)
• 1936 » Henry Forster, 1st Baron Forster, English cricketer and politician, 7th Governor-General of Australia (b. 1866)
• 1937 » Anton Holban, Romanian author, theoretician, and educator (b. 1902)

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 11 » King Alexander assumes the throne of Greece after his father, Constantine I, abdicates under pressure from allied armies occupying Athens.
• July 12 » The Bisbee Deportation occurs as vigilantes kidnap and deport nearly 1,300 striking miners and others from Bisbee, Arizona.
• 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 18 » A Great Fire in Thessaloniki, Greece destroys 32% of the city leaving 70,000 individuals homeless.
• November 26 » The National Hockey League is formed, with the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators, Quebec Bulldogs, and Toronto Arenas as its first teams.
• December 9 » World War I: Field Marshal Allenby captures Jerusalem, Palestine.

The temperature on January 15, 1917 was between -3.2 °C and -0.3 °C and averaged -1.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.