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• Henry Olthoff († 1990)
• Edze Borger, Ferwerderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1941)
• Franciscus Jacobus Antonius Th. Jalink, Bergen op Zoom († 1976)
• Jeanne Raphaëlla LEPERLIER, Saint-Pierre,97432,Réunion,Réunion,FRANCE († 1941)
• Gerardus van der Kaa, MINDERHOUT BELGIE († 2001)
• Neeltje Marina Verhagen, Rotterdam
• N.N. Imminkhuizen, Langbroek, Nederland († 1941)
• Jacobus Sintemaartensdijk, Loosduinen († 2009)
• Jan J. Koole († 2009)
• Hubert Jozef Schroeder, Spekholzerheide,, Limburg, Nederland († 1961)

• Aaltje de Best (47), Katwijk
• Adrianus van Heeswijk (88), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, Nederland
• Anne Jane "Jenny" Skiffington (71), Dungannon, Co. Tyrone, N. Ireland
• Albert Biemond (40), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Wilhelmina Knoet (76), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• André Cornelis Dijkstra (54), Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anastasia Eugenie Joveneau (86), Brussel, Belgie
• Allegonda Elisabeth Scheen (89), Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Anna Gerarda Maria van den Heuvel (25), Utrecht
• Anna Geertruida van der Hoeven (86), Rotterdam

• 1937 » Coen Moulijn, Dutch footballer († 2011)
• 1937 » Gregory Mcdonald, American author († 2008)
• 1940 » İsmail Cem İpekçi, Turkish journalist and politician, 45th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs († 2007)
• 1940 » Hamzah Haz, Indonesian journalist and politician, 9th Vice President of Indonesia
• 1940 » John Hadl, American football player and coach
• 1940 » Vaino Vahing, Estonian psychiatrist, author, and playwright († 2008)
• 1941 » Brian Holland, American songwriter and producer
• 1941 » Florinda Bolkan, Brazilian actress
• 1944 » Mick Avory, English drummer
• 1945 » Jack Dann, American-Australian author and poet

• 1924 » Lionel Monckton, English composer (b. 1861)
• 1928 » H. H. Asquith, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1852)
• 1932 » Minnie Maddern Fiske, American actress and playwright (b. 1865)
• 1933 » Pat Sullivan, Australian animator and producer, co-created Felix the Cat (b. 1887)
• 1935 » Basil Hall Chamberlain, English-Swiss historian, author, and academic (b. 1850)
• 1939 » Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin, Russian painter and author (b. 1878)
• 1956 » Vincent de Moro-Giafferi, French lawyer and politician (b. 1878)
• 1959 » Owen Willans Richardson, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1879)
• 1961 » Laurence Owen, American figure skater (b. 1944)
• 1965 » Nat King Cole, American singer and pianist (b. 1919)

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

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

• 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 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 8.9 million citizens.
• January 2 » World War II: German bombing severely damages the Llandaff Cathedral in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom.
• January 23 » Charles Lindbergh testifies before the U.S. Congress and recommends that the United States negotiate a neutrality pact with Adolf Hitler.
• April 1 » Fântâna Albă massacre: Between 200 and 2,000 Romanian civilians are killed by Soviet Border Troops.
• October 11 » Beginning of the National Liberation War of Macedonia.
• December 19 » World War II: Adolf Hitler appoints himself as head of the Oberkommando des Heeres.
• December 19 » World War II: Limpet mines placed by Italian divers heavily damage HMSValiant and HMSQueen Elizabeth in Alexandria harbour.

The temperature on February 15, 1941 was between 2.0 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.