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• Armand Jans, Kuringen (B), België († 1989)
• Aart Vroegop, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2013)
• Antonius Petrus Bakker, Alkemade (Roelofarendsveen), Kaag en Braassem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2004)
• Betje Prins, Barger-Compascuum, Emmen († 2016)
• Albertje Koops, Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland († 2024)
• Adrianus Cornelis Johanna van Loon, Baarle-Nassau († 2005)
• Boekhoven, Sommelsdijk († 1928)
• Adrianus Ligtenberg, Ouder-Amstel († 2002)
• Plaisier, Ridderkerk († 1928)
• Clara Johanna De Hooge († 1932)

• Alphonsus Achillus Josephus Baes (47), Gent
• Boekhoven (0), Sommelsdijk
• Antonius Arnoldus van Gastel (78), Roosendaal en Nispen (NL)
• Antonius Adrianus Wilhelmus Philipsen (35), Venlo, Limburg, Netherlands
• Arnoldus Cornelia Herpt van, Oudheusden en Elshout
• Antje Annes Bakker (87), Harlingen
• Adrianus Diepen (1), Hoogwoud, Opmeer,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Annigje Lindeboom (63), Doornspijk (Oosterwolde), Nederland
• Cornelis Johannes Zijlmans (66), Raamsdonkveer
• Barteld Brouwer (72), Brummen

• 1924 » Allan McLeod Cormack, South-African-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1998)
• 1925 » Louis Stokes, American lawyer and politician († 2015)
• 1927 » Régine Crespin, French soprano and actress († 2007)
• 1928 » Hans Herrmann, German race car driver
• 1928 » Vasily Lazarev, Russian colonel, physician, and astronaut († 1990)
• 1929 » Elston Howard, American baseball player and coach († 1980)
• 1929 » Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow († 2008)
• 1930 » Paul West, English-American author, poet, and academic († 2015)
• 1931 » Tom Wesselmann, American painter and sculptor († 2004)
• 1932 » Majel Barrett, American actress and producer († 2008)

• 1900 » Ernest Dowson, English poet, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1867)
• 1908 » Friedrich von Esmarch, German surgeon and academic (b. 1823)
• 1918 » Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1882)
• 1930 » Horst Wessel, German SA officer (b. 1907)
• 1931 » Nellie Melba, Australian soprano and actress (b. 1861)
• 1934 » Edward Elgar, English composer and academic (b. 1857)
• 1944 » Leo Baekeland, Belgian-American chemist and engineer (b. 1863)
• 1946 » Tomoyuki Yamashita, Japanese general (b. 1885)
• 1948 » John Robert Gregg, Irish-American publisher and educator (b. 1866)
• 1955 » Paul Claudel, French poet and playwright (b. 1868)

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

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. Margaretha
14. Grietje
15. Aaltje
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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 7.6 million citizens.
• June 4 » The President of the Republic of China, Zhang Zuolin, is assassinated by Japanese agents.
• June 8 » Second Northern Expedition: The National Revolutionary Army captures Peking, whose name is changed to Beijing ("Northern Capital").
• September 18 » Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro crossing of the English Channel.
• November 1 » The Law on the Adoption and Implementation of the Turkish Alphabet, replaces the Arabic alphabet with the Latin alphabet.
• November 12 » SSVestris sinks approximately 200 miles (320km) off Hampton Roads, Virginia, killing at least 110 passengers, mostly women and children who die after the vessel is abandoned.
• November 15 » The RNLI lifeboat Mary Stanford capsized in Rye Harbour with the loss of the entire 17-man crew.

The temperature on February 23, 1928 was between -3.4 °C and 3.9 °C and averaged -0.2 °C. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.