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• Adrianus Verweij, Nieuw-Lekkerland († 1999)
• Ada Bell Thompson, Onondaga, Onondaga, New York, United States († 2007)
• Anne Marie Alphonsine Corneille VAN HISSENHOVEN († 2011)
• Alice Emily Pulcher, East St. Louis, St Clair, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2005)
• Ann Joan Jura, Fresno, Fresno, California, Verenigde Staten († 1991)
• Bakx, Oosterhout († 1917)
• Adriana Petronella Mighorst († 2001)
• Arie van der Kruk, 's-Gravenzande, Nederland († 1989)
• André (Andries) Richardson Davies, Sawah Loento, West-Sumatra († 1943)
• Anna van der Heijden, Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1918)

• Anna Cornelia van Gils (55), Princenhage, Nederland
• (94), Pella, Marion County, Iowa, United States
• Arend van Dee (0), Geldermalsen
• Aldert Ruijgrok (69), Leiden
• Antoinette Maria van Elzakker (9), Halsteren, N-Br, NL
• Adam Johannisz Bolluijt (0), Dinteloord, Nederland
• Annigje Wessels (0), Oldebroek (Wezep),, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adolf STARREVELD (89), Uitgeest, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• - Reith (0), Marbach, Landkreis Fulda, Hessen, Duitsland
• Adolfine Amalia Popper van Podraghy (65), Wenen

• 1915 » Jon Hall, American actor and director († 1979)
• 1915 » Paul Tibbets, American general and pilot († 2007)
• 1919 » Johnny Carey, Irish footballer and manager († 1995)
• 1920 » Paul Gérin-Lajoie, Canadian lawyer and politician († 2018)
• 1923 » Clarence D. Lester, African-American fighter pilot (d.1986)
• 1923 » Dante Lavelli, American football player († 2009)
• 1923 » Harry Clarke, English international footballer, defender († 2000)
• 1923 » Ioannis Grivas, Greek judge and politician, 176th Prime Minister of Greece († 2016)
• 1923 » Mary Francis Shura, American author († 1991)
• 1923 » Rafael Addiego Bruno, Uruguayan jurist and politician, President of Uruguay († 2014)

• 1897 » Woldemar Bargiel, German composer and educator (b. 1828)
• 1900 » Ernest Dowson, English poet, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1867)
• 1908 » Friedrich von Esmarch, German surgeon and academic (b. 1823)
• 1918 » Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1882)
• 1930 » Horst Wessel, German SA officer (b. 1907)
• 1931 » Nellie Melba, Australian soprano and actress (b. 1861)
• 1934 » Edward Elgar, English composer and academic (b. 1857)
• 1944 » Leo Baekeland, Belgian-American chemist and engineer (b. 1863)
• 1946 » Tomoyuki Yamashita, Japanese general (b. 1885)
• 1948 » John Robert Gregg, Irish-American publisher and educator (b. 1866)

• 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.
• May 26 » Several powerful tornadoes rip through Illinois, including the city of Mattoon.
• July 12 » The Bisbee Deportation occurs as vigilantes kidnap and deport nearly 1,300 striking miners and others from Bisbee, Arizona.
• October 15 » World War I: Dutch dancer Mata Hari is executed by France for espionage.
• November 24 » In Milwaukee, nine members of the Milwaukee Police Department are killed by a bomb, the most deaths in a single event in U.S. police history until the September 11 attacks in 2001.
• November 26 » The National Hockey League is formed, with the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators, Quebec Bulldogs, and Toronto Arenas as its first teams.

The temperature on February 23, 1917 was between -2.0 °C and 1.6 °C and averaged 0.6 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.