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• Al Zoutendijk, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1997)
• Arie Zuijderduijn, Katwijk († 1926)
• Baukje Krist, Oldeboorn († 1997)
• Aafko Willinge Suringar, Fort de Kock, Sumatra, Ned Indie († 1944)
• Antonia Mellegers, Amsterdam († 2000)
• Atze Wiersma, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1985)
• Adriana Joanna Maria Vermeulen, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1994)
• Anna Laman, Leiden († 1998)
• Arentje (Atie) van DONGE Jdr, Delft, NL-ZH († 1964)
• Albert Scholtens, Odoorn († 1921)

• Clément Pierre Théophile VRINDTS (58)
• Adriana Petronella Scherff (13), Meeuwen
• Cornelia (I) Visser (1), Zutphen
• Christiaan Stephanus van der Voet (76), Apeldoorn
• Albert Engberts (61), Norg
• Adrianus Vera (82), Loon op Zand
• Anna Cornelia van Brandwijk (0), Vlaardingen
• Anna Catharina Segers‏‎ (76), Geel, België
• Cornelis Schoemaker (63), Hillegom, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus van den Bergh (65), Ossendrecht, Noord brabant, Nederland

• 1919 » Merce Cunningham, American dancer and choreographer († 2009)
• 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)
• 1922 » John Christopher, English author († 2012)
• 1922 » Kingsley Amis, English novelist, poet, and critic († 1995)
• 1922 » Lawrence N. Guarino, American colonel († 2014)
• 1922 » Leo Tindemans, Belgian politician, 43rd Prime Minister of Belgium († 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. 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 9 » Greco-Turkish War: The First Battle of İnönü, the first battle of the war, begins near Eskişehir in Anatolia.
• February 15 » Kingdom of Romania establishes its legation in Helsinki.
• March 19 » Irish War of Independence: One of the biggest engagements of the war takes place at Crossbarry, County Cork. About 100 Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteers escape an attempt by over 1,300 British forces to encircle them.
• March 20 » The Upper Silesia plebiscite was a plebiscite mandated by the Versailles Treaty to determine a section of the border between Weimar Germany and Poland.
• June 28 » Serbian King Alexander I proclaims the new constitution of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, known thereafter as the Vidovdan Constitution.
• October 29 » The Harvard University football team loses to Centre College, ending a 25-game winning streak. This is considered one of the biggest upsets in college football.

The temperature on April 16, 1921 was between -4.1 °C and 6.6 °C and averaged 1.1 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.