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• Adriana Marcelissen, Gilze en Rijen († 1997)
• Blanche Yvonne Marie Smith, Rhode Island († 1990)
• Agatha van Tol, Hillegom († 1988)
• Adriana de Bruijne, Vlissingen, Gemeente Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands († 2016)
• Angela Johanna Catharina Tieben, Barger-Compascuum, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1918)
• Antonius Jacobus van Vonderen, Oeffelt († 1983)
• Abraham Johannes Andreas(bram) Van Dijk, 's-Gravenzande, Nederland († 1974)
• Alida Hogeweg, Utrecht († 2015)
• Antonia Kuijpers, Zevenbergen († 1965)
• Antonia Kuypers, Zevenbergschen Hoek, Nederland († 1965)

• Aaltje Klunder (67), De Slood (gem. Hoogeveen)
• Aleida Hendrika Stemerdink (69), Zutphen
• Andreas Maria Joseph Laureijssen (31), Tilburg
• Aaltje Bartles Boersma (57), Goënga, Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Andreas Maria Joseph (1e-man) Laureijssen (31), Tilburg
• Aaltje Hendriks (8), Vriezenveen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adriana Gerarda Delia van Dranen (71), Utrecht
• Adaliza "Addie" Eliza Smith Conklin (72), Huntington, Suffolk, New York, United States
• Adrianus Stumphius (83), Voorburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Christina Josephina Schefman (30), Geulle, Limburg, Netherlands

• 1908 » Balthus, French-Swiss painter and illustrator († 2001)
• 1916 » Dinah Shore, American singer and actress († 1994)
• 1916 » James B. Donovan, American lawyer († 1970)
• 1916 » Leonard Shoen, founder of U-Haul Corp. († 1999)
• 1920 » Arthur Franz, American actor († 2006)
• 1920 » Fyodor Abramov, Russian author and critic († 1983)
• 1920 » Howard Nemerov, American poet and academic († 1991)
• 1920 » James Mitchell, American actor and dancer († 2010)
• 1920 » Michèle Morgan, French-American actress and singer († 2016)
• 1920 » Rolland W. Redlin, American lawyer and politician († 2011)

• 1880 » James Milne Wilson, Scottish-Australian soldier and politician, 8th Premier of Tasmania (b. February 29, 1812)
• 1908 » Pat Garrett, American sheriff (b. 1850)
• 1920 » Ernie Courtney, American baseball player (b. 1875)
• 1928 » Adolphe Appia, Swiss architect and theorist (b. 1862)
• 1940 » E. F. Benson, English archaeologist and author (b. 1867)
• 1944 » Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, Finnish lawyer, judge and politician, 3rd President of Finland (b. 1861)
• 1948 » Robert Barrington-Ward, English lawyer and journalist (b. 1891)
• 1952 » Quo Tai-chi, Chinese politician and diplomat, Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations (b. 1888)
• 1956 » Elpidio Quirino, Filipino lawyer and politician, 6th President of the Philippines (b. 1890)
• 1960 » Melvin Purvis, American police officer and FBI agent (b. 1903)

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 29 » Tokelau is annexed by the United Kingdom.
• April 9 » World War I: The Battle of Verdun: German forces launch their third offensive of the battle.
• May 6 » Twenty-one Lebanese nationalists are executed in Martyrs' Square, Beirut by Djemal Pasha.
• 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.
• August 5 » World War I: Battle of Romani: Allied forces, under the command of Archibald Murray, defeat an attacking Ottoman army under the command of Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein, securing the Suez Canal and beginning the Ottoman retreat from the Sinai Peninsula.
• 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.

The temperature on February 29, 1916 was between 5.0 °C and 12.4 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.