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• Adrianus Reijnders, Fijnaart († 1990)
• Burchard Friedrich Max Werner Georg von Preußen, Potsdam († 1988)
• Anthonie Jacob van der Knijff, Barendrecht († 1990)
• Arie SPITS, Dordrecht († 1919)
• Arthur R. van Loo (= Van Loo ), Alto (Fo) († 1994)
• Aukje (Audrey) van der Veen, Harkema, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 2004)
• Aart van Andel, Woudrichem, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1997)
• Aukje Filippus van der Veen, Harkema-Opeinde († 2004)
• Anna Heis, Vledderveen, Groningen, Nederland († 1946)
• Aukje Van der Veen, Harkema-Opeinde, Achtkarspelen,, Fryslân | Friesland, Nederland († 2004)

• Anna Catharina Rietveld (51), Rosmalen
• Abraham van Saxen (75), Zevenaar
• Anna van Laten (50), Zuidlaren, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Maria Koolen (70), Vught
• Alphonsis Cornelis Henricus Verbisen (54), Hoogeloon, Hapert en Casteren
• Anna Helena van der Voort (38), Eindhoven,Gemeente Eindhoven,North Brabant,Netherlands
• Aaltje de Wend (74), Sebaldeburen
• Adriana Wilhelmina Van Oers (12), Roosendaal
• Aaltien Epping (31), Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland
• Antonius Bellemakers (65), Neerkant, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1911 » Gypsy Rose Lee, American actress, dancer, and author († 1970)
• 1912 » José Ferrer, Puerto Rican-American actor and director († 1992)
• 1912 » Lawrence Walsh, Canadian-American lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th United States Deputy Attorney General († 2014)
• 1915 » Walker Cooper, American baseball player and manager († 1991)
• 1917 » Peter Matthew Hillsman Taylor, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright († 1994)
• 1922 » Dale D. Myers, American engineer († 2015)
• 1923 » Giorgio Tozzi, American opera singer and actor († 2011)
• 1923 » Johnny Wardle, English cricketer († 1985)
• 1923 » Joseph Weizenbaum, German-American computer scientist and author († 2008)
• 1923 » Larry Storch, American actor and comedian

• 1901 » John Barry, Irish soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1873)
• 1912 » Friedrich Schrempf, German journalist and politician (b. 1858)
• 1914 » Simon Bolivar Buckner, American general and 30th Governor of Kentucky (b. 1823)
• 1916 » Ada Rehan, Irish-American actress (b. 1860)
• 1916 » Rembrandt Bugatti, Italian sculptor (b. 1884)
• 1918 » Ellis H. Roberts, American journalist and politician, 20th Treasurer of the United States (b. 1827)
• 1918 » Johannes Pääsuke, Estonian photographer and director (b. 1892)
• 1920 » Josef Josephi, Polish-born singer and actor (b.1852)
• 1925 » George Bellows, American painter (b.1882)
• 1934 » Andrei Bely, Russian novelist, poet, and critic (b. 1880)

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.
• May 18 » World War I: The Selective Service Act of 1917 is passed, giving the President of the United States the power of conscription.
• June 26 » World War I: The American Expeditionary Forces begin to arrive in France. They will first enter combat four months later.
• July 12 » The Bisbee Deportation occurs as vigilantes kidnap and deport nearly 1,300 striking miners and others from Bisbee, Arizona.
• September 14 » The Russian Empire is formally replaced by the Russian Republic.
• September 26 » World War I: The Battle of Polygon Wood begins.

The average temperature on January 8, 1917 was 2.5 °C. There was 8.5 mm of rain. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.