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• Annigje Prent, Ruinerwold, Drenthe, Nederland († 1989)
• Alice L. van Essendelh († 2011)
• Albertus Josephus (Albert) Juvijns, Brustem, België († 2005)
• Paanakker, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Bruijnzeels, Woensdrecht, Nord-Brabant, Niederlande († 2011)
• Adrianus Cornelis Johannes Wilhelmus de Beer, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg († 1979)
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• Dekker, Giessendam († 1917)
• Anna Smit, Fehndorf, Haren, Duitsland († 2016)
• Annigje Pol, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1917)

• Anna Cornelis Kuipers (74), Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus ter Burg (19), Woudenberg
• Adriaan de Zeeuw (76), Terneuzen
• Adriana Maria Gerardina Antes (29), Meerssen,6230,Limburg,Nederland
• Antje Hekkema (20), Groningen
• Anthonia Beekes (81), Amsterdam
• Aaltje Hollander (87), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Crama (0), Nijmegen
• Anna Maria Killburg (29), Düsseldorf-Eller (NRW) D
• Aaltje Koster (3), Nieuw-Buinen

• 1915 » Ketti Frings, American author, playwright, and screenwriter († 1981)
• 1915 » Peter Medawar, Brazilian-English biologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1987)
• 1915 » Zero Mostel, American actor and comedian († 1977)
• 1916 » Cesar Climaco, Filipino lawyer and politician, 10th Mayor of Zamboanga City († 1984)
• 1917 » Ernesto Alonso, Mexican actor, director, and producer († 2007)
• 1919 » Alfred Marshall, American businessman, founded Marshalls († 2013)
• 1919 » Brian Urquhart, English soldier and diplomat, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations
• 1920 » Jadwiga Piłsudska, Polish soldier, pilot, and architect († 2014)
• 1921 » Pierre Clostermann, French pilot, engineer, and author († 2006)
• 1922 » Yuri Lotman, Russian-Estonian historian and scholar († 1993)

• 1879 » Hortense Allart, Italian-French author (b. 1801)
• 1891 » George Hearst, American businessman and politician (b. 1820)
• 1916 » Henry James, American novelist, short writer, and critic (b. 1843)
• 1925 » Friedrich Ebert, German politician, 1st President of Germany (b. 1871)
• 1929 » Clemens von Pirquet, Austrian physician and immunologist (b. 1874)
• 1932 » Guillaume Bigourdan, French astronomer and academic (b. 1851)
• 1935 » Chiquinha Gonzaga, Brazilian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1847)
• 1936 » Charles Nicolle, French biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)
• 1941 » Alfonso XIII of Spain (b. 1886)
• 1942 » Karel Doorman, Dutch admiral (b. 1889)

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.
• March 26 » World War I: First Battle of Gaza: British troops are halted after 17,000 Turks block their advance.
• August 6 » World War I: Battle of Mărășești between the Romanian and German armies begins.
• 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".
• November 28 » The Estonian Provincial Assembly declares itself the sovereign power of Estonia.
• December 9 » World War I: Field Marshal Allenby captures Jerusalem, Palestine.

The temperature on February 28, 1917 was between -0.2 °C and 4.7 °C and averaged 2.9 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.