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• Adrianus Marinus (3) Koks, Breda († 1917)
• Adolf Reith, Dortmund, Kreisfreie Stadt Dortmund, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland († 1944)
• Agatha Maria Visch, Hilversum († 2006)
• Allegonda Dolphijn, Ruurlo, Nederland († 1930)
• Adrianus Cornelis Martinus Willems, Best († 1966)
• Abraham Egbert van Erkelens, Assen († 1991)
• Anna Juliana Zimmermann, Wenen, Wenen, Wenen, Oostenrijk († 1995)
• Albert Kennes, Kaggevinne-Assent, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgie († 1989)
• Albert Francois Mollenberg, Ede († 1990)
• Andries Willem Jan van Burgh, Zierikzee († 1991)

• Aaltje van der Veer (68)
• Carl Wilhelm ERICKSON (50)
• Adelaide Maria Dodo Guinness Viscountess of Iveagh (72), Elveden Hall, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
• Bertha Schreur (7), Bergentheim
• Catharina van Alphen (78), Fijnaart en Heijningen
• Ambrosina Rosa Guimarães (62), Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil
• Alfred Stagg (74), Kent, England
• Adriana Kemmeren (74), Loon op Zand
• Anthonius Johannes Franciscus Manuel (16)
• Aaltjen Hugo (75), Nieuwleusen, Nederland

• 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)
• 1919 » Georges Ulmer, Danish-French actor and composer († 1989)
• 1920 » Anna Mae Hays, American general († 2018)
• 1921 » Jean Behra, French race car driver († 1959)
• 1921 » John Galbraith Graham, English priest and academic († 2013)
• 1921 » Vera-Ellen, German-American actress, singer, and dancer († 1981)
• 1922 » Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, German soldier and pilot († 1950)

• 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)

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 29 » Child labor: In South Carolina, the minimum working age for factory, mill, and mine workers is raised from 12 to 14 years old.
• March 16 » The 7th and 10th US cavalry regiments under John J. Pershing cross the US–Mexico border to join the hunt for Pancho Villa.
• September 7 » US federal employees win the right to Workers' compensation by Federal Employers Liability Act (39 Stat. 742; 5 U.S.C. 751)
• 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 21 » Mines from SM U-73 sink the HMHS Britannic, the largest ship lost in the First World War.
• December 23 » World War I: Battle of Magdhaba: Allied forces defeat Turkish forces in the Sinai Peninsula.

The temperature on February 16, 1916 was between 2.7 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 4.9 mm of rain. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.