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• Anthonia Catharina Sandberg, Diepenveen († 2006)
• Adrianus van Boxtel, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1916)
• Catharina Popken, Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland († 2002)
• Catharina Popken, Odoorn Drenthe Nederland († 2002)
• Anne van Beek, Wetering, gemeente Steenwijkerwold, Overijssel, Nederland († 1917)
• Barbara Martijn, Gieten,Drenthe,Niederlande († 1986)
• Bart Kok († 2010)
• Agnes Maria Annunciata Flora Zessner van Spitzenberg, Hagenau, Oberbayern, Beieren († 1967)
• Caspert Balters Melgers Slieker, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1940)
• Alida van Gent, Leersum († 1992)

• Bastiaan Salij (76), IJsselmonde
• Alexander Cornelis Klugkist (58), Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
• Abraham Jacob Molennaar (57), Aardenburg
• Adriana Olierook (70), Naaldwijk
• Adrienne Marie Franchimont (71), Epe
• Adrianus Abraham Peters (1), Schiedam
• Aaltje Dekker (82), Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Alida Hendrina Attekum (62), Zwolle
• Adriana Wessels (100), Tholen, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Antje Iwema (68), Groningen

• 1911 » Ronald Neame, English-American director, cinematographer, producer, and screenwriter († 2010)
• 1913 » Diosa Costello, Puerto Rican-American entertainer, producer and club owner († 2013)
• 1915 » Arnold Alexander Hall, English engineer, academic, and businessman († 2000)
• 1916 » Sinah Estelle Kelley, American chemist († 1982)
• 1916 » Yiannis Moralis, Greek painter and educator († 2009)
• 1917 » Dorian Leigh, American model († 2008)
• 1917 » Tony Lupien, American baseball player and coach († 2004)
• 1918 » Maurice Druon, French author and screenwriter († 2009)
• 1919 » Oleg Penkovsky, Russian colonel († 1963)
• 1920 » Eric Grant Yarrow, 3rd Baronet, English businessman († 2018)

• 1889 » Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly, French author and critic (b. 1808)
• 1895 » Carl Ludwig, German physician and physiologist (b. 1815)
• 1905 » Gédéon Ouimet, Canadian politician, 2nd Premier of Quebec (b. 1823)
• 1907 » Alferd Packer, American prospector (b. 1842)
• 1915 » Rupert Brooke, English poet (b. 1887)
• 1936 » Teresa de la Parra, French-Venezuelan author (b. 1889)
• 1951 » Charles G. Dawes, American banker and politician, 30th Vice President of the United States, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1951 » Jules Berry, French actor and director (b. 1883)
• 1959 » Bak Jungyang, Korean politician
• 1965 » George Adamski, Polish-American ufologist and author (b. 1891)

• 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.
• April 8 » In Corona, California, race car driver Bob Burman crashes, killing three (including himself), and badly injuring five spectators.
• July 1 » World War I: First day on the Somme: On the first day of the Battle of the Somme 19,000 soldiers of the British Army are killed and 40,000 wounded.
• July 22 » Preparedness Day Bombing: In San Francisco, a bomb explodes on Market Street during a parade, killing ten and injuring 40.
• November 19 » Samuel Goldwyn and Edgar Selwyn establish Goldwyn Pictures.
• December 30 » The last coronation in Hungary is performed for King Charles IV and Queen Zita.

The temperature on April 23, 1916 was between 3.5 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 11.3 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.