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• Aaltje Schonewille, Almelo, Overijssel, Netherlands († 1916)
• Anna Maria van der Ruit, Capelle aan den IJssel, Zuid Holland, Netherlands († 1972)
• Aäron van Beetz, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Joanna Hendrika Kamp († 1989)
• Anna Vleghels, Bergen op Zoom, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 1953)
• Anna Vleghels, Bergen op Zoom († 1953)
• * Anna Agnes Johanna Sanders, Dusseldorf († 1989)
• Anna Agnes Johanna Sanders, Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland († 1989)
• Aaron van Beetz, Amsterdam, Nederland († 1942)
• Aaltje van Guldener, Beilen (gem. Midden-Drenthe) († 1927)

• Johannes (Jan) Wilhelmus Bontje (63), Haarlemmermeer
• Adrianus Johannes Huijgens (0), Made en Drimmelen
• Adriana Dirkje van der Goorbergh (72), Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aagje Borsch (28), Amsterdam
• Alida Looman (82), Bussum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Koster (75), Sappemeer 19
• Adrianus Johannes Huijgens (0), Made en Drimmelen, Noord Brabant
• Aaltje Scheperkeuter, Beilen,Drenthe,Niederlande
• Aagtje Schrieken (81), Barsingerhorn
• Aart Bezemer (2), Piershil, ZH, Nederland

• 1908 » Telford Taylor, American general, lawyer, and historian († 1998)
• 1909 » August Derleth, American anthologist and author († 1971)
• 1914 » Ralph Erskine, English-Swedish architect, designed The Ark and Byker Wall († 2005)
• 1914 » Weldon Kees, American author, poet, painter, and pianist († 1955)
• 1915 » Jim Ferrier, Australian golfer († 1986)
• 1919 » John Carl Warnecke, American architect († 2010)
• 1921 » Abe Vigoda, American actor († 2016)
• 1922 » Richard Hamilton, English painter and academic († 2011)
• 1922 » Steven Hill, American actor († 2016)
• 1924 » Hal Herring, American football player and coach († 2014)

• 1876 » Joseph Jenkins Roberts, American-Liberian politician, 1st President of Liberia (b. 1809)
• 1879 » Shiranui Kōemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 11th Yokozuna (b. 1825)
• 1910 » Osman Hamdi Bey, Greek archaeologist and painter (b. 1842)
• 1914 » Joshua Chamberlain, American general and politician, 32nd Governor of Maine (b. 1828)
• 1925 » Hjalmar Branting, Swedish journalist and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Sweden, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
• 1927 » Edward Marshall Hall, English lawyer and politician (b. 1858)
• 1929 » André Messager, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1853)
• 1930 » Hermann von Ihering, German-Brazilian zoologist (b. 1850)
• 1953 » Gerd von Rundstedt, German field marshal (b. 1875)
• 1953 » Robert La Follette Jr., American politician, senator of Wisconsin (b. 1895)

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 21 » World War I: In France, the Battle of Verdun begins.
• March 15 » United States President Woodrow Wilson sends 4,800 United States troops over the U.S.–Mexico border to pursue Pancho Villa.
• April 20 » The Chicago Cubs play their first game at Weeghman Park (currently Wrigley Field), defeating the Cincinnati Reds 7–6 in 11 innings.
• June 29 » British diplomat turned Irish nationalist Roger Casement is sentenced to death for his part in the Easter Rising.
• November 7 » Boston Elevated Railway Company's streetcar No. 393 smashes through the warning gates of the open Summer Street drawbridge in Boston, Massachusetts, plunging into the frigid waters of Fort Point Channel, killing 46 people.
• December 30 » The last coronation in Hungary is performed for King Charles IV and Queen Zita.

The temperature on February 24, 1916 was between -3.6 °C and -2.6 °C and averaged -2.9 °C. There was 7.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.