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• Alie Feron, Amby († 2002)
• Cornelis van der Velden, Krommenie († 2017)
• Anne-Jan van Dijk, Niekerk († 2013)
• Barbara Jean Carmello, Pensacola, Escambia, Florida, United States († 2010)
• Albert Joseph Léon Dorrenberg, Jeuk, België († 2016)
• Cornelis Antonius Henricus van Item, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg († 1991)
• Feller, 's Gravenhage
• Antje Elisabeth Ykema, St.Annaparochie (FRL) († 2013)
• Marion Blanche Tjalsma, Allegan County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2007)
• * Phyllis Anne van Hemert, Oskaloosa († 2022)

• Andries KUPERUS (53), Sneek
• Albert Ansmink (64)
• Antje Seinen (72), Hoogeveen, Nederland
• Antonia Etta Hartevelt (74), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• VAN ONZENOORD (0), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anny van Gessel (21), Oss
• Grietje Geertruida Kuiik (3), Avereest
• Aaltje van Noord (30), Amsterdam
• Albert Kleijn (67), Woudenberg
• Antje Seinen (72), Hoogeveen

• 1926 » Pierre Fabre, French pharmacist, founded Laboratoires Pierre Fabre († 2013)
• 1927 » Edie Adams, American actress and singer († 2008)
• 1927 » Pope Benedict XVI
• 1927 » Rolf Schult, German actor († 2013)
• 1928 » Dick Lane, American football player and soldier († 2002)
• 1929 » Ed Townsend, American singer-songwriter and producer († 2003)
• 1929 » Ralph Slatyer, Australian biologist and ecologist († 2012)
• 1929 » Roy Hamilton, American singer († 1969)
• 1930 » Doug Beasy, Australian footballer and educator († 2013)
• 1930 » Herbie Mann, American flute player and composer († 2003)

• 1925 » Stefan Nerezov, Bulgarian general (b. 1867)
• 1928 » Henry Birks, Canadian businessman, founded Henry Birks and Sons (b. 1840)
• 1928 » Roman Steinberg, Estonian wrestler (b. 1900)
• 1930 » José Carlos Mariátegui, Peruvian journalist, philosopher, and activist (b. 1894)
• 1935 » Panait Istrati, Romanian journalist and author (b. 1884)
• 1937 » Jay Johnson Morrow, American military engineer and politician, 3rd Governor of the Panama Canal Zone (b. 1870)
• 1938 » Steve Bloomer, English footballer and manager (b. 1874)
• 1941 » Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp, English economist and civil servant (b. 1880)
• 1942 » Denis St. George Daly, Irish polo player (b. 1862)
• 1942 » Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. 1878)

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

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

• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 7.7 million citizens.
• February 9 » Members of the Viet Nam Quoc Dan Dang assassinated the labor recruiter Bazin, prompting a crackdown by French colonial authorities.
• February 14 » Saint Valentine's Day Massacre: Seven people, six of them gangster rivals of Al Capone's gang, are murdered in Chicago.
• May 15 » A fire at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio kills 123.
• August 24 » Second day of two-day Hebron massacre during the 1929 Palestine riots: Arab attacks on the Jewish community in Hebron in the British Mandate of Palestine, result in the death of 65–68 Jews; the remaining Jews are forced to flee the city.
• November 7 » In New York City, the Museum of Modern Art opens to the public.
• December 24 » Assassination attempt on Argentine President Hipólito Yrigoyen.

The temperature on April 16, 1929 was between 1.2 °C and 15.1 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 11.6 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.