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• Bronne Jan Scheper, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1946)
• Jan Vermeer, Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2015)
• Cornelis van Starkenburg, Rijnsburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2003)
• Henricus Jozef Maathuis, Geesteren († 2021)
• Clara Irene Constant Maria Baelemans, Ranst,, Antwerpen, België
• Aaltje Molenaar, Vlieland († 2009)
• Jeanine-Germaine-Bertha DE BRUYCKER, Brussel, 1000, Brussel, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, België
• Alida van de Scheur, Veenendaal († 1998)
• Aaltje Molenaar, Oost-Vlieland, Friesland, Nederland († 2009)
• Jan Jansen, Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2015)

• Adrianus Meijzenaar (71), Utrecht, Utrecht, NL
• Adriana Feddes (81), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriana Rog (94), 's-Gravenhage
• Agnes Janssen (75), Stein, Limburg, Nederland
• Hendrik Boertien (49), Vriezenveen
• Alpheus Henry Dales (71), Ontario, Canada
• Aagje Kooij (88)
• Agnes Janssen (75), Stein, Limburg, Nederland
• Adriana Blom (72), Amsterdam
• Albertina Theodora Maria Gensen (50), Zutphen, GLD, Nederland

• 1939 » Danyel Gérard, French singer-songwriter
• 1940 » Daniel J. Travanti, American actor
• 1941 » Piers Paul Read, English historian and author
• 1942 » Michael Eisner, American businessman
• 1942 » Tammy Faye Messner, American evangelist, television personality, and talk show host († 2007)
• 1943 » Chris White, English singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1944 » Ranulph Fiennes, English soldier and explorer
• 1944 » Townes Van Zandt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1997)
• 1945 » Arthur Lee, American singer-songwriter and musician († 2006)
• 1945 » Bob Herbert, American journalist

• 1928 » Robert Abbe, American surgeon and radiologist (b. 1851)
• 1932 » Aristide Briand, French journalist and politician, Prime Minister of France, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1934 » Ernst Enno, Estonian poet and author (b. 1875)
• 1938 » Andreas Michalakopoulos, Greek politician, 116th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1876)
• 1947 » Lucy Parsons, American communist anarchist labor organizer (b. c 1853)
• 1949 » Bradbury Robinson, American football player, physician, and politician (b. 1884)
• 1952 » Paramahansa Yogananda, Indian guru and philosopher (b. 1893)
• 1954 » Otto Diels, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1876)
• 1957 » Wyndham Lewis, English painter and critic (b. 1882)
• 1961 » Govind Ballabh Pant, Indian lawyer and politician, 2nd Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh (b. 1887)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Willem
5. Hendrik
6. Gerrit
7. Pieter
8. Petrus
9. Jacobus
10. Wilhelmus
11. Adrianus
12. Robert
13. Jacob
14. Gerardus
15. Johan
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. Geertruida
13. Aaltje
14. Margaretha
15. Grietje
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 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 9.0 million citizens.
• January 11 » World War II: Japanese forces attack Tarakan in Borneo, Netherlands Indies (Battle of Tarakan)
• May 22 » Mexico enters the Second World War on the side of the Allies.
• August 21 » World War II: The Guadalcanal Campaign: American forces defeat an attack by Imperial Japanese Army soldiers in the Battle of the Tenaru.
• September 12 » World War II: First day of the Battle of Edson's Ridge during the Guadalcanal Campaign. U.S. Marines protecting Henderson Field are attacked by Japanese troops.
• November 30 » World War II: Battle of Tassafaronga; A smaller squadron of Japanese destroyers led by Raizō Tanaka defeats a U.S. cruiser force under Carleton H. Wright.
• December 7 » World War II: British commandos conduct Operation Frankton, a raid on shipping in Bordeaux harbour.

The temperature on March 7, 1942 was between -4.3 °C and -0.6 °C and averaged -1.9 °C. There was 4.3 mm of rain during 3.8 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.