About the day » Wednesday March 16, 1921Calender converter

• Cornelia Scheepmaker, Schiedam († 1976)
• Alida Froger, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2012)
• Albertus Joannes Baptista Mermans, Dessel, Antwerpen, België († 1921)
• Anne Jaspers, Steenwijkerwold († 2002)
• Cornelis Henricus Josephus van Iersel, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg († 1974)
• David van Dijk, Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• Alida Exalto, Poederoijen, Gelderland, Nederland († 2013)
• Barend Rob, Enkhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1987)
• Cornelia Elisabeth Hoogendijk
• Cornelia Elisabeth Bijl, Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1995)

• Allen James Snider (65), Mason City, Cerro Gordo Cnty, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Antje Grasman (59), Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• Andries Christiaan van Capelle (51), Kampen
• Annechiena Klein (21), Veendam {GR}
• Annechiena Klein (21), Veendam
• Berend Christiaan de Wilde (0), Voorst, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alida van Ginkel (64), Renswoude
• Aaltje Louwes Post (31), Den Helder
• Aaltje Kok (62), Zijpe
• Arend ter Meer (83), Meppel

• 1917 » Laure Pillay, Mauritian lawyer and jurist († 2017)
• 1917 » Louis C. Wyman, American lawyer and politician († 2002)
• 1918 » Aldo van Eyck, Dutch architect († 1999)
• 1918 » Frederick Reines, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1998)
• 1920 » John Addison, English-American soldier and composer († 1998)
• 1920 » Leo McKern, Australian-English actor († 2002)
• 1920 » Sid Fleischman, American author and screenwriter († 2010)
• 1920 » Traudl Junge, German secretary († 2002)
• 1922 » Harding Lemay, American screenwriter and playwright († 2018)
• 1923 » Heinz Wallberg, German conductor († 2004)

• 1907 » John O'Leary, Irish politician (b. 1830)
• 1912 » Max Burckhard, Austrian theater director (b. 1854)
• 1914 » Charles Albert Gobat, Swiss lawyer and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1843)
• 1914 » Gaston Calmette, French journalist (b. 1858)
• 1914 » John Murray, Scottish oceanographer, biologist, and limnologist (b. 1841)
• 1925 » August von Wassermann, German bacteriologist and hygienist (b. 1866)
• 1930 » Miguel Primo de Rivera, Spanish general and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1870)
• 1935 » Aron Nimzowitsch, Latvian-Danish chess player (b. 1886)
• 1935 » John James Rickard Macleod, Scottish physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1876)
• 1936 » Marguerite Durand, French actress, journalist, and activist (b. 1864)

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.
• January 20 » The first Constitution of Turkey is adopted, making fundamental changes in the source and exercise of sovereignty by consecrating the principle of national sovereignty.
• March 18 » The Kronstadt rebellion is suppressed by the Red Army.
• July 11 » Former president of the United States William Howard Taft is sworn in as 10th chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, becoming the only person ever to hold both offices.
• October 13 » Soviet republics sign the Treaty of Kars to formalize the borders between Turkey and the South Caucasus states.
• November 11 » The Tomb of the Unknowns is dedicated by US President Warren G. Harding at Arlington National Cemetery.
• December 22 » Opening of Visva-Bharati College, also known as Santiniketan College, now Visva Bharati University, India.

The temperature on March 16, 1921 was between 1.0 °C and 14.9 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (78%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.