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• Binne Jans Jager, Oudehorne, 8413, Nederland († 1993)
• Adriana Mandemaker, Amersfoort Utrecht Nederland († 2010)
• Alberdina Maria Kersten, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1998)
• Alexandra Klinenberger, Vienne (Wien), Vienne, Autriche († 1997)
• Alexandra Suzanne Francesca Klinenberger, Wenen († 1997)
• Bessie {Coleman} Smith, Pike County, Kentucky, United States of America († 2000)
• Beulah Irene Cain [WkWkWk], Casey, Kentucky († 1998)
• Aaltje Bulten, Doetinchem (Ambt) († 2007)
• Adriana Cornelia GOUD, 's-Gravendeel († 2002)
• Alexander John Anderson († 1960)

• Andrew D Hartfield (80), Mississippi, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana de Kort (73), Etten-Leur, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Lucia Brouwers (90), Tilburg
• Anna Cornelia Ludovica Leemans (52), Wilmarsdonk
• RABE (42), Güterlow, Piet Retief District, Transvaal, Süd-Afrika
• Anna Maria Resink (40), Breda
• Anna Maria Josephina Vanheusden (39), Tongeren
• Dekker (76), Apeldoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Adriana van Mil (2), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus van Gelder (0), Hardinxveld

• 1911 » Jussi Björling, Swedish tenor († 1960)
• 1914 » Alan Lloyd Hodgkin, English physiologist, biophysicist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1998)
• 1914 » William S. Burroughs, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist († 1997)
• 1915 » Robert Hofstadter, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1990)
• 1917 » Edward J. Mortola, American academic and president of Pace University († 2002)
• 1917 » Isuzu Yamada, Japanese actress († 2012)
• 1919 » Andreas Papandreou, Greek economist and politician, Prime Minister of Greece († 1996)
• 1919 » Red Buttons, American actor († 2006)
• 1919 » Tim Holt, American actor († 1973)
• 1921 » Ken Adam, German-born English production designer and art director († 2016)

• 1915 » Ross Barnes, American baseball player and manager (b. 1850)
• 1917 » Jaber II Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1860)
• 1922 » Christiaan de Wet, South African general and politician, State President of the Orange Free State (b. 1854)
• 1922 » Slavoljub Eduard Penkala, Croatian engineer, invented the mechanical pencil (b. 1871)
• 1927 » Inayat Khan, Indian mystic and educator (b. 1882)
• 1931 » Athanasios Eftaxias, Greek politician, 118th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1849)
• 1933 » Josiah Thomas, English-Australian miner and politician (b. 1863)
• 1937 » Lou Andreas-Salomé, Russian-German psychoanalyst and author (b. 1861)
• 1938 » Hans Litten, German lawyer and jurist (b. 1903)
• 1941 » Banjo Paterson, Australian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1864)

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.
• March 16 » World War I: A German auxiliary cruiser is sunk in the Action of 16 March 1917.
• July 25 » Sir Robert Borden introduces the first income tax in Canada as a "temporary" measure (lowest bracket is 4% and highest is 25%).
• 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 26 » The Manchester Guardian publishes the 1916 secret Sykes-Picot Agreement between the United Kingdom and France.
• December 9 » World War I: Field Marshal Allenby captures Jerusalem, Palestine.
• December 12 » Father Edward J. Flanagan founds Boys Town as a farm village for wayward boys.

The temperature on February 5, 1917 was between -11.6 °C and -2.1 °C and averaged -7.4 °C. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.