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• Benny Rudolf Nijhuis, Hengelo († 2008)
• Adriana Maria Petronella Henrica de Bot, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1944)
• Antje Jousma, Metslawier,, Fryslân | Friesland, Nederland († 2007)
• Antonie MILLECAM, Ermelo († 1944)
• Adriana Maria Petronella Henrica (Adrie) de Bot, Rotterdam († 1944)
• Adrianus Lambertus van Falier, Helmond († 2000)
• Antonia van der Linden, Mierlo, Nbr.NL († 1994)
• Egberdina Veld, Oosterhesselen († 1921)
• Aukje Buikema, Hornhuizen († 1996)
• Aaltje Wilhelmina de Moes, Amsterdam († 1972)

• Adriana Kaptein (26), Utrecht
• Aafke Pieters van der Sluis (74), Roordahuizum, Idaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriaantje de JONG Kdr (1), Herkingen, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH
• Antonius van der Wijst (75), Uden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus BOED de Jzn (30), Oude-Tonge, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH
• Adriana Maria Langerwerf (0)
• Berend KLEIN GANSEI (1), Assen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna van der Schouw (84), Houten, Utrecht, Nederland
• Bastiaantje Visser (64), 's-Gravendeel, 3295, Nederland
• Adriana Kriekaard (66), Yerseke, Nederland

• 1918 » Dick Gibson, English racing driver († 2010)
• 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)
• 1921 » Arlin M. Adams, American lawyer and judge († 2015)
• 1921 » Peter Ustinov, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 2004)
• 1921 » Wolfgang Leonhard, German historian and author († 2014)

• 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)

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.
• January 26 » Former Ford Motor Company executive Henry Leland launches the Lincoln Motor Company which he later sold to his former employer.
• February 10 » About 75% of the population in Zone I votes to join Denmark in the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites.
• February 24 » Nancy Astor becomes the first woman to speak in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom following her election as a Member of Parliament (MP) three months earlier.
• March 8 » The Arab Kingdom of Syria, the first modern Arab state to come into existence, is established.
• August 25 » Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, which began on August 13, ends with the Red Army's defeat.
• October 25 » After 74 days on hunger strike in Brixton Prison, England, the Sinn Féin Lord Mayor of Cork, Terence MacSwiney dies.

The temperature on April 16, 1920 was between 9.0 °C and 14.7 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.