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• Caroline Ehme Brass, Lennox (Lincoln County) (South Dakota) († 1992)
• Albert Gerardus Jos NICOLAI, Mielen-boven-Aalst, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie († 1978)
• Buna Heallen, Texas, United States († 1999)
• Aagje Josina Bijl, Zwijndrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Aalze Veenstra, Boelenslaan, Friesland, Nederland († 2012)
• Aagje Maria Huijsman, Zoetermeer, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2002)
• Arndell Robert Kunschik, Bastrop, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 1984)
• Catherine Viola Pyle, Kansas City, Clay, Missouri, Verenigde Staten († 1996)
• albertus Kuiper, Apeldooorn († 1992)
• Bertha Maria Van Hee, Varsenare († 1927)

• Johanna Kuijlenbroek (78), 's Heer Arendskerke
• Antonia Maatkamp (78), Rheden, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alexandrina Rossi (74), Wenen
• Catharina Henriëtte Elisabeth Siebert (71), Gorssel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Auke Johannes Huisma (30), Hengelo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albert Jan van der Klaauw (0)
• Antje Sieks Attema (58), Workum
• Bartholomeus Gerardus Dijkgraaf (0), Delft
• 1111 Grietje (Sents) Pouwels (87), Fort Zuidwolde
• Aaltje Gijlers (30), Schoonebeek,Drenthe,Niederlande,Oud Schoonebeek

• 1918 » Dick Gibson, English racing driver († 2010)
• 1918 » Hsuan Hua, Chinese-American monk and author († 1995)
• 1918 » Juozas Kazickas, Lithuanian-American businessman and philanthropist († 2014)
• 1918 » Spike Milligan, Irish actor, comedian, and writer († 2002)
• 1919 » Merce Cunningham, American dancer and choreographer († 2009)
• 1919 » Nilla Pizzi, Italian singer († 2011)
• 1919 » Pedro Ramírez Vázquez, Mexican architect, designed the Tijuana Cultural Center and National Museum of Anthropology († 2013)
• 1919 » Thomas Willmore, English geometer and academic († 2005)
• 1920 » Ananda Dassanayake, Sri Lankan politician († 2012)
• 1920 » Prince George Valdemar of Denmark († 1986)

• 1904 » Maximilian Kronberger, German poet and author (b. 1888)
• 1904 » Samuel Smiles, Scottish-English author (b. 1812)
• 1914 » George William Hill, American astronomer and mathematician (b. 1838)
• 1915 » Nelson W. Aldrich, American businessman and politician (b. 1841)
• 1925 » Stefan Nerezov, Bulgarian general (b. 1867)
• 1928 » Henry Birks, Canadian businessman, founded Henry Birks and Sons (b. 1840)
• 1928 » Roman Steinberg, Estonian wrestler (b. 1900)
• 1930 » José Carlos Mariátegui, Peruvian journalist, philosopher, and activist (b. 1894)
• 1935 » Panait Istrati, Romanian journalist and author (b. 1884)
• 1937 » Jay Johnson Morrow, American military engineer and politician, 3rd Governor of the Panama Canal Zone (b. 1870)

• 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
• January 18 » World War I: The Paris Peace Conference opens in Versailles, France.
• January 21 » A revolutionary Irish parliament is founded and declares the independence of the Irish Republic. One of the first engagements of the Irish War of Independence takes place.
• March 23 » In Milan, Italy, Benito Mussolini founds his Fascist political movement.
• April 16 » Polish–Soviet War: The Polish army launches the Vilna offensive to capture Vilnius in modern Lithuania.
• September 4 » Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who founded the Republic of Turkey, gathers a congress in Sivas to make decisions as to the future of Anatolia and Thrace.
• December 3 » After nearly 20 years of planning and construction, including two collapses causing 89 deaths, the Quebec Bridge opens to traffic.

The temperature on April 16, 1919 was between 5.1 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 5.4 mm of rain. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.