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• Bauke van Driesten, Franeker († 1921)
• Anna Cordula D'havé, Eeklo († 2005)
• Adrianus Josef Wijnker, 't Veld († 1995)
• Adalbert van Spanyi, Klagenfurt, Karinthië († 1997)
• antonius jacobus van heugten, meijel († 1945)
• Catharina Gijsberts (Gisberts), Leuth (Dld) († 2006)
• Albertus Cornelis Alders, Hatert, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands († 2016)
• Aaltje Mulder, IJmuiden († 1981)
• Annie Clignett, Malang
• * Jeanne Elisabeth Kessler, Malang († 2004)

• Aart Braven (1), Meerkerk
• Albertus Boon (71), Enkhuizen
• Arendje Visscher (60), Wilsum, Overijssel, Nederland
• Andreas Boel (74), Hamme, Belgie
• Gesthuizen (0), Uden
• van Driesten, Franeker
• Antje Bart (53), Amsterdam
• Adriana Paquet (80), Brasschaat
• Adrianus van Breugel (39), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Annigje de Jongste (70), Paterson, Passaic, New Jersey, United States

• 1919 » Johnny Carey, Irish footballer and manager († 1995)
• 1920 » Paul Gérin-Lajoie, Canadian lawyer and politician († 2018)
• 1923 » Clarence D. Lester, African-American fighter pilot (d.1986)
• 1923 » Dante Lavelli, American football player († 2009)
• 1923 » Harry Clarke, English international footballer, defender († 2000)
• 1923 » Ioannis Grivas, Greek judge and politician, 176th Prime Minister of Greece († 2016)
• 1923 » Mary Francis Shura, American author († 1991)
• 1923 » Rafael Addiego Bruno, Uruguayan jurist and politician, President of Uruguay († 2014)
• 1924 » Allan McLeod Cormack, South-African-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1998)
• 1925 » Louis Stokes, American lawyer and politician († 2015)

• 1897 » Woldemar Bargiel, German composer and educator (b. 1828)
• 1900 » Ernest Dowson, English poet, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1867)
• 1908 » Friedrich von Esmarch, German surgeon and academic (b. 1823)
• 1918 » Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1882)
• 1930 » Horst Wessel, German SA officer (b. 1907)
• 1931 » Nellie Melba, Australian soprano and actress (b. 1861)
• 1934 » Edward Elgar, English composer and academic (b. 1857)
• 1944 » Leo Baekeland, Belgian-American chemist and engineer (b. 1863)
• 1946 » Tomoyuki Yamashita, Japanese general (b. 1885)
• 1948 » John Robert Gregg, Irish-American publisher and educator (b. 1866)

• 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.
• January 20 » The British K-class submarine HMS K5 sinks in the English Channel; all 56 on board die.
• February 21 » Rezā Shāh takes control of Tehran during a successful coup.
• March 18 » The Kronstadt rebellion is suppressed by the Red Army.
• April 2 » The Autonomous Government of Khorasan, a military government encompassing the modern state of Iran, is established.
• July 27 » Researchers at the University of Toronto, led by biochemist Frederick Banting, prove that the hormone insulin regulates blood sugar.
• August 23 » British airship R-38 experiences structural failure over Hull in England and crashes in the Humber Estuary. Of her 49 British and American training crew, only four survive.

The temperature on February 23, 1921 was between -2.6 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.