About the day » Thursday February 1, 1917Calender converter

• Adriaan Cornelis De Haan, Overschie, Nederland († 1919)
• Berta CORDING († 1999)
• Anna Adriana Koeckhoven, Hoofddorp, Haarlemmermeer († 2001)
• Catharina Maria Pauw, Leiden
• Chauncey Clapper, Jefferson, Schoharie, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Albert Anné, Rupelmonde († 1993)
• Carlos Fisher, Brownwood, Brown Co., Texas, United States († 1991)
• Arlene Florance Rose, Kellogg, Jasper County, Iowa († 2003)
• ARTHUR BREUGELMANS († 2000)
• Albert Leopold GORIS, Beerzel, 2580, Antwerpen, Belgique († 1966)

• Antonia Maria van Melsen (82), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aafje Gerrits Sterrenburg (94), Streefkerk
• Adrianus Leijten (73), Princenhage (Noord-Brabant, NLD)
• Amélie Gandon des Alliers (96), Piré-sur-Seiche, Ille-et-Vilaine, France
• Aafje Sterrenburg (94), Streefkerk
• Adriaan Kokx (83), Dongen
• Abraham (Levie) van van Dam (81), Zuidhorn, Groningen, The Netherlands
• Leendert Wilhelmus de Lange (0), Alphen aan den Rijn
• Anne Catherine CHAMPAIGNE (75), Gelinden,Provincie Limburg,Flanders,Belgi
• Anna Maria Alaerts (75), Langdorp, Vlaams-Brabant, België

• 1915 » Stanley Matthews, English footballer and manager († 2000)
• 1917 » Eiji Sawamura, Japanese baseball player and soldier († 1944)
• 1917 » José Luis Sampedro, Spanish economist and author († 2013)
• 1918 » Ignacy Tokarczuk, Polish archbishop († 2012)
• 1918 » Muriel Spark, Scottish playwright and poet († 2006)
• 1920 » Mike Scarry, American football player and coach († 2012)
• 1920 » Zao Wou-Ki, Chinese-French painter († 2013)
• 1921 » Patricia Robins, British writer and WAAF officer († 2016).
• 1921 » Peter Sallis, English actor († 2017)
• 1921 » Teresa Mattei, Italian feminist partisan and politician († 2013)

• 1897 » Constantin von Ettingshausen, Austrian geologist and botanist (b. 1826)
• 1903 » Sir George Stokes, Anglo-Irish physicist, mathematician, and politician (b. 1819)
• 1907 » Léon Serpollet, French businessman (b. 1858)
• 1908 » Carlos I of Portugal (b. 1863)
• 1922 » William Desmond Taylor, American actor and director (b. 1872)
• 1924 » Maurice Prendergast, American painter (b. 1858)
• 1928 » Hughie Jennings, American baseball player and manager (b. 1869)
• 1936 » Georgios Kondylis, Greek general and politician, 128th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1878)
• 1940 » Philip Francis Nowlan, American author, created Buck Rogers (b. 1888)
• 1940 » Zacharias Papantoniou, Greek journalist and critic (b. 1877)

• 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 8 » International Women's Day protests in St. Petersburg mark the beginning of the February Revolution (February 23rd in the Julian calendar).
• August 30 » Vietnamese prison guards led by Trịnh Văn Cấn mutiny at the Thái Nguyên penitentiary against local French authority.
• 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 8 » The first Council of People's Commissars is formed, including Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin.
• November 25 » World War I: German forces defeat Portuguese army of about 1,200 at Negomano on the border of modern-day Mozambique and Tanzania.
• December 6 » Halifax Explosion: A munitions explosion near Halifax, Nova Scotia kills more than 1,900 people in the largest artificial explosion up to that time.

The temperature on February 1, 1917 was between -16.3 °C and -3.4 °C and averaged -9.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.