About the day » Friday January 26, 1917Calender converter

• Arie van den Berg, Ottoland († 1989)
• Arie BULTJE, South Dakota († 1994)
• Nn Smit, Stuifzand
• Anna Maria Schreuders, Heerewaarden († 1940)
• Waterlander, Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Adele Shackelford († 1985)
• Albert Wilfried René Van den Meersschaut, Vurste († 2011)
• alida maria de jong, den haag († 1925)
• Aaltje Bruinsma, Emmer-Compascuum (Emmen) († 2004)
• Apolinaria Ramirez Rios, Carlsbad, New Mexico († 2003)

• Adrianus Rietdijk (92), Woubrugge, The Netherlands
• Andries de Wijs (50), Ginneken en Bavel, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Elizabeth Bretag (89), .........
• Andries Romeijn (74), Giessendam (Hardinxveld-Giessendam), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Kobus Mossel (68), Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Marinus Burgmans (0), Haaren
• Albertdina GROOT de (74), Deventer
• Adriana Vellekoop (69), Vrijenban
• Anje Jurjens Winter (94), Grand Haven, Ottawa, Michigan, United States
• Aleida Maria Boschman (6), Middel (Olst)

• 1913 » Jimmy Van Heusen, American pianist and composer († 1990)
• 1914 » Dürrüşehvar Sultan, Imperial Princess of the Ottoman Empire († 2006)
• 1915 » William Hopper, American actor († 1970)
• 1917 » Louis Zamperini, American runner and captain († 2014)
• 1918 » Nicolae Ceaușescu, Romanian dictator, 1st President of Romania († 1989)
• 1918 » Philip José Farmer, American author († 2009)
• 1919 » Bill Nicholson, English footballer and manager († 2004)
• 1919 » Hyun Soong-jong, South Korean politician, 24th Prime Minister of South Korea († 2020)
• 1919 » Valentino Mazzola, Italian footballer († 1949)
• 1920 » Hans Holzer, Austrian-American paranormal researcher and author († 2009)

• 1891 » Nicolaus Otto, German engineer, invented the Internal combustion engine (b. 1833)
• 1893 » Abner Doubleday, American general (b. 1819)
• 1895 » Arthur Cayley, English mathematician and academic (b. 1825)
• 1904 » Whitaker Wright, English businessman (b. 1846)
• 1926 » John Flannagan, American priest and academic (b. 1860)
• 1932 » William Wrigley, Jr., American businessman, founded the Wrigley Company (b. 1861)
• 1942 » Felix Hausdorff, German mathematician and academic (b. 1868)
• 1943 » Harry H. Laughlin, American sociologist and eugenicist (b. 1880)
• 1943 » Nikolai Vavilov, Russian botanist and geneticist (b. 1887)
• 1946 » Oskar Kallas, Estonian linguist and diplomat (b. 1868)

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.
• April 12 » World War I: Canadian forces successfully complete the taking of Vimy Ridge from the Germans.
• October 26 » First World War: Brazil declares war on the Central Powers.
• November 2 » The Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet, in charge of preparation and carrying out the Russian Revolution, holds its first meeting.
• November 7 » World War I: Third Battle of Gaza ends: British forces capture Gaza from the Ottoman Empire.
• December 11 » World War I: British General Edmund Allenby enters Jerusalem on foot and declares martial law.
• December 18 » The resolution containing the language of the Eighteenth Amendment to enact Prohibition is passed by the United States Congress.

The temperature on January 26, 1917 was between -11.5 °C and -2.6 °C and averaged -6.9 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.