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• Antonius Joseph Toon Mulders, Tiel († 1991)
• Antonius Josephus Denissen, Tilburg († 1990)
• (Stillborn) VAN MEURS, Kolham (Slochteren) Groningen Netherlands († 1916)
• Agnes Sjoerds Monkelbaan, Oudemirdum († 2014)
• Profijt, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, The Netherlands († 1916)
• Alvin P. Bultena, farm, s. of, Lennox, Lincoln Co., SD († 2000)
• Arend Sonneveld, Pijnacker, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1992)
• Anna Hendrika Eijkman, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2014)
• Anna Adriana Sanders, Ter Aar (Langeraar) († 1917)
• Alberdina Groote Haar, Hengelo († 2021)

• Aaltjen Veldhuis (83), Epe
• van Heerwaarden (0), Walenburg
• Alfred Victor Marie Ghislain de PIERPONT (70), Wandre, Luik, België
• Egbert Duinkerken (0), Hoogeveen
• Albert ABBISS (28), Killed in action near Warneton, Armentieres, France
• Aaltje van ALTENA (4), Marken, Waterland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Schroeijers (61), Ossendrecht, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adolf Timmer (76), Lienden
• Alida Kerpentier (67), Ingen
• Profijt (0), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, The Netherlands

• 1912 » Hanna Reitsch, German soldier and pilot († 1979)
• 1914 » Chapman Pincher, Indian-English historian, journalist, and author († 2014)
• 1914 » Phil Foster, American actor († 1985)
• 1916 » Eugene McCarthy, American poet and politician († 2005)
• 1916 » Peter Geach, English philosopher and academic († 2013)
• 1917 » Tommy Holmes, American baseball player († 2008)
• 1918 » Lê Văn Thiêm, Vietnamese mathematician and academic († 1991)
• 1918 » Pearl Bailey, American actress and singer († 1990)
• 1918 » Sam Walton, American businessman, founded Walmart and Sam's Club († 1992)
• 1919 » Eileen Heckart, American actress († 2001)

• 1900 » Cyrus K. Holliday, American businessman (b. 1826)
• 1905 » William Plankinton, American businessman, industrialist and banker (b. 1843)
• 1906 » Slava Raškaj, Croatian painter (b. 1878)
• 1911 » Alexandre Guilmant, French organist and composer (b. 1837)
• 1912 » Edward Adrian Wilson, English physician and explorer (b. 1872)
• 1912 » Henry Robertson Bowers, Scottish lieutenant and explorer (b. 1883)
• 1912 » Robert Falcon Scott, English lieutenant and explorer (b. 1868)
• 1924 » Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish composer and conductor (b. 1852)
• 1934 » Otto Hermann Kahn, German-American banker and philanthropist (b. 1867)
• 1937 » Karol Szymanowski, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1882)

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.
• May 10 » Sailing in the lifeboat James Caird, Ernest Shackleton arrives at South Georgia after a journey of 800 nautical miles from Elephant Island.
• July 19 » World War I: Battle of Fromelles: British and Australian troops attack German trenches as part of the Battle of the Somme.
• October 27 » Negus Mikael, marching on the Ethiopian capital in support of his son Emperor Iyasu V, is defeated by Fitawrari abte Giyorgis, securing the throne for Empress Zewditu I.
• November 7 » Jeannette Rankin is the first woman elected to the United States Congress.
• November 30 » Costa Rica signs the Buenos Aires Convention, a copyright treaty.
• December 30 » The last coronation in Hungary is performed for King Charles IV and Queen Zita.

The temperature on March 29, 1916 was between 0.2 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 3.3 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.