About the day » Monday February 21, 1916Calender converter

• Alma Elizabeth Barhorst, Shelby County, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 1917)
• Abraham Focke, Sluis († 1959)
• Aafke Hallema, Franeker, Friesland, Nederland († 1983)
• Andreas Renneberg, Brunssum, Provincie Limburg, Nederland († 1997)
• Aartje Vroege († 2006)
• Andreas Hunnersen, Stadskanaal, Groningen, Nederland († 1916)
• Albert van Oort, Bussum († 1983)
• Adriana Pieternella Neef de, Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2008)
• Aagje KLEINJAN, 's-Gravendeel († 1917)
• Anna Elizabeth Lucretia van Erkel, Ten Boer, Groningen, Nederland († 2010)

• Arie Lengkeek (44), Zegwaart, gem. Zoetermeer, Zuid-Holland, NL
• Alida Roessen (54), Bodegraven,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
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• Alexander McNutt (69), East Mountain, NS
• Anna Maria Verhagen (44), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Jacobus Bastiaanse (75), ROTTERDAM, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Veenhof (0), Zeist
• Andrew Grass (74), Lambert Lake, Washington, Maine
• Adriana Vink (59), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje van der Mey (27), Hellendoorn

• 1912 » Arline Judge, American actress and singer († 1974)
• 1914 » Ilmari Juutilainen, Finnish soldier and pilot († 1999)
• 1914 » Jean Tatlock, American psychiatrist and physician († 1944)
• 1914 » Zachary Scott, American actor († 1965)
• 1915 » Ann Sheridan, American actress and singer († 1967)
• 1915 » Anton Vratuša, Prime Minister of Slovenia (1978–1980) († 2017)
• 1915 » Claudia Jones, Trinidad-British journalist and activist († 1964)
• 1917 » Lucille Bremer, American actress and dancer († 1996)
• 1917 » Tadd Dameron, American pianist and composer († 1965)
• 1921 » John Rawls, American philosopher and academic († 2002)

• 1888 » William Weston, English-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1804)
• 1891 » James Timberlake, American lieutenant and police officer (b. 1846)
• 1919 » Kurt Eisner, German journalist and politician, Minister-President of Bavaria (b. 1867)
• 1926 » Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
• 1934 » Augusto César Sandino, Nicaraguan rebel leader (b. 1895)
• 1938 » George Ellery Hale, American astronomer and academic (b. 1868)
• 1941 » Frederick Banting, Canadian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
• 1944 » Ferenc Szisz, Hungarian-French race car driver (b. 1873)
• 1945 » Eric Liddell, Scottish rugby player and runner (b. 1902)
• 1946 » José Streel, Belgian journalist (b. 1911)

• 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 16 » The 7th and 10th US cavalry regiments under John J. Pershing cross the US–Mexico border to join the hunt for Pancho Villa.
• May 31 » World War I: Battle of Jutland: The British Grand Fleet engages the High Seas Fleet in the largest naval battle of the war, which proves indecisive.
• July 19 » World War I: Battle of Fromelles: British and Australian troops attack German trenches as part of the Battle of the Somme.
• August 27 » World War I: The Kingdom of Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary, entering the war as one of the Allied nations.
• August 29 » The United States passes the Philippine Autonomy Act.
• November 5 » The Kingdom of Poland is proclaimed by the Act of 5th November of the emperors of Germany and Austria-Hungary.

The temperature on February 21, 1916 was between -3.9 °C and 3.8 °C and averaged -0.2 °C. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.