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• Anthonius Casper Sudmeijer, Utrecht, Utrecht, NL († 1972)
• Alberdina Blokland, Rotterdam († 1993)
• Aeilko Martinus ten Have, Korengarst (gem. Midden-Groningen) († 2011)
• Catharina Rafael van der Hulst, Akersloot, Castricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1996)
• Arend Oosterbroek, 's-Gravenhage († 2005)
• Betty Jean Radke, Portland, Multuomah County, Oregon, Verenigde Staten († 2013)
• Ailko Martinus ten Have († 2011)
• Catharina Rafael van der Hulst, Nieuwer-Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1996)
• Arend Schoemaker, Veeningen († 1988)
• Andries Leonard Van Kampen, Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie († 1923)

• Adriana Oskam (25), Alphen aan de Rijn
• Anna Maria van Breugel (0), Riethoven
• Antje Geistdorfer (56), Amsterdam
• Akke Sybrens Schuitema (85), Sneek
• Aiko Diedel (80), Nieuw Scheemda, Scheemda, Groningen, Netherlands
• Antje Doornbos (81), Grootegast
• Anna Maria Kuper (79), Lehe, Duitsland
• Anthonie Provoost (67), Rotterdam
• Akke Pieters Feenstra (80), Sexbierum
• Antje Booister (21), Vlaardingen

• 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)

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

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

• 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 9 » Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro flight.
• February 10 » Texas Tech University is founded as Texas Technological College in Lubbock, Texas
• March 20 » The Arts Club of Chicago hosts the opening of Pablo Picasso's first United States showing, entitled Original Drawings by Pablo Picasso, becoming an early proponent of modern art in the United States.
• April 28 » Wembley Stadium is opened, named initially as the Empire Stadium.
• September 26 » The German government accepts the occupation of the Ruhr.
• October 6 » The Turkish National Movement enters Constantinople.

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.