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• Anna Helena Maria Berkhout, Voorhout († 1992)
• Andreas Johannes Franciscus Snellen, Tegelen, Nederland († 1982)
• Alberta Stoffelsen, Putten († 1993)
• Adrianus joannes van Iersel, berkel, Berkel-Enschot, Nederland († 1995)
• Adrianus van Hal, Leiden
• Anna D. Saul, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland († 1986)
• Adelia Rebello, Camboriú, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1976)
• Agnes Erdahl, fortasse, somewhere in IA or MN († 1972)
• Adriaan de Bood, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2000)
• Anny Jonker, Deventer

• Albert Henry MORTON (58)
• Anna Cornelia van Santvoort (51), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Abraham van Loozen (87), Kerkwerve
• Anna Elisabeth de Held (76), Vlissingen
• Adrianus van der Hoeve (84), Gouda,Gemeente Gouda,South Holland,Nederland
• Anna Maria von den Hoff (0), Brunssum
• Adriana Maria Hendrickx (56), Wouw
• Anneke van Steenbergen (0), Gameren, Nederland
• Adriaan Huijbregts (84), Ginneken, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia van Santvoord (51), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1910 » John Banner, Austrian actor († 1973)
• 1911 » Johan van Hulst, Dutch politician, academic and author, Yad Vashem recipient († 2018)
• 1912 » Jackson Pollock, American painter († 1956)
• 1918 » Harry Corbett, English puppeteer, actor, and screenwriter († 1989)
• 1918 » Trevor Skeet, New Zealand-English lawyer and politician († 2004)
• 1919 » Gabby Gabreski, American colonel and pilot († 2002)
• 1921 » Vytautas Norkus, Lithuanian–American basketball player († 2014)
• 1922 » Anna Gordy Gaye, American songwriter and producer, co-founded Anna Records († 2014)
• 1922 » Robert W. Holley, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1993)
• 1924 » Marcel Broodthaers, Belgian painter and poet († 1976)

• 1903 » Augusta Holmès, French pianist and composer (b. 1847)
• 1912 » Gustave de Molinari, Belgian economist and theorist (b. 1819)
• 1918 » John McCrae, Canadian soldier, physician, and author (b. 1872)
• 1921 » Mustafa Suphi, Turkish journalist and politician (b. 1883)
• 1930 » Emmy Destinn, Czech soprano and poet (b. 1878)
• 1935 » Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russian composer and conductor (b. 1859)
• 1937 » Anastasios Metaxas, Greek architect and target shooter (b. 1862)
• 1938 » Bernd Rosemeyer, German race car driver (b. 1909)
• 1939 » W. B. Yeats, Irish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1942 » Edward Siegler, American gymnast and triathlete (b. 1881)

• 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 11 » The Kingsland munitions factory explosion occurs as a result of sabotage.
• February 3 » First World War: The American entry into World War I begins when diplomatic relations with Germany are severed due to its unrestricted submarine warfare.
• February 24 » World War I: The U.S. ambassador Walter Hines Page to the United Kingdom is given the Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany pledges to ensure the return of New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona to Mexico if Mexico declares war on the United States.
• April 12 » World War I: Canadian forces successfully complete the taking of Vimy Ridge from the Germans.
• May 21 » The Imperial War Graves Commission is established through royal charter to mark, record, and maintain the graves and places of commemoration of the British Empire's military forces.
• June 5 » World War I: Conscription begins in the United States as "Army registration day".

The temperature on January 28, 1917 was between -7.2 °C and -1.2 °C and averaged -4.9 °C. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (78%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.