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• Albertus Marinus Huijer († 1923)
• Casper Albertus Hasselbach, Oosterbeek (NL) († 1979)
• Christine Maria Rose Potocka, Krakow (Krakau), Klein-Polen († 1977)
• Abraham Groenteman, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Arnoldus Franciscus Schalkwijk, Laren (NH, NLD) († 1988)
• Adrianus Johannes Gooskens, Hoogeloon († 1988)
• Adriaan Hulleman, Bergentheim († 1923)
• Arnoldus Fransiscus Schalkwijk, Laren, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1988)
• Abraham Caransa, Amsterdam, Nederland, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• Angeline Kerkhofs, Kanne, België († 2014)

• Anna Theodora Evers (2), Didam, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arnoldus Geeven (45), Schoten
• Aart van Malenstein (0)
• Arie Smaal (81), Deventer
• Alida Greven (86), Leeuwarden
• A.H(Aleida) Haarhuis, Fleringen (Tubbergen)
• Berendina Goorhuis (79), Lonneker, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Albert Jefferson Wright (38), Lyons, Greene, Indiana, United States
• Bernhard Heinrich Rüschen (85), Hardenberg
• Aloisius Willemen (75), Kalmthout

• 1920 » Annie Castor, American disability and communication disorder advocate († 2020)
• 1920 » Curt Swan, American soldier and illustrator († 1996)
• 1920 » Ivo Caprino, Norwegian director and screenwriter († 2001)
• 1921 » Duane Gish, American biochemist and academic († 2013)
• 1922 » Tommy Edwards, American R&B singer-songwriter († 1969)
• 1923 » Buddy DeFranco, American clarinet player and bandleader († 2014)
• 1923 » John M. Allegro, English archaeologist and scholar († 1988)
• 1924 » Margaret Truman, American singer and author († 2008)
• 1925 » Hal Holbrook, American actor and director
• 1925 » Ron Goodwin, English composer and conductor († 2003)

• 1890 » Christopher Latham Sholes, American publisher and politician (b. 1819)
• 1905 » William Bickerton, English-American religious leader, leader in the Latter Day Saint movement (b. 1815)
• 1909 » Geronimo, American tribal leader (b. 1829)
• 1912 » Edgar Evans, Welsh sailor and explorer (b. 1876)
• 1919 » Wilfrid Laurier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1841)
• 1934 » Albert I of Belgium (b. 1875)
• 1934 » Siegbert Tarrasch, German chess player and theoretician (b. 1862)
• 1939 » Willy Hess, German violinist and educator (b. 1859)
• 1946 » Dorothy Gibson, American actress and singer (b. 1889)
• 1961 » Lütfi Kırdar, Turkish physician and politician, Turkish Minister of Health (b. 1887)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Adrianus
10. Jacob
11. Jacobus
12. Gerardus
13. Wilhelmus
14. Dirk
15. Antonius
16. Hendrikus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Adriana
8. Hendrika
9. Catharina
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Geertruida
13. Grietje
14. Helena
15. Margaretha
16. Aaltje

• 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 7.1 million citizens.
• April 26 » The Duke of York weds Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon at Westminster Abbey.
• April 28 » Wembley Stadium is opened, named initially as the Empire Stadium.
• May 26 » The first 24 Hours of Le Mans was held and has since been run annually in June.
• August 23 » Captain Lowell Smith and Lieutenant John P. Richter performed the first mid-air refueling on De Havilland DH-4B, setting an endurance flight record of 37 hours.
• October 22 » The royalist Leonardopoulos–Gargalidis coup d'état attempt fails in Greece, discrediting the monarchy and paving the way for the establishment of the Second Hellenic Republic.
• October 31 » The first of 160 consecutive days of 100° Fahrenheit at Marble Bar, Western Australia.

The temperature on February 17, 1923 was between -7.7 °C and -0.9 °C and averaged -3.7 °C. There was 6.6 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.