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• Jan Hof († 1990)
• Johannes Timotheus Fokker, Laren, Nederland († 2016)
• Doodgeboren Pots, Wierden († 1940)
• Arend Draayer, Emmen
• Anna Maria Agnes RAVESLOOT, Ankeveen († 2012)
• Anna Maria Agnes Ravesloot, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 2012)
• Jantinus Jansen, Coevorden († 2009)
• Johannes Timotheus Fokker, Laren, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 2016)
• Emilia KAMENOVA, SOFIA,,Bulgarie († 2009)
• Eric Backer, Soest, Utrecht, Nederland († 2020)

• Alice Maud Howe (68), Pietersburg, Northern Transvaal, South Africa
• Albertje Fissering (63), Alteveer (Onstwedde-Gr)
• Arnold Johannes Wynoldy (65), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Adrianus Jacobus Verweij (78), Dordrecht
• Arthur Van Damme (78), Sint Jansteen (NL)
• Emo (0), Utrecht
• Ary Camargo Virmond (36), Guarapuava, Paraná, Brasil
• Adrianus Jacobus VERWEIJ (78), Dordrecht
• Arendje van Deventer (81), Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana GROET (67), Noord-Scharwoude, NH, Nederland

• 1938 » Adam Raphael, English journalist and author
• 1938 » Alan Bond, English-Australian businessman († 2015)
• 1938 » Gani Fawehinmi, Nigerian lawyer and activist († 2009)
• 1938 » Issey Miyake, Japanese fashion designer
• 1939 » Jason Miller, American actor and playwright († 2001)
• 1939 » John Foley, English general and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey
• 1939 » Mel Carter, American singer and actor
• 1939 » Ray Guy, Canadian journalist and author († 2013)
• 1939 » Theodor Waigel, German lawyer and politician, German Federal Minister of Finance
• 1941 » Greville Howard, Baron Howard of Rising, English politician

• 1929 » Henry Lerolle, French painter and art collector (b. 1848)
• 1932 » Ferenc Oslay, Hungarian-Slovene historian and author (b. 1883)
• 1933 » Henry Royce, English engineer and businessman, co-founded Rolls-Royce Limited (b. 1863)
• 1944 » Nikolaos Roussen, Greek captain (b. 1913)
• 1945 » Käthe Kollwitz, German painter and sculptor (b. 1867)
• 1945 » Wilhelm Cauer, German mathematician and academic (b. 1900)
• 1946 » Harlan F. Stone, American lawyer and jurist, 12th Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1872)
• 1946 » Lionel Atwill, English-American actor (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Charles Middleton, American actor (b. 1874)
• 1950 » Charles Hamilton Houston, American lawyer and academic (b. 1895)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Hendrika
8. Adriana
9. Catharina
10. Petronella
11. Geertruida
12. Margaretha
13. Jacoba
14. Annie
15. Marie
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 August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
• February 29 » In a ceremony held in Berkeley, California, physicist Ernest Lawrence receives the 1939 Nobel Prize in Physics from Sweden's Consul General in San Francisco.
• March 30 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Japan declares Nanking capital of a new Chinese puppet government, nominally controlled by Wang Jingwei.
• August 26 » Chad becomes the first French colony to join the Allies under the administration of Félix Éboué, France's first black colonial governor.
• September 12 » An explosion at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Kenvil, New Jersey kills 51 people and injures over 200.
• November 16 » The Holocaust: In occupied Poland, the Nazis close off the Warsaw Ghetto from the outside world.
• November 27 » World War II: At the Battle of Cape Spartivento, the Royal Navy engages the Regia Marina in the Mediterranean Sea.

The temperature on April 22, 1940 was between 7.4 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 12.3 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.