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• Bernardus Johannes Jansen, Olst († 1927)
• Daniël David Verkerk, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2011)
• Adriana Johanna Goossens, Netersel († 2011)
• Antonia Petronella Theodora de Veer, Nuland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1980)
• Blanche Van Meirvenne, Temse († 2015)
• Bertus (Bart) Gritter, Wijster († 2012)
• Botho von Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein († 2008)
• arie jan HENSEN, mijnsheerenland († 2008)
• Antonia Cornelia van den Dobbelsteen, Beuningen († 2001)
• Antonia Maria van Dartel, 's Hertogenbosch († 1927)

• Adrianus van Dijk (53), Amerongen, Nederland
• Adrianus VAN DIJK (53), Amerongen,Utrecht,Netherlands
• Anna Maria Meij van der (69), Amsterdam
• Anna Vos (43), Hollandseveld (Hoogeveen)
• Akke Wybrens Speerstra (82), Sneek
• Anne Woolsey Atkinson (65)
• Stuurman (3)
• Anna van Diepen (78), Oldebroek, Nederland
• Akke Wybrens SPEERSTRA (82), Sneek Friesland Netherlands
• Adriana Catharina Schrijvenaars (79), Halsteren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1922 » Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, German soldier and pilot († 1950)
• 1923 » Samuel Willenberg, Polish-Israeli sculptor and painter († 2016)
• 1926 » John Schlesinger, English actor and director († 2003)
• 1926 » Margot Frank, German-Dutch holocaust victim († 1945)
• 1927 » June Brown, English actress
• 1929 » Gerhard Hanappi, Austrian footballer and architect († 1980)
• 1929 » Peter Porter, Australian-English poet and educator († 2010)
• 1931 » Ken Takakura, Japanese actor and singer († 2014)
• 1931 » Otis Blackwell, American singer-songwriter and pianist († 2002)
• 1932 » Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, Sierra Leonean economist, lawyer, and politician, 3rd President of Sierra Leone († 2014)

• 1898 » Thomas Bracken, Irish-New Zealand journalist, poet, and politician (b. 1843)
• 1899 » Félix Faure, French merchant and politician, 7th President of France (b. 1841)
• 1907 » Giosuè Carducci, Italian poet and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1835)
• 1912 » Nicholas of Japan, Russian-Japanese monk and saint (b. 1836)
• 1917 » Octave Mirbeau, French journalist, novelist, and playwright ( (b. 1848)
• 1919 » Vera Kholodnaya, Ukrainian actress (b. 1893)
• 1928 » Eddie Foy Sr., American actor and dancer (b. 1856)
• 1932 » Edgar Speyer, American-English financier and philanthropist (b. 1862)
• 1932 » Ferdinand Buisson, French academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1841)
• 1944 » Dadasaheb Phalke, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1870)

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

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

• 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
• August 1 » The Nanchang Uprising marks the first significant battle in the Chinese Civil War between the Kuomintang and Chinese Communist Party. This day is commemorated as the anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army.
• September 5 » The first Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon, Trolley Troubles, produced by Walt Disney, is released by Universal Pictures.
• October 4 » Gutzon Borglum begins sculpting Mount Rushmore.
• November 21 » Columbine Mine massacre: Striking coal miners are allegedly attacked with machine guns by a detachment of state police dressed in civilian clothes.
• December 8 » The Brookings Institution, one of the United States' oldest think tanks, is founded through the merger of three organizations that had been created by philanthropist Robert S. Brookings.
• December 17 » Indian revolutionary Rajendra Lahiri is hanged in Gonda jail, Uttar Pradesh, India, two days before the scheduled date.

The temperature on February 16, 1927 was between -1.9 °C and 5.1 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.