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• antje bergsma., Eeserveen (Borger) († 1988)
• Alice Marie French, Kingston, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania († 2008)
• Albert Leemans, Amersfoort,, Utrecht, Nederland († 1989)
• Antje Bergsma, Eeserveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1988)
• Adriana De Bruin, Dubbeldam († 1994)
• Adrianus van Dijk, Vrijenban, Delfgauw, Nederland († 1999)
• Aaron Vleesdrager, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1944)
• Anna Kervyn de Lettenhoven, Elsene (Ixelles), Brussel († 2008)
• Antonius Adrianus Koevoets, Roosendaal en Nispen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1988)
• Aaltje Brink, Doornspijk († 1975)

• Ann Crawford (70), Church Hill, Hawkins County, Tennessee, Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus Mutsaers (64), Tilburg (Tilburg) (Noord-Brabant)
• Antje Sijbes (Siebes) Reen (90), Rauwerderhem, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Bosmans (74), Tilburg
• Albert Geuchien Bakker (0), Ommen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adrianus Borsboom (0), Monster, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Mutsaers (64), Tilburg
• Adriana Middelkoop (83), Leerdam
• adriana BUITENDIJK (53), geervliet
• Alice Catherine Baxter (87), 84 Gordon Road, Ealing, London, England

• 1913 » Poul Reichhardt, Danish actor and singer († 1985)
• 1914 » Eric Kierans, Canadian economist and politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Communications († 2004)
• 1915 » Abba Eban, South African-Israeli politician and diplomat, 1st Israel Ambassador to the United Nations († 2002)
• 1915 » Khushwant Singh, Indian journalist and author († 2014)
• 1915 » Stan Leonard, Canadian golfer († 2005)
• 1916 » Xuân Diệu, Vietnamese poet and author († 1985)
• 1917 » Đỗ Mười, Vietnamese politician, 5th Prime Minister of Vietnam († 2018)
• 1917 » Mary Ellis, British World War II ferry pilot († 2018)
• 1918 » Hella Haasse, Indonesian-Dutch author († 2011)
• 1919 » Lisa Della Casa, Swiss soprano and actress († 2012)

• 1904 » Ernest Cashel, American-Canadian criminal (b. 1882)
• 1905 » Henri Germain, French banker and politician, founded Le Crédit Lyonnais (b. 1824)
• 1907 » Dmitri Mendeleev, Russian chemist and academic (b. 1834)
• 1909 » Carlo Acton, Italian pianist and composer (b. 1829)
• 1913 » Gustaf de Laval, Swedish engineer (b. 1845)
• 1918 » John L. Sullivan, American boxer (b. 1858)
• 1919 » Julius Kuperjanov, Estonian lieutenant (b. 1894)
• 1925 » Antti Aarne, Finnish historian and academic (b. 1867)
• 1925 » Jaap Eden, Dutch speed skater and cyclist (b. 1873)
• 1926 » Vladimir Sukhomlinov, Russian general and politician (b. 1848)

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. Grietje
14. Geertruida
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.
• February 24 » The Governor-General of Korea establishes a clinic called Jahyewon in Sorokdo to segregate Hansen's disease patients.
• May 6 » Twenty-one Lebanese nationalists are executed in Martyrs' Square, Beirut by Djemal Pasha.
• September 15 » World War I: Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme.
• September 19 » World War I: During the East African Campaign, colonial forces of the Belgian Congo (Force Publique) under the command of Charles Tombeur capture the town of Tabora after heavy fighting.
• November 7 » Jeannette Rankin is the first woman elected to the United States Congress.
• December 18 » World War I: The Battle of Verdun ends when German forces under Chief of staff Erich von Falkenhayn are defeated by the French, and suffer 337,000 casualties.

The temperature on February 2, 1916 was between -2.4 °C and 2.5 °C and averaged 0.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.