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• Anna Eijgelaar, Leeuwarden, Nederland († 2007)
• Adolf Eshuis († 1943)
• van SAS, Bergh, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriaan van der Plas, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1944)
• Annigje Kraal, Koekange, Drenthe, Nederland († 2000)
• Arie Kraan, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1918)
• Angie Tjemmes Tjemmes, Thornton, Cook County, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2005)
• Anna Margaretha Johanna Rekel, Onstwedde, Nederland († 2008)
• Antoon Hendrikus Johannes van Os, Arnhem († 1917)
• Alfred John Fuller, Middlesex, England († 1987)

• Adaucta Elisabeth Johanna Lüers (0), Nw.Pekela
• Adriana Helena Siebel (42), Rotterdam
• Antonia Tap (69), Gendt
• Anna Gertrudis Müller (5), Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus van der Kwast (68), Soest
• Adriaantje Gravendeel (59), Klaaswaal, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaantje Gravendeel (59), Klaaswaal,Zuid Holland,Netherlands
• Adriana van Sleuwen (0), Erp, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aafke Heines van der Wal (77), Buitenpost, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Burk, van (70), Waardenburg

• 1913 » Rosa Parks, American civil rights activist († 2005)
• 1914 » Alfred Andersch, German-Swiss author and publisher († 1980)
• 1915 » Norman Wisdom, English singer-songwriter and actor († 2010)
• 1915 » William Talman, American actor and screenwriter († 1968)
• 1917 » Yahya Khan, Pakistan general and politician, 3rd President of Pakistan († 1980)
• 1918 » Ida Lupino, English-American actress and director († 1995)
• 1918 » Luigi Pareyson, Italian philosopher and author († 1991)
• 1920 » Janet Waldo, American actress and voice artist († 2016)
• 1921 » Betty Friedan, American author and feminist († 2006)
• 1921 » Lotfi Zadeh, Iranian-American mathematician and computer scientist and founder of fuzzy logic († 2017)

• 1891 » Pelagio Antonio de Labastida y Dávalos, Roman Catholic archbishop and Mexican politician who served as regent during the Second Mexican Empire (1863-1864) (b. 1816)
• 1905 » Louis-Ernest Barrias, French sculptor and academic (b. 1841)
• 1926 » İskilipli Âtıf Hodja, Turkish author and scholar (b. 1875)
• 1928 » Hendrik Lorentz, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
• 1933 » Archibald Sayce, English linguist and educator (b. 1846)
• 1940 » Nikolai Yezhov, Russian police officer and politician (b. 1895)
• 1943 » Frank Calder, English-Canadian ice hockey player and journalist (b. 1877)
• 1944 » Arsen Kotsoyev, Russian author and translator (b. 1872)
• 1956 » Savielly Tartakower, Russian-French chess player, journalist, and author (b. 1887)
• 1958 » Henry Kuttner, American author and screenwriter (b. 1915)

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 22 » World War I: President Woodrow Wilson of the still-neutral United States calls for "peace without victory" in Europe.
• February 5 » The Congress of the United States passes the Immigration Act of 1917 over President Woodrow Wilson's veto.
• October 4 » World War I: The Battle of Broodseinde is fought between the British and German armies in Flanders.
• October 31 » World War I: Battle of Beersheba: The "last successful cavalry charge in history".
• December 2 » World War I: Russia and the Central Powers sign an armistice at Brest-Litovsk, and peace talks leading to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk begin.
• December 11 » World War I: British General Edmund Allenby enters Jerusalem on foot and declares martial law.

The temperature on February 4, 1917 was between -15.1 °C and -6.1 °C and averaged -9.9 °C. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.