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• Barteld Pruisman, Noordbroek, Groningen, Nederland († 2002)
• Andries Veenstra, Knijpe († 1983)
• Antje Douwes de Boer, Witmarsum († 1998)
• Cornelia Helena Maria Richters, Djakarta († 1988)
• Anton Fiole, Alblasserdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2000)
• Christina Maria Nuland, Heesch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1921)
• Christina Johanna Keetels, Heeswijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1920)
• Alfred Wayne Henrickson, Benona, Oceana, Michigan († 1997)
• Adrianus Jozef de Jong, Woerden († 1959)
• Catharina Adelheid Arends († 2006)

• Adrianus Krijn Schelling (39), Den Haag,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Both (31), rotterdam (zuid holland)
• Albert Postuma (15), Groningen
• Adriana van Rooij, Best, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anne Maurice Adrienne van Kretschmar van Veen (58), Arnhem, Pays-Bas
• Anna Maria Scheepers (74), Veldwezelt (B)
• Aalbertus (Albertus) VAN DE HAAR (78), Rhenen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Maurice van Kretschmar van Veen (58), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aartje Lokhorst (0), Werfhost (Doornspijk)
• Aartje van de Water (56), Amersfoort

• 1916 » Donald Hamilton, Swedish-American soldier and author († 2006)
• 1917 » John Kendrew, English biochemist and crystallographer, Nobel Prize laureate († 1997)
• 1919 » Lawrence Ferlinghetti, American poet and publisher, co-founded City Lights Bookstore
• 1919 » Robert Heilbroner, American economist and historian († 2005)
• 1920 » Gene Nelson, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 1996)
• 1920 » Mary Stolz, American author († 2006)
• 1921 » Vasily Smyslov, Russian chess player († 2010)
• 1922 » Onna White, Canadian dancer and choreographer († 2005)
• 1923 » Michael Legat, English author and publisher († 2011)
• 1923 » Murray Hamilton, American actor († 1986)

• 1905 » Jules Verne, French novelist, poet, and playwright (b. 1828)
• 1909 » John Millington Synge, Irish playwright and poet (b. 1871)
• 1915 » Karol Olszewski, Polish chemist, mathematician, and physicist (b. 1846)
• 1915 » Margaret Lindsay Huggins, Anglo-Irish astronomer (b. 1848)
• 1916 » Enrique Granados, Spanish pianist and composer (b. 1867)
• 1926 » Phan Châu Trinh, Vietnamese activist (b. 1872)
• 1940 » Édouard Branly, French physicist and academic (b. 1844)
• 1944 » Orde Wingate, Indian-English general (b. 1903)
• 1946 » Alexander Alekhine, Russian chess player (b. 1892)
• 1946 » Carl Schuhmann, German gymnast, shot putter, and jumper (b. 1869)

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

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

• 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 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
• January 13 » The Reichstag Bloodbath of January 13, 1920, the bloodiest demonstration in German history.
• February 10 » About 75% of the population in Zone I votes to join Denmark in the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites.
• March 19 » The United States Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles for the second time (the first time was on November 19, 1919).
• May 7 » Treaty of Moscow: Soviet Russia recognizes the independence of the Democratic Republic of Georgia only to invade the country six months later.
• June 4 » Hungary loses 71% of its territory and 63% of its population when the Treaty of Trianon is signed in Paris.
• July 11 » In the East Prussian plebiscite the local populace decides to remain with Weimar Germany.

The temperature on March 24, 1920 was between 1.8 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (76%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.