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• Antonia Romme († 1920)
• Bartholomeus Bul, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1920)
• Alida Rijke, Uitgeest († 2018)
• Albert Huizing, Eindhoven Noord-Brabant Nederland († 1981)
• Altje Johanna van Hoevelaak, Zeist,, Utrecht, Nederland († 2006)
• Albertus Catharinus Groen, Egmond aan Zee, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1970)
• Cornelia Nathalie Boënne, Graauw († 2001)
• Albert Huizing, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1981)
• Adrianus Noordijk, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2002)
• Adriana Bette, Rotterdam († 1992)

• Anna Maria Krijnen (78), Etten-Leur
• Adrianus van den Brand, Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana van Eeten (66), Waalwijk
• Anthonie Stam (69), Alblasserdam
• Anna Glaudina Maigret (76)
• Aalbert Zeegers (94), Ede
• Andries Siborgs (58), Opglabbeek (B)
• Agatha Broer (84), Polsbroek
• Aalbert Seger (95), Ede, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus Josephus Pols (65), Duisburg (D)

• 1916 » Dinah Shore, American singer and actress († 1994)
• 1916 » James B. Donovan, American lawyer († 1970)
• 1916 » Leonard Shoen, founder of U-Haul Corp. († 1999)
• 1920 » Arthur Franz, American actor († 2006)
• 1920 » Fyodor Abramov, Russian author and critic († 1983)
• 1920 » Howard Nemerov, American poet and academic († 1991)
• 1920 » James Mitchell, American actor and dancer († 2010)
• 1920 » Michèle Morgan, French-American actress and singer († 2016)
• 1920 » Rolland W. Redlin, American lawyer and politician († 2011)
• 1924 » David Beattie, New Zealand judge and politician, 14th Governor-General of New Zealand († 2001)

• 1880 » James Milne Wilson, Scottish-Australian soldier and politician, 8th Premier of Tasmania (b. February 29, 1812)
• 1908 » Pat Garrett, American sheriff (b. 1850)
• 1920 » Ernie Courtney, American baseball player (b. 1875)
• 1928 » Adolphe Appia, Swiss architect and theorist (b. 1862)
• 1940 » E. F. Benson, English archaeologist and author (b. 1867)
• 1944 » Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, Finnish lawyer, judge and politician, 3rd President of Finland (b. 1861)
• 1948 » Robert Barrington-Ward, English lawyer and journalist (b. 1891)
• 1952 » Quo Tai-chi, Chinese politician and diplomat, Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations (b. 1888)
• 1956 » Elpidio Quirino, Filipino lawyer and politician, 6th President of the Philippines (b. 1890)
• 1960 » Melvin Purvis, American police officer and FBI agent (b. 1903)

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. Adriana
9. Hendrika
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.
• January 2 » The second Palmer Raid, ordered by the US Department of Justice, results in 6,000 suspected communists and anarchists being arrested and held without trial.
• January 10 » The Treaty of Versailles takes effect, officially ending World War I.
• January 28 » Foundation of the Spanish Legion.
• May 7 » Kiev Offensive: Polish troops led by Józef Piłsudski and Edward Rydz-Śmigły and assisted by a symbolic Ukrainian force capture Kiev only to be driven out by the Red Army counter-offensive a month later.
• August 19 » The Tambov Rebellion breaks out, in response to the Bolshevik policy of Prodrazvyorstka.
• November 15 » First assembly of the League of Nations is held in Geneva, Switzerland.

The temperature on February 29, 1920 was between 2.2 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.