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• Bernardus Athonius Spoler, Bornebroek († 1961)
• Adrianus Johannes Nicolaassen, Puiflijk († 1984)
• Alida Lamens, Maassluis († 1980)
• Annigje Huzen, Nieuwleusen, Overijssel, Nederland († 2008)
• Arie Gerard Klootwijk, Teteringen († 2001)
• Antonia Johanna (Antje) Filippini, Helmond, Noord-Brabant († 1992)
• Bernardus Hendricus Froklage, Steggerda, Friesland, Netherlands († 1931)
• Alma Mae Kyle († 1997)
• Alberta Everdina Kleine Schaars, Raalte († 2014)
• Bernard Christiansen († 1990)

• Antonius van der Wielen, Ewijk
• Antonius Fransiscus van der Woerd (77), Rotterdam
• Asselina Blom (81), Oldebroek, Nederland
• Anna Clementina Van Havenberghe (74), Melsele
• Albert KOERTS (78), Beilen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Antje Markx (70), Kamperlaan 4, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Verstegen (71), Nistelrode
• Ooteman (0), Hoogkarspel, North Holland, Netherlands
• Adriaantje Goedegebuure (0), Dirksland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anne Louise LABOUS (68), Lesneven, 29124, Finistère, Bretagne, France

• 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 7.2 million citizens.
• February 5 » The Royal Greenwich Observatory begins broadcasting the hourly time signals known as the Greenwich Time Signal.
• March 16 » In accordance with the Treaty of Rome, Fiume becomes annexed as part of Italy.
• April 8 » Sharia courts are abolished in Turkey, as part of Atatürk's Reforms.
• May 10 » J. Edgar Hoover is appointed first Director of the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and remains so until his death in 1972.
• October 25 » The Zinoviev letter, which Zinoviev himself denied writing, is published in the Daily Mail; the Labour party would later blame this letter for the Conservatives' landslide election win four days later.
• December 20 » Adolf Hitler is released from Landsberg Prison.

The temperature on February 16, 1924 was between -6.4 °C and 2.4 °C and averaged -2.1 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.