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• Aafje (twin met Hendrik) Kooiman, Willige Langerak
• Alberta Adriana Petronella Joosen, Baarle-Nassau († 2007)
• Christina Dirkje Zindel, Blokker, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1995)
• Antonetta Johanna van Gessel, Bergh, Nederland († 1918)
• Arend Nieboer, Utrecht († 1986)
• Augustinus Joannes Ludovicus Nuyts, Deurne († 1918)
• Adrianus Franciscus VAN DEN BURG, noordwijkerhout, Nederland († 2004)
• Albertje Ophof, Vlagtwedde, Groningen, Nederland († 2016)
• Alfred W. Boysen († 2005)
• Antonius Johannes van de Klundert, Amsterdam († 2000)

• Alina Francine BISSCHOP (7), Antwerpen
• Antje BOSMA (68), Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Netherlands
• Arie BUTTER (63), Nieuw-Beijerland
• Anna Eleonora Frederikke Elisabeth HOLCK-WINTERFELDT (75), Copenhagen Denmark
• van Neste (0)
• Angenies van Ekelen (66), Amersfoort
• Arjen Melis Bloemsma (81), Schoterland
• Anna Catharina van der Velden (80), Boxtel
• Albert Hekkelman (82)
• Anna Petronella Stam (0), zutphen

• 1915 » Robert Motherwell, American painter and academic († 1991)
• 1915 » Vítězslava Kaprálová, Czech composer and conductor († 1940)
• 1916 » Gene Mako, Hungarian-American tennis player and actor († 2013)
• 1916 » Rafael Caldera, Venezuelan lawyer and politician, 65th President of Venezuela († 2009)
• 1917 » Ernest Borgnine, American actor († 2012)
• 1917 » Wilhelmus Demarteau, Dutch prelate of the Roman Catholic Church († 2012)
• 1918 » Gottfried von Einem, Austrian pianist and composer († 1996)
• 1918 » Oral Roberts, American evangelist, founded Oral Roberts University and Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association († 2009)
• 1919 » Coleman Francis, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1973)
• 1919 » Leon Kirchner, American composer and educator († 2009)

• 1877 » Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist and journalist (b. 1796)
• 1881 » James Collinson, English painter (b. 1825)
• 1883 » Friedrich von Flotow, German composer (b. 1812)
• 1895 » Lord Randolph Churchill, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1849)
• 1920 » Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1884)
• 1939 » Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician, created Muesli (b. 1867)
• 1943 » John Burns, English trade union leader and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (b. 1858)
• 1960 » Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor (b. 1886)
• 1961 » Alfred Carlton Gilbert, American pole vaulter and businessman, founded the A. C. Gilbert Company (b. 1884)
• 1962 » André Lhote, French sculptor and painter (b. 1885)

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 31 » World War I: Germany announces that its U-boats will resume unrestricted submarine warfare after a two-year hiatus.
• February 5 » The current constitution of Mexico is adopted, establishing a federal republic with powers separated into independent executive, legislative, and judicial branches.
• March 4 » Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first female member of the United States House of Representatives.
• March 15 » Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates the Russian throne ending the 304-year Romanov dynasty.
• May 13 » Three children report the first apparition of Our Lady of Fátima in Fátima, Portugal.
• November 8 » The first Council of People's Commissars is formed, including Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin.

The temperature on January 24, 1917 was between -5.3 °C and 0.5 °C and averaged -2.3 °C. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.