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• Anna Jacoba Gielingh, Gemeente Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1945)
• Anna Pronk, Hoogkarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1916)
• Arnoldus Antonius Klerk, Maurik (Meerboom) († 1973)
• Alan Douglas DANIELS, Pontville, Tasmania, Australia († 1988)
• Apolônia Nicolau Mannes, Antonio Carlos, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1958)
• * Adrianus Ludovicus (Ad) van den Boogaard, Raamsdonk († 1970)
• Akke Appelhof, Wonseradeel, Friesland, Netherlands († 2005)
• Alice DE VREESE, Eke, Nazareth, Province of East Flanders, Belgium († 1992)
• Antonie van Tongeren, Voorst († 1968)
• Arnoldus Anna Joachim Appels, Goirle († 1916)

• Adriana Ouwendijk (78), Overschie, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Pijpers (80), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Hermina Rutte (85), 's Gravenhage, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Wonders (71), Nistelrode
• Bonne STRIJK (52), Smilde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Albert Emil von Wolff (54), Ko�kele, Latvia
• Arie van Erven (75), ROTTERDAM, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Wisse (57), Serooskerke (Walcheren)
• Anna Ida Stijnen (0), Stein, Limburg, Nederland
• Adriana van der Sijden (79), Hoogblokland, Nederland

• 1912 » Pat Nixon, First Lady of the United States († 1993)
• 1913 » Rémy Raffalli, French soldier († 1952)
• 1915 » Kunihiko Kodaira, Japanese mathematician and academic († 1997)
• 1916 » Mercedes McCambridge, American actress († 2004)
• 1916 » Tsutomu Yamaguchi, Japanese engineer and businessman († 2010)
• 1917 » Laure Pillay, Mauritian lawyer and jurist († 2017)
• 1917 » Louis C. Wyman, American lawyer and politician († 2002)
• 1917 » Mehrdad Pahlbod, Iranian politician († 2018)
• 1918 » Aldo van Eyck, Dutch architect († 1999)
• 1918 » Frederick Reines, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1998)

• 1898 » Aubrey Beardsley, English author and illustrator (b. 1872)
• 1899 » Joseph Medill, American journalist and politician, 26th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1823)
• 1903 » Roy Bean, American lawyer and judge (b. 1825)
• 1907 » John O'Leary, Irish politician (b. 1830)
• 1912 » Max Burckhard, Austrian theater director (b. 1854)
• 1914 » Charles Albert Gobat, Swiss lawyer and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1843)
• 1914 » Gaston Calmette, French journalist (b. 1858)
• 1914 » John Murray, Scottish oceanographer, biologist, and limnologist (b. 1841)
• 1925 » August von Wassermann, German bacteriologist and hygienist (b. 1866)
• 1930 » Miguel Primo de Rivera, Spanish general and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1870)

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.
• February 25 » In the Battle of Verdun, a German unit captures Fort Douaumont, keystone of the French defences, without a fight.
• April 29 » Easter Rising: After six days of fighting, Irish rebel leaders surrender to British forces in Dublin, bringing the Easter Rising to an end.
• June 4 » World War I: Russia opens the Brusilov Offensive with an artillery barrage of Austro-Hungarian lines in Galicia.
• June 10 » The Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire was declared by Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca.
• July 1 » World War I: First day on the Somme: On the first day of the Battle of the Somme 19,000 soldiers of the British Army are killed and 40,000 wounded.
• December 23 » World War I: Battle of Magdhaba: Allied forces defeat Turkish forces in the Sinai Peninsula.

The temperature on March 16, 1916 was between 5.1 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.