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• * Deliana Petronella Bikker, Leerbroek († 1993)
• Anna Maria van Deursen, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aart de Man, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands († 1967)
• Albertha Aaltje Jagersma, Heerde († 2003)
• Arie Noot, Zeist († 1916)
• Albertus Renatus Cornelissens, Wuustwezel († 1997)
• Aaltje Kalverda, Hijum († 2001)
• Antonie Sep, Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant (Nederland) († 1993)
• Albert Roger Vandenbulcke, Saint-Hillaire, Friesland, Nederland († 1977)
• Aloysius Henry Meyer, Newport, Shelby, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 2002)

• Alexander Seligman (48)
• Aagje KIEFT (83), Bergen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Vosbeek (64), Velden
• Aaltje van Rijssel (37), Utrecht
• Arie Scheerman (80), Heemskerk, Nederland
• Arie Scheerman (80), Heemskerk
• Antje Wiebes van der Vlugt (63), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Adrianus Scheerman (80), Heemskerk,North Holland,Netherlands
• Adriana Meewisse (70), Leidschendam
• Aart Brouwer (69), Nijkerk

• 1912 » Boris Chertok, Polish-Russian engineer and academic († 2011)
• 1912 » Gerald Emmett Carter, Canadian cardinal († 2003)
• 1914 » Harry Caray, American sportscaster († 1998)
• 1914 » Ralph Ellison, American novelist and literary critic († 1994)
• 1917 » Robert Lowell, American poet († 1977)
• 1918 » Gladys Spellman, American educator and politician († 1988)
• 1918 » João Goulart, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 24th President of Brazil († 1976)
• 1920 » Max Bentley, Canadian ice hockey player († 1984)
• 1921 » Cameron Argetsinger, American race car driver and lawyer († 2008)
• 1921 » Terence Cooke, American cardinal († 1983)

• 1906 » José María de Pereda, Spanish author (b. 1833)
• 1911 » Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Dutch-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1914 » Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto, English soldier and politician, 8th Governor General of Canada (b. 1845)
• 1920 » John H. Bankhead, American lawyer and politician (b. 1842)
• 1922 » Pichichi, Spanish footballer (b. 1892)
• 1932 » Frank Teschemacher, American Jazz musician (b. 1906)
• 1936 » Mikhail Kuzmin, Russian author and poet (b. 1871)
• 1938 » Gabriele D'Annunzio, Italian journalist and politician (b. 1863)
• 1940 » Anton Hansen Tammsaare, Estonian author (b. 1878)
• 1942 » George S. Rentz, American commander (b. 1882)

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.
• May 6 » Vietnamese Emperor Duy Tân is captured while calling upon the people to rise up against the French, and is later deposed and exiled to Réunion island.
• June 5 » World War I: The Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire breaks out.
• August 25 » The United States National Park Service is created.
• September 3 » World War I: Leefe Robinson destroys the German airship Schütte-Lanz SL 11 over Cuffley, north of London; the first German airship to be shot down on British soil.
• October 7 » Georgia Tech defeats Cumberland University 222–0 in the most lopsided college football game in American history.

The temperature on March 1, 1916 was between 2.7 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.