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• Catharina aan de Wiel, Overschie, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2013)
• Catharina, Margaretha (Trientje) Stuijt, Zuid-Oost Beemster, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1935)
• Catharina Johanna van Housselt († 1997)
• van den Crommenacker, Erp .Nederland († 2002)
• Carvil Russell Hurd Sr, New York († 1993)
• Albertus Johannes Leonardus van der Leest, Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1963)
• Catharina Margaretha Stuijt, Beemster, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1935)
• Aart van Vaneveld, Nijkerk, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1953)
• Aaltje Brouwer, Wenum († 2006)
• Catharina Margaretha Stuyt, Zuidoostbeemster († 1935)

• Aurelia Hampton Hampton (10)
• Anna Maria Tillmanns (44), Bergheim (D)
• Aan Gerbens Algera (64), Leeuwarden
• Antje, Fulps Stam (30), Egmond
• Abraham Maas (67), Veere
• Anna Bruining, Groningen
• Barbara Filomena van der Linden (27), Willebroek
• Albert Jans Vlietstra (72), Harlingen
• Antje Stam (30), Egmond aan Zee, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Ann Glennie (70), Roadside, Towie, Aberdeenshire

• 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)
• 1924 » Bess Myerson, American model, actress, game show panelist, and politician, Miss America 1945 († 2014)
• 1924 » James L. Greenfield, American journalist and politician

• 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)
• 1960 » Albert Kesselring, German field marshal (b. 1881)

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

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

• 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 6.9 million citizens.
• February 12 » Bolsheviks launch a revolt in Georgia as a preliminary to the Red Army invasion of Georgia.
• February 21 » Constituent Assembly of the Democratic Republic of Georgia adopts the country's first constitution.
• April 2 » The Autonomous Government of Khorasan, a military government encompassing the modern state of Iran, is established.
• June 20 » Workers of Buckingham and Carnatic Mills in the city of Chennai, India, begin a four-month strike.
• August 14 » Tannu Uriankhai, later Tuvan People's Republic is established as a completely independent country (which is supported by Soviet Russia).
• October 19 » The Portuguese Prime Minister and several officials are murdered in the Bloody Night coup.

The temperature on July 16, 1921 was between 12.5 °C and 29.1 °C and averaged 20.7 °C. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.