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• Alida Helena Blokland, 's-Gravenhage († 2015)
• Maria van Aarle, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant (Nederland) († 1945)
• Martien Routheut, Kerkrade (L) NL († 1986)
• Gerrit Hendrik Potman, Stokkum, Markelo, Hof van Twente, Overijssel, Nederland († 1945)
• Cornelia Opperman, Amerongen († 1945)
• Jan Drewes Boer, Winschoten, Groningen, Netherlands († 2016)
• hendrika wolvetang, Amersfoort († 2006)
• L.L. Leonards Bosch, Hoensbroek (L († 1945)
• Jenny Calaerts, Herentals, 2200, Antwerpen, België
• Dilson Fernandes Machado, Ibaiti, Paraná, Brasil († 1945)

• Adriana Maria Goeijenbier (68), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Smeenk (0), Breukelen (Stichtse Vecht), Utrecht, Nederland
• Aart Rombeek (71), Zaltbommel
• Alfred Martz (13)
• Adolphine Jeannette Westphal (4), Den Haag
• Adriana Mostert (81), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Beuk (79), Nieuwkoop, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Eliza Vermeij (44), Makassar (Indonesie)
• Andrew Robert Mulligan (59), Deeping St James, Northhamptonshire
• Adrianus Petrus van de Laar (10), Milheeze

• 1940 » Hannelore Schmatz, German mountaineer († 1979)
• 1941 » Kim Jong-il, North Korean commander and politician, 2nd Supreme Leader of North Korea († 2011)
• 1942 » Richard Williams, American tennis player and coach
• 1944 » António Mascarenhas Monteiro, Cape Verdean politician, 2nd President of Cape Verde († 2016)
• 1944 » Glyn Davies, Welsh farmer and politician
• 1944 » Richard Ford, American novelist and short story writer
• 1944 » Sigiswald Kuijken, Belgian violinist, violist, and conductor
• 1947 » Jaroslav Kubera, Czech politician († 2020)
• 1948 » Kaiketsu Masateru, Japanese sumo wrestler and coach († 2014)
• 1949 » Bob O'Reilly, Australian rugby league player

• 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)
• 1957 » Josef Hofmann, Polish-American pianist and composer (b. 1876)
• 1961 » Dazzy Vance, American baseball player (b. 1891)
• 1967 » Smiley Burnette, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1911)
• 1974 » John Garand, Canadian-American engineer, designed the M1 Garand Rifle(b. 1888)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Hendrika
8. Catharina
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Margaretha
13. Geertruida
14. Irene
15. Mary
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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
• The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
• March 9 » World War II: A coup d'état by Japanese forces in French Indochina removes the French from power.
• March 19 » World War II: Adolf Hitler issues his "Nero Decree" ordering all industries, military installations, shops, transportation facilities, and communications facilities in Germany to be destroyed.
• May 15 » World War II: The Battle of Poljana, the final skirmish in Europe is fought near Prevalje, Slovenia.
• May 23 » World War II: Germany's Flensburg Government under Karl Dönitz is dissolved when its members are arrested by British forces.
• July 16 » World War II: The heavy cruiser USSIndianapolis leaves San Francisco with parts for the atomic bomb "Little Boy" bound for Tinian Island.
• December 24 » Five of nine children become missing after their home in Fayetteville, West Virginia, is burned down.

The temperature on February 16, 1945 was between 2.9 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.