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• Arend Oostbroek, Den Haag († 2005)
• Anna Maria Gerfen, Zwartemeer, Emmen († 2022)
• Bastiaan Korevaar, Willige Langerak (Lopik), Utrecht, Nederland († 2005)
• Antonius Casper Sudmeijer, Utrecht († 1972)
• Annetje Hop, De Bilt († 2016)
• Anna Alida (Annie) Eilers, Molenhoek (Steenwijkerwold) († 2018)
• Aaron Sealtiel, 's Gravenhage († 1943)
• Adriana de Pagter, Westkapelle, Walcheren, NL († 1990)
• Anna Leboux, Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland († 2015)
• Anna Rose Colgan, Bayonne Hudson, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten († 2002)

• Adriana van den Berge (25), Colijnsplaat
• Aloijsius Victorius Raeman (82), Maldegem
• Annie Adelaide Wellman (58), Chicago, Cook, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Maria van Breugel (0), Riethoven
• Alberta Arnola Catharina Hugenholtz (96), Hummelo en Keppel
• Anna Clara Stienstra (73), Veln
• Ailko Diedel (80), Scheemda, Nieuw Scheemda
• Aaltje Buitelaar (75), 's-Gravenzande, Zuid-Holland, 2691, Nederland
• Adriana Oskam (25), Alphen aan de Rijn
• Anna Maria Kuper (79), Lehe, Duitsland

• 1919 » Georges Ulmer, Danish-French actor and composer († 1989)
• 1920 » Anna Mae Hays, American general († 2018)
• 1921 » Jean Behra, French race car driver († 1959)
• 1921 » John Galbraith Graham, English priest and academic († 2013)
• 1921 » Vera-Ellen, German-American actress, singer, and dancer († 1981)
• 1922 » Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, German soldier and pilot († 1950)
• 1923 » Samuel Willenberg, Polish-Israeli sculptor and painter († 2016)
• 1926 » John Schlesinger, English actor and director († 2003)
• 1926 » Margot Frank, German-Dutch holocaust victim († 1945)
• 1927 » June Brown, English actress

• 1898 » Thomas Bracken, Irish-New Zealand journalist, poet, and politician (b. 1843)
• 1899 » Félix Faure, French merchant and politician, 7th President of France (b. 1841)
• 1907 » Giosuè Carducci, Italian poet and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1835)
• 1912 » Nicholas of Japan, Russian-Japanese monk and saint (b. 1836)
• 1917 » Octave Mirbeau, French journalist, novelist, and playwright ( (b. 1848)
• 1919 » Vera Kholodnaya, Ukrainian actress (b. 1893)
• 1928 » Eddie Foy Sr., American actor and dancer (b. 1856)
• 1932 » Edgar Speyer, American-English financier and philanthropist (b. 1862)
• 1932 » Ferdinand Buisson, French academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1841)
• 1944 » Dadasaheb Phalke, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1870)

• 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 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 7.1 million citizens.
• January 11 » Occupation of the Ruhr: Troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area to force Germany to make its World War I reparation payments.
• April 26 » The Duke of York weds Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon at Westminster Abbey.
• June 27 » Capt. Lowell H. Smith and Lt. John P. Richter perform the first ever aerial refueling in a DH.4B biplane.
• September 26 » The German government accepts the occupation of the Ruhr.
• November 11 » Adolf Hitler was arrested in Munich for high treason for his role in the Beer Hall Putsch.
• December 21 » United Kingdom and Nepal formally signed an agreement of friendship, called the Nepal–Britain Treaty of 1923, which superseded the Treaty of Sugauli signed in 1816.

The temperature on February 16, 1923 was between -0.9 °C and 2.8 °C and averaged 1.2 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.