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• Chatriena Jantiena Lange, de, Lahat, Palembang, Sumatra
• * Marinus Johannes van Beekveld, Heeswijk († 2000)
• Cornelia Petronella Maria Niesten, Wijk aan Zee en Duin (nu Beverwijk) († 2002)
• Cornelie Henriëtte LAGERWEIJ, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia († 1978)
• Charles Franklin Wallace, Tennessee († 1986)
• Cornelia Maartje van der Wel († 2014)
• Bouke Groot, Wijdenes, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1980)
• Edvard Edvardsen, Norge († 1996)
• David McCallan, Rockstown, Carrickmore, Omagh, Co. Tyrone, N. Ireland († 1981)
• Cornelis Josephus van Beers, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1990)

• Albert G Corbett (74), Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Abraham Vermaat (69), Nieuw Helvoet
• Albertha Maria Assies (63), Rotterdam
• Arnoldus Musters (49), Drunen
• Anna Maria Pouwels (43), Sint Anthonis
• Antonius Verburg (2), Jaarsveld
• Bartha Rozendaal (54)
• Catharina Maria van Hulst (24), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonie Maatman (53), Raalte
• Albertha Maria Assies (63), Rotterdam

• 1915 » Barnard Hughes, American actor († 2006)
• 1915 » Elaine Barrie, American actress († 2003)
• 1918 » Denis Edward Arnold, English soldier († 2015)
• 1918 » Paul Farnes, famed World War II Royal Air Force (RAF) fighter pilot and one of "The Few" surviving pilots of the Battle of Britain († 2020)
• 1918 » Samuel Victor Perry, English biochemist and rugby player († 2009)
• 1919 » Choi Kyu-hah, South Korean politician, 4th President of South Korea († 2006)
• 1919 » Hermine Braunsteiner, Austrian SS officer († 1999)
• 1920 » Anatole Broyard, American critic and editor († 1990)
• 1923 » Bola Sete, Brazilian guitarist († 1987)
• 1923 » Chris Argyris, American psychologist, theorist, and academic († 2013)

• 1879 » Edward Deas Thomson, Scottish-Australian politician, 3rd Chief Secretary of New South Wales (b. 1800)
• 1882 » Mary Todd Lincoln, First Lady of the United States 1861-1865 (b. 1818)
• 1886 » Ned Buntline, American journalist and author (b. 1823)
• 1896 » Edmond de Goncourt, French critic and publisher, founded Académie Goncourt (b. 1822)
• 1915 » Ellen G. White, American theologian and author (b. 1827)
• 1917 » Philipp Scharwenka, German composer and educator (b. 1847)
• 1939 » Bartholomeus Roodenburch, Dutch swimmer (b. 1866)
• 1949 » Vyacheslav Ivanov, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1866)
• 1953 » Hilaire Belloc, French-born British writer and historian (b. 1870)
• 1954 » Herms Niel, German soldier, trombonist, and composer (b. 1888)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacob
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Gerardus
13. Hendrikus
14. Wilhelmus
15. Albert
16. Dirk

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Hendrika
8. Adriana
9. Catharina
10. Petronella
11. Grietje
12. Jacoba
13. Aaltje
14. Helena
15. Geertruida
16. Alida

• 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.
• February 14 » The Polish–Soviet War begins.
• March 1 » March 1st Movement begins in Korea under Japanese rule.
• June 15 » John Alcock and Arthur Brown complete the first nonstop transatlantic flight when they reach Clifden, County Galway, Ireland.
• June 28 » The Treaty of Versailles is signed, ending the state of war between Germany and the Allies of World War I.
• September 18 » The Netherlands gives women the right to vote.
• October 17 » RCA is incorporated as the Radio Corporation of America.

The temperature on July 16, 1919 was between 9.0 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.