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• Bastiaan Star († 1980)
• Achiel Basiel Joris Monseré, Kachtem,8870,West-Vlaanderen,België († 1970)
• Antonia Boutier, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1919)
• Antonius Theodorus Balduk, Wehl, Gelderland, Nederland († 1989)
• Albert DEKKER, Havelte († 1932)
• Aldegonda SCHROOTEN, Opoeteren,3680,Limbourg,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 2003)
• Albert Jules Vincent Gabriel Pascal Roger NOLENS, Hasselt, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie († 2006)
• Adam Bolluijt, Dinteloord († 1917)
• antonie jan adriaan de vlieger, amsterdam († 1987)
• Anna Agnent, Kerkrade († 2017)

• Alberdina Oerbeld (78), Deventer
• (81), Middelburg, Nederland
• Anna-Maria-Catharina-Clara Klute (74), Herten-Westerholt
• Anna Strijkers (91), Utrecht
• Adriana Clazina Kühn (44), Warmond, Teylingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Annebart Willem Lourens Planten (74), Dieren, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anje Stijfhoorn (75), Warffum
• Adriana de Kok (77), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Agnes de Groot (78), Uden
• Anna Strijkers (92), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1914 » David Wayne, American actor († 1995)
• 1914 » John Ireland, Canadian-American actor and director († 1992)
• 1914 » Luc-Marie Bayle, French commander and painter († 2000)
• 1915 » Joachim Peiper, German SS officer († 1976)
• 1915 » John Profumo, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for War († 2006)
• 1917 » Paul Frère, Belgian race car driver and journalist († 2008)
• 1918 » David Opatoshu, American actor and screenwriter († 1996)
• 1919 » Fred Korematsu, American activist († 2005)
• 1920 » Michael Anderson, English director and producer († 2018)
• 1920 » Patrick Heron, British painter († 1999)

• 1889 » Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, heir apparent to the throne of Austria-Hungary (b. 1858)
• 1926 » Barbara La Marr, American actress (b. 1896)
• 1928 » Johannes Fibiger, Danish physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
• 1929 » La Goulue, French model and dancer (b. 1866)
• 1934 » Frank Nelson Doubleday, American publisher, founded the Doubleday Publishing Company (b. 1862)
• 1947 » Frederick Blackman, English botanist and physiologist (b. 1866)
• 1948 » Arthur Coningham, Australian air marshal (b. 1895)
• 1948 » Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule (b. 1869)
• 1948 » Orville Wright, American pilot and engineer, co-founded the Wright Company (b. 1871)
• 1951 » Ferdinand Porsche, Austrian-German engineer and businessman, founded Porsche (b. 1875)

• 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 11 » World War I: Mesopotamian campaign: Baghdad falls to Anglo-Indian forces commanded by General Stanley Maude.
• March 16 » World War I: A German auxiliary cruiser is sunk in the Action of 16 March 1917.
• April 2 » World War I: United States President Woodrow Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.
• June 13 » World War I: The deadliest German air raid on London of the war is carried out by Gotha G.IV bombers and results in 162 deaths, including 46 children, and 432 injuries.
• June 28 » World War I: Greece joins the Allied powers.
• 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.

The temperature on January 30, 1917 was between -9.0 °C and -3.6 °C and averaged -5.4 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.