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• Bastiaan Willemsz Hogewoning, Rijnsburg († 1985)
• Arnold Gray, Kossuth County, Iowa († 1916)
• Berend Wendt, Hattem († 2006)
• Kutterink, Rotterdam († 1916)
• Antonie Huijsman, Zaandam († 1960)
• Bert Willems, Zolder († 1993)
• Anne Koopman, Amsterdam, Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1993)
• Anna Maria Cornelia van Brunschot, Nuenen Gerwen en Nederwetten († 1997)
• Ensing, Buinen († 1916)
• Arigje de Kuiper († 1982)

• Catharina Smit (57), Akersloot, Castricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Camille Antoine Joseph Ghislain BEAUFAYS (20), Verviers, 4800, Liège, Belgique
• Arij de Pijper (83), Nieuw Helvoet, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Christine Bolman (88), 's Gravenhage
• arie pijper (83), nieuw helvoet (zuid holland)
• Antonius Raasveld (0), Roosendaal
• Kutterink (0), Rotterdam
• Arie (Pietersz) de Pijper (83), Nieuw-Helvoet
• ANNA CATHARINA KERCKHOFS ( 6 kinderen) (76), GEEL aart
• Anna Maria Küpker (73), Emmen

• 1915 » Stanley Matthews, English footballer and manager († 2000)
• 1917 » Eiji Sawamura, Japanese baseball player and soldier († 1944)
• 1917 » José Luis Sampedro, Spanish economist and author († 2013)
• 1918 » Ignacy Tokarczuk, Polish archbishop († 2012)
• 1918 » Muriel Spark, Scottish playwright and poet († 2006)
• 1920 » Mike Scarry, American football player and coach († 2012)
• 1920 » Zao Wou-Ki, Chinese-French painter († 2013)
• 1921 » Patricia Robins, British writer and WAAF officer († 2016).
• 1921 » Peter Sallis, English actor († 2017)
• 1921 » Teresa Mattei, Italian feminist partisan and politician († 2013)

• 1893 » George Henry Sanderson, American lawyer and politician, 22nd Mayor of San Francisco (b. 1824)
• 1897 » Constantin von Ettingshausen, Austrian geologist and botanist (b. 1826)
• 1903 » Sir George Stokes, Anglo-Irish physicist, mathematician, and politician (b. 1819)
• 1907 » Léon Serpollet, French businessman (b. 1858)
• 1908 » Carlos I of Portugal (b. 1863)
• 1922 » William Desmond Taylor, American actor and director (b. 1872)
• 1924 » Maurice Prendergast, American painter (b. 1858)
• 1928 » Hughie Jennings, American baseball player and manager (b. 1869)
• 1936 » Georgios Kondylis, Greek general and politician, 128th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1878)
• 1940 » Philip Francis Nowlan, American author, created Buck Rogers (b. 1888)

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

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

• 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 6.4 million citizens.
• January 9 » World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli concludes with an Ottoman Empire victory when the last Allied forces are evacuated from the peninsula.
• April 24 » Ernest Shackleton and five men of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition launch a lifeboat from uninhabited Elephant Island in the Southern Ocean to organise a rescue for the crew of the sunken Endurance.
• July 22 » Preparedness Day Bombing: In San Francisco, a bomb explodes on Market Street during a parade, killing ten and injuring 40.
• September 19 » World War I: During the East African Campaign, colonial forces of the Belgian Congo (Force Publique) under the command of Charles Tombeur capture the town of Tabora after heavy fighting.
• November 5 » The Everett massacre takes place in Everett, Washington as political differences lead to a shoot-out between the Industrial Workers of the World organizers and local police.
• December 18 » World War I: The Battle of Verdun ends when German forces under Chief of staff Erich von Falkenhayn are defeated by the French, and suffer 337,000 casualties.

The temperature on February 1, 1916 was between -3.8 °C and 1.7 °C and averaged -1.8 °C. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.