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• Adrianus Telleman, Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1994)
• Anna Maria Kehrens, Stevensweert († 1987)
• Adriaan Willem Keur, St. Annaland († 1917)
• Annie Elbertsen († 1961)
• Adriana (Jaan) van der Boon, Katwijk aan Zee († 2005)
• Adrianus van den Heuvel, Schiedam († 1945)
• Adrianus Telleman, Rotterdam († 1994)
• Pellekooren, Reeuwijk († 1917)
• Albertus Joannes de Loecht, Vosselaar, België († 1993)
• Alexander Cornelis Krull, Amsterdam, Nederland († 1989)

• Anna Josephina van den Wildenberg (2), 's-Hertogenbosch (N.Br)
• Aaltje Steenhof (82), Muiden, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alijda Smorenburg (76), Amersfoort
• Abraham KUIJPER (83), Zaandijk,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Absolom Huffman (89), Calhoun, West, Virginia, Verenigde Staten
• Pellekooren (0), Reeuwijk
• Anke Roelofs (65), Winschoten, Groningen, Netherlands
• Aleida Christina Ter Maat (79), Winterswijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albertha B. Rysdorp (37), Sturgeon Bay (Door County) (Wisconsin)
• Kuijer (0), De Wijk

• 1909 » August Derleth, American anthologist and author († 1971)
• 1914 » Ralph Erskine, English-Swedish architect, designed The Ark and Byker Wall († 2005)
• 1914 » Weldon Kees, American author, poet, painter, and pianist († 1955)
• 1915 » Jim Ferrier, Australian golfer († 1986)
• 1919 » John Carl Warnecke, American architect († 2010)
• 1921 » Abe Vigoda, American actor († 2016)
• 1922 » Richard Hamilton, English painter and academic († 2011)
• 1922 » Steven Hill, American actor († 2016)
• 1924 » Erik Nielsen, Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Deputy Prime Minister of Canada († 2008)
• 1924 » Hal Herring, American football player and coach († 2014)

• 1876 » Joseph Jenkins Roberts, American-Liberian politician, 1st President of Liberia (b. 1809)
• 1879 » Shiranui Kōemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 11th Yokozuna (b. 1825)
• 1910 » Osman Hamdi Bey, Greek archaeologist and painter (b. 1842)
• 1914 » Joshua Chamberlain, American general and politician, 32nd Governor of Maine (b. 1828)
• 1925 » Hjalmar Branting, Swedish journalist and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Sweden, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
• 1927 » Edward Marshall Hall, English lawyer and politician (b. 1858)
• 1929 » André Messager, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1853)
• 1930 » Hermann von Ihering, German-Brazilian zoologist (b. 1850)
• 1953 » Gerd von Rundstedt, German field marshal (b. 1875)
• 1953 » Robert La Follette Jr., American politician, senator of Wisconsin (b. 1895)

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.
• April 12 » World War I: Canadian forces successfully complete the taking of Vimy Ridge from the Germans.
• 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.
• August 6 » World War I: Battle of Mărășești between the Romanian and German armies begins.
• October 4 » World War I: The Battle of Broodseinde is fought between the British and German armies in Flanders.
• November 2 » The Balfour Declaration proclaims British support for the "establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people" with the clear understanding "that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities".

The temperature on February 24, 1917 was between -0.5 °C and 4.1 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.