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• Antoon VLOEMANS, Ravels († 1998)
• Berlin Harrison Todd, Webster County, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 1918)
• Afien van der Togt, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1935)
• Arnoud Hendrik Van Alste, Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• Albert Van der Mijnsbrugge, Pollaere († 1991)
• Almer Christ Nordbye, Kingsbury Co., South Dakota, Verenigde Staten († 1944)
• Albert Fokkes Alma, Augustinusga, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1953)
• Anna Maria Julia VERMIERDT, Balen,2490,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1997)
• Agnes Haverbeke, IJzendijke († 2011)
• Arendje Pellikaan, 's Gravenzande († 1991)

• Ardelia Adams (67), Woodstock, Carleton, New Brunswick
• Adriana Maria Ballintijn (63), Boxtel, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Aaltjen de Haan (73), Amersfoort
• Antonie Molenaar (88), Harderwijk
• Ariaantje KORVER (85), Beemster, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adelbert Miles Wheeler (57), Chicago, Cook, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Wijntjes (0), Sassenheim, Teylingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Catharina van Ginneken (2), Rucphen
• Adriana Theodora van iersel (1), Moergestel,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Rooswinkel weduwe (73), 's-Hertogenbosch, NB, Nederland

• 1909 » John Thomson, Scottish footballer († 1931)
• 1910 » John Banner, Austrian actor († 1973)
• 1911 » Johan van Hulst, Dutch politician, academic and author, Yad Vashem recipient († 2018)
• 1912 » Jackson Pollock, American painter († 1956)
• 1918 » Harry Corbett, English puppeteer, actor, and screenwriter († 1989)
• 1918 » Trevor Skeet, New Zealand-English lawyer and politician († 2004)
• 1919 » Gabby Gabreski, American colonel and pilot († 2002)
• 1921 » Vytautas Norkus, Lithuanian–American basketball player († 2014)
• 1922 » Anna Gordy Gaye, American songwriter and producer, co-founded Anna Records († 2014)
• 1922 » Robert W. Holley, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1993)

• 1903 » Augusta Holmès, French pianist and composer (b. 1847)
• 1912 » Gustave de Molinari, Belgian economist and theorist (b. 1819)
• 1918 » John McCrae, Canadian soldier, physician, and author (b. 1872)
• 1921 » Mustafa Suphi, Turkish journalist and politician (b. 1883)
• 1930 » Emmy Destinn, Czech soprano and poet (b. 1878)
• 1935 » Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russian composer and conductor (b. 1859)
• 1937 » Anastasios Metaxas, Greek architect and target shooter (b. 1862)
• 1938 » Bernd Rosemeyer, German race car driver (b. 1909)
• 1939 » W. B. Yeats, Irish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1942 » Edward Siegler, American gymnast and triathlete (b. 1881)

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

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

• 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 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
• March 15 » United States President Woodrow Wilson sends 4,800 United States troops over the U.S.–Mexico border to pursue Pancho Villa.
• June 10 » The Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire was declared by Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca.
• July 7 » The New Zealand Labour Party was founded in Wellington.
• August 14 » Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary.
• September 17 » World War I: Manfred von Richthofen ("The Red Baron"), a flying ace of the German Luftstreitkräfte, wins his first aerial combat near Cambrai, France.
• November 5 » The Everett massacre takes place in Everett, Washington as political differences lead to a shoot-out between the Industrial Workers of the World organizers and local police.

The temperature on January 28, 1916 was between 3.9 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.