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• August, Firmin Hoste, Zuienkerke,8377,West Vlaanderen,Vlaanderen,België († 1995)
• Anna Gertrudis Wouters, Stein, Limburg, Netherlands († 1991)
• Anna Maria Dankers, Loon op Zand († 2001)
• Ada Bernice (Bernice) Loone, Exton, Tasmania, Australia († 1971)
• Antonia Maria van Berkel, Boxtel († 1993)
• Bauke Dijkshoorn, Amsterdam (Amsterdam), Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1989)
• Antje Alzerda, Westergeest, gem. Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland († 2007)
• Bernadine Boluyt, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States († 1994)
• * Franciscus Thomas Claveaux, Zaltbommel († 1990)
• Albertus Verbeek, Barneveld († 2002)

• Albert Loof (0), Oosterhesselen, Drenthe, Netherlands(De Klencke)
• Aaltje ten Hoove (61), Voorst,, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonius van Grunsven (81), Geffen
• André De Meester (4), Sint Andries
• Adriana, Maria Logten (77), Etten-Leur
• Andrew Finnis Gaudin (61), Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada
• Alfred C Dewit (38), San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, Verenigde Staten
• Adriaantje Schat (70), huizum
• Dirk De Klein (80), Bunnik
• Anna Maria BLOEMERS (79), Roermond (Limburg), Nederland

• 1915 » John Freeman, English lawyer, politician, and diplomat, British Ambassador to the United States († 2014)
• 1916 » Eddie Arcaro, American jockey and sportscaster († 1997)
• 1917 » Carson McCullers, American novelist, short story writer, playwright, and essayist († 1967)
• 1918 » Fay McKenzie, American actress († 2019)
• 1920 » C. Z. Guest, American actress, fashion designer, and author († 2003)
• 1920 » George Rose, English actor and singer († 1988)
• 1920 » Jaan Kross, Estonian author and poet († 2007)
• 1922 » Władysław Bartoszewski, Polish journalist and politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs († 2015)
• 1924 » David Bronstein, Ukrainian chess player and theoretician († 2006)
• 1924 » Lee Marvin, American actor († 1987)

• 1887 » Multatuli, Dutch-German author and civil servant (b. 1820)
• 1897 » Karl Weierstrass, German mathematician and academic (b. 1815)
• 1915 » Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Indian philosopher and politician (b. 1866)
• 1916 » Ernst Mach, Austrian-Czech physicist and philosopher (b. 1838)
• 1927 » Robert Fuchs, Austrian composer and educator (b. 1847)
• 1928 » George Howard Earle Jr., American lawyer and businessman (b. 1856)
• 1936 » Billy Mitchell, American general and pilot (b. 1879)
• 1945 » John Basilone, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1916)
• 1951 » André Gide, French novelist, essayist, and dramatist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Knut Hamsun, Norwegian novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)

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

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

• 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 6.8 million citizens.
• February 2 » The Tartu Peace Treaty is signed between Estonia and Russia.
• May 3 » A Bolshevik coup fails in the Democratic Republic of Georgia.
• May 7 » Treaty of Moscow: Soviet Russia recognizes the independence of the Democratic Republic of Georgia only to invade the country six months later.
• July 15 » The Polish Parliament establishes Silesian Voivodeship before the Polish-German plebiscite.
• November 28 » FIDAC (The Interallied Federation of War Veterans Organisations), the first international organization of war veterans is established in Paris, France
• December 3 » Following more than a month of Turkish–Armenian War, the Turkish dictated Treaty of Alexandropol is concluded.

The temperature on February 19, 1920 was between 2.8 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.