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• Catharina Wijnker, Wognum († 2020)
• Cornelia Johanna van Veen, Reeuwijk († 1928)
• Antonia Francisca Jozefina Oortwijn, Apeldoorn,Gemeente Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 2016)
• Aalbert Frederik Van Binsbergen, velp († 2005)
• Adriaan Cornelis van Diessen, 's-Hertogenbosch († 1937)
• Deelstra, Mantgum († 1928)
• Arend Piest, Steenwijk († 2007)
• Albertje Piek, Vollenhove († 2017)
• August Nuyts, Geel (B), België († 2014)
• Arlene Yvonne Wielenga, Orange City, Sioux County, Iowa († 2019)

• Abraham Dijkers (73), Middelharnis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Soetewey (73), Oorderen
• Adriana Zonneveld (71), Delft
• Anna Maria van den Brand (49), Sint-Oedenrode, Meierijstad,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aalbregta Johanna Ottevanger (67), Benthuizen
• Anna Helena Maria Clasina van den Heuvel (47), 's-Gravenhage
• Adrianus Heemskerk (64), Hillegom
• Adriaan Mijnster (79), Sliedrecht
• Anna (Annie) Belle Davidson (70), Louisville, Jefferson Co., Kentucky, Verenigde Staten
• Kemper (0), Groningen, Netherlands

• 1926 » Charles Goodell, American lawyer and politician († 1987)
• 1926 » Jerry Lewis, American actor and comedian († 2017)
• 1927 » Daniel Patrick Moynihan, American sociologist and politician, 12th United States Ambassador to the United Nations († 2003)
• 1927 » Olga San Juan, American actress and dancer († 2009)
• 1927 » Vladimir Komarov, Russian pilot, engineer, and astronaut († 1967)
• 1928 » Christa Ludwig, German soprano and actress
• 1928 » Wakanohana Kanji I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 45th Yokozuna († 2010)
• 1929 » Betty Johnson, American singer
• 1929 » Nadja Tiller, Austrian actress
• 1929 » Tihomir Novakov, Serbian-American physicist and academic († 2015)

• 1914 » Charles Albert Gobat, Swiss lawyer and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1843)
• 1914 » Gaston Calmette, French journalist (b. 1858)
• 1914 » John Murray, Scottish oceanographer, biologist, and limnologist (b. 1841)
• 1925 » August von Wassermann, German bacteriologist and hygienist (b. 1866)
• 1930 » Miguel Primo de Rivera, Spanish general and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1870)
• 1935 » Aron Nimzowitsch, Latvian-Danish chess player (b. 1886)
• 1935 » John James Rickard Macleod, Scottish physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1876)
• 1936 » Marguerite Durand, French actress, journalist, and activist (b. 1864)
• 1937 » Alexander von Staël-Holstein, Estonian orientalist and sinologist (b. 1877)
• 1940 » Selma Lagerlöf, Swedish author and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)

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.
• August 27 » The Kellogg–Briand Pact outlawing war is signed by fifteen nations. Ultimately sixty-one nations will sign it.
• September 1 » Ahmet Zogu declares Albania to be a monarchy and proclaims himself king.
• October 15 » The airship, Graf Zeppelin completes its first trans-Atlantic flight, landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States.
• November 18 » Release of the animated short Steamboat Willie, the first fully synchronized sound cartoon, directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks, featuring the third appearances of cartoon characters Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse. This is considered by the Disney corporation to be Mickey's birthday.
• December 6 » The government of Colombia sends military forces to suppress a month-long strike by United Fruit Company workers, resulting in an unknown number of deaths.
• December 13 » George Gershwin's An American in Paris is first performed.

The temperature on March 16, 1928 was between -2.4 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 1.9 °C. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.