About the day » Wednesday February 16, 1910Calender converter

• Adrianus van den Berg, Oegstgeest
• Adriaantje Pieternella van der Houten, Dreischor
• Alida Ververs, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaldert Antonie van Ewijk, Ingen,Lienden,Gelderland,Nederland († 1973)
• Andries Petrus De Vries
• Albert Koster, Stadskanaal († 1999)
• Adriana Maria Elisabeth Houtepen, Goirle († 1910)
• Aalt Boonen, Ermelo
• Afina Bouwina Burema, 't Zandt,, Groningen, Nederland († 1990)
• Alida Nellestijn, Rhenen, Utrecht, Nederland

• Antonia Maria Verholen (1), Didam
• Aaltje Hendriks Wemes (32), Vollenhove
• Antonius Johannes Smits (0), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriaan KEMPS (71), Udenhout, 4289, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antoinette Gerharda Masker (0), Stadskanaal,Stadskanaal,Groningen,Nederland
• Plenk (0)
• Antoinette Gerharda Masker- (0), Stadskanaal, Nederland
• Arie de Koning (0), 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Annegien Rozeboom (87), Vollenhove, Stad
• Anna Maria Helena Weijers (41), Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland

• 1902 » Cyril Vincent, South African cricketer († 1968)
• 1903 » Edgar Bergen, Swedish-American ventriloquist and actor († 1978)
• 1904 » George F. Kennan, Scotch-Irish American historian and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union († 2005)
• 1904 » James Baskett, African-American actor and singer († 1948)
• 1905 » Henrietta Barnett, British Women's Royal Air Force officer († 1985)
• 1906 » Vera Menchik, British-Czechoslovak-Russian chess player († 1944)
• 1909 » Hugh Beaumont, American actor and director († 1982)
• 1909 » Richard McDonald, Irish-American businessman, co-founded McDonald's († 1998)
• 1914 » Jimmy Wakely, American country music singer-songwriter and actor († 1982)
• 1916 » Bill Doggett, African-American pianist and composer († 1996)

• 1898 » Thomas Bracken, Irish-New Zealand journalist, poet, and politician (b. 1843)
• 1899 » Félix Faure, French merchant and politician, 7th President of France (b. 1841)
• 1907 » Giosuè Carducci, Italian poet and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1835)
• 1912 » Nicholas of Japan, Russian-Japanese monk and saint (b. 1836)
• 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)

• 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
• March 1 » The deadliest avalanche in United States history buries a Great Northern Railway train in northeastern King County, Washington, killing 96 people.
• March 8 » French aviator Raymonde de Laroche becomes the first woman to receive a pilot's license.
• June 2 » Charles Rolls, a co-founder of Rolls-Royce Limited, becomes the first man to make a non-stop double crossing of the English Channel by plane.
• June 25 » The United States Congress passes the Mann Act, which prohibits interstate transport of women or girls for “immoral purposes”; the ambiguous language would be used to selectively prosecute people for years to come.
• October 1 » A large bomb destroys the Los Angeles Times building, killing 21.
• October 21 » HMSNiobe arrives in Halifax Harbour to become the first ship of the Royal Canadian Navy.

The temperature on February 16, 1910 was between -0.2 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 3.0 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.