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• Antonia van Eeden, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland († 1916)
• Adriana Johanna Josephina van Gestel, Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands († 1989)
• Abraham Stuut, Winschoten († 1940)
• Anna Christina Gunnink, Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1981)
• Antonius Leijten, Gilze en Rijen († 1917)
• Angelina Elisabeth Wijenhoven, Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgie († 1944)
• Antonius Martinus Lourenssen, Herpen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1989)
• Zuiderveld, Zevenhuizen († 1916)
• Adriana Stange, Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1917)
• Aalbertus van Koetsveld, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1916)

• Alexander Baars (83), Dodewaard (GL)
• (Stillborn) EIBES (0), Kollumerland c.a. Friesland Netherlands
• Alice Catherine Genaux (38), Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anskje Hooghiemstra (88), Leeuwarden Fr. Nederland
• Anne Altink (46), Wormerveer
• Amelia Van Vooren (78), Kleit
• Aloysius van LOON (56), Essen, Antwerpen, België
• Zuiderveld (0), Zevenhuizen
• Aaltje Edelenbos(ch) (27), Barneveld
• Alexander BAARS (83), Dodewaard

• 1912 » Eleanor Cameron, Canadian-American author and critic († 1996)
• 1913 » Abidin Dino, Turko-French painter and illustrator († 1993)
• 1914 » Milbourne Christopher, American magician and author († 1984)
• 1915 » Mary Innes-Ker, Duchess of Roxburghe († 2014)
• 1915 » Vasily Zaytsev, Russian captain († 1991)
• 1917 » Harry Cranbrook Allen, English historian († 1998)
• 1918 » Helene Hale, American politician († 2013)
• 1918 » Naoki Kazu, Japanese football player (d.1940s)
• 1918 » Stanley Armour Dunham, American sergeant († 1992)
• 1919 » Carl Graffunder, American architect and educator († 2013)

• 1883 » Arthur Macalister, Scottish-Australian politician, 2nd Premier of Queensland (b. 1818)
• 1884 » Henry C. Lord, American businessman (b. 1824)
• 1910 » Nadar, French photographer, journalist, and author (b. 1820)
• 1914 » Rafqa Pietra Choboq Ar-Rayès, Lebanese saint (b. 1832)
• 1923 » Hovhannes Tumanyan, Armenian poet and author (b. 1869)
• 1927 » Paul César Helleu, French painter and etcher (b. 1859)
• 1931 » Bhagat Singh, Indian activist (b. 1907)
• 1931 » Shivaram Rajguru, Indian activist (b. 1908)
• 1931 » Sukhdev Thapar, Indian activist (b. 1907)
• 1953 » Raoul Dufy, French painter and illustrator (b. 1877)

• 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.
• March 9 » Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa leads nearly 500 Mexican raiders in an attack against the border town of Columbus, New Mexico.
• June 1 » Louis Brandeis becomes the first Jew appointed to the United States Supreme Court.
• November 1 » In Russia, Pavel Milyukov delivers in the State Duma the famous "stupidity or treason" speech, precipitating the downfall of the government of Boris Stürmer.
• December 18 » World War I: The Battle of Verdun ends when German forces under Chief of staff Erich von Falkenhayn are defeated by the French, and suffer 337,000 casualties.
• December 30 » Russian mystic and advisor to the Tsar Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin was murdered by a loyalist group led by Prince Felix Yusupov. His frozen, partially-trussed body was discovered in a Moscow river three days later.

The temperature on March 23, 1916 was between -1.4 °C and 0.7 °C and averaged -0.1 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.