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• Cornelia van Slingerland, Delft,Gemeente Delft,Zuid Holland,Nederland († 2003)
• Charles David Schook, Michigan, United States († 1994)
• Anna Gerdina Grisnigt, De Hal (Texel) († 2015)
• Adriaan Evert Willem van Vught, Oisterwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1978)
• Dien Steeghs, Grashoek († 2010)
• Antje Jans Hes, IJlst, Gem. IJlst, Friesland, Nederland († 2013)
• Fritz Daniel Schönknecht, Charlottenburg, Berlin, Germany († 1996)
• Elisabeth Jansen, Aschendorf († 2020)
• Elisabeth KAUWENBERG († 2019)
• Alfred Hartog, Amsterdam († 1942)

• Andrea Starke (80), Zuidbroek, Groningen, Nederland
• Andries Hubert Voncken (75), Hoensbroek,, Limburg, Nederland
• Aartje Demper (69), Peursum
• Alice Thierwechter (74)
• Adam Cornelis Grundling (41), Warmwater, Calitzdorp, South Africa
• Adriana de Keizer (62), Dordrecht
• Adriana, Catharina Ijzermans (0), Steenbergen, Nederland
• Alberdina Broekhuis (75), Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana de Keizer (62), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Aaldert Joode (66), Herwijnen

• 1927 » June Brown, English actress
• 1929 » Gerhard Hanappi, Austrian footballer and architect († 1980)
• 1929 » Peter Porter, Australian-English poet and educator († 2010)
• 1931 » Ken Takakura, Japanese actor and singer († 2014)
• 1931 » Otis Blackwell, American singer-songwriter and pianist († 2002)
• 1932 » Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, Sierra Leonean economist, lawyer, and politician, 3rd President of Sierra Leone († 2014)
• 1932 » Gretchen Wyler, American actress, singer, and dancer († 2007)
• 1934 » August Coppola, American author and academic († 2009)
• 1934 » Marlene Hagge, American golfer
• 1935 » Brian Bedford, English-American actor and director († 2016)

• 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)
• 1957 » Josef Hofmann, Polish-American pianist and composer (b. 1876)
• 1961 » Dazzy Vance, American baseball player (b. 1891)

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

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

• 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 August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 7.9 million citizens.
• February 20 » The U.S. Congress approves the construction of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge by the state of California.
• March 23 » Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Rajguru and Sukhdev Thapar are hanged for the killing of a deputy superintendent of police during the Indian independence movement.
• May 29 » Michele Schirru, a citizen of the United States, is executed by Italian military firing squad for intent to kill Benito Mussolini.
• July 1 » United Airlines begins service (as Boeing Air Transport).
• October 1 » The George Washington Bridge in the United States, linking New Jersey and New York, is opened.
• December 11 » Statute of Westminster 1931: The British Parliament establishes legislative equality between the UK and the Dominions of the Commonwealth—Australia, Canada, Newfoundland, New Zealand, South Africa, and Ireland.

The temperature on February 16, 1931 was between -0.1 °C and 3.7 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. There was 9.7 mm of rain during 9.8 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.