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• Antje Ariedr Slot, Broek op Langedijk, NH, Nederland († 1945)
• Anna Passenier († 1985)
• beligje Keijzer, loosduinen
• Barendina Baukje van Wijk, Amsterdam († 1979)
• Adriana Neeltje Visser, Papendrecht († 1917)
• Postma († 1917)
• Anna Maria Stollenwerk, Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland († 2003)
• Anna de Metz, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Annabel Ethel Shobe, Spencerville, Allen, Ohio († 1992)
• Berend Zweers, Ambt Ommen († 1967)

• Anna Margaretha den Uijl (73), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Abe Douwes Katsma (85), Hantumhuizen
• Antoinetta Francisca Elisabeth Hendrickx (75), Posterholt
• Aaltje van den Heuvel (76), Zeumeren, Barneveld, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Alida Smits (78), Hoogwoud
• Anthonie Vringer (62), Utrecht, Utrecht, NL
• Alberdina Gelling (59), Stadskanaal, Onstwedde
• Aale TRIP (79), Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Postma (0)
• Aaltje VAN DAM (71), Assendelft, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1912 » Johnny Checketts, New Zealand flying ace of the Second World War († 2006)
• 1912 » Pierre Boulle, French soldier and author († 1994)
• 1913 » Tommy Henrich, American baseball player and sportscaster († 2009)
• 1914 » John Charles Daly, South African–American journalist and game show host († 1991)
• 1916 » Jean Erdman, American dancer and choreographer
• 1918 » Leonore Annenberg, American businesswoman and diplomat († 2009)
• 1919 » James O'Meara, English soldier and pilot († 1974)
• 1920 » Karl Albrecht, German businessman, co-founded Aldi († 2014)
• 1921 » Buddy Rogers, American wrestler († 1992)
• 1923 » Victor G. Atiyeh, American businessman and politician, 32nd Governor of Oregon († 2014)

• 1893 » P. G. T. Beauregard, American general (b. 1818)
• 1895 » Frederick Douglass, American author and activist (b. c. 1818)
• 1900 » Washakie, American tribal leader (b. 1798)
• 1907 » Henri Moissan, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1910 » Boutros Ghali, Egyptian educator and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1846)
• 1916 » Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Swedish journalist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1844)
• 1920 » Jacinta Marto, Portuguese saint (b. 1910)
• 1920 » Robert Peary, American admiral and explorer (b. 1856)
• 1933 » Takiji Kobayashi, Japanese writer (b. 1903)
• 1936 » Max Schreck, German actor (b. 1879)

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.
• May 18 » World War I: The Selective Service Act of 1917 is passed, giving the President of the United States the power of conscription.
• July 12 » The Bisbee Deportation occurs as vigilantes kidnap and deport nearly 1,300 striking miners and others from Bisbee, Arizona.
• July 17 » King George V issues a Proclamation stating that the male line descendants of the British Royal Family will bear the surname Windsor.
• 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.
• August 28 » Ten Suffragettes are arrested while picketing the White House.
• November 5 » Tikhon is elected the Patriarch of Moscow and of the Russian Orthodox Church.

The temperature on February 20, 1917 was between -0.1 °C and 4.9 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.