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• Dirk van Beelen, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1969)
• Andriesje de Vries, Hijum († 1960)
• Britton Ware Palmer Jr († 2011)
• Dirk van Beelen, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1969)
• Anna "Annie" van Duijvenvoorde, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2018)
• Carter Lee Harris, Louisiana († 2015)
• Arie van der MEIJDEN, Puttershoek († 2006)
• Alfred M Janssen, Austinville, Butler County, Iowa († 2021)
• Arie van der Spek, Benthuizen, 2731, Nederland († 1946)
• * Catharina Allegonda Merkx, Drunen († 2004)

• Alida van der Aart (44), Haarlemmerliede, Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Américo de Moura (22), São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brasil
• Adelaide Pride (45), Vancouver, B.C. Canada
• Aarjen Harms Rust (84), Rushmore/Minnesota
• Annigje Scholten (58), Schoonebeek, Drenthe, Nederland
• Albert Oudhof (69), Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Alphonsus Constantinus Windels (79), Ingelmunster, België
• Abraham Willem Krijger (79), Vlissingen, Walcheren, NL
• Aaron Magiel Buitekant (57), Stepney, Middlesex, England
• Anna Catharina Kramer (26), Oomsberg gem. Onstwedde

• 1926 » György Kurtág, Hungarian composer and academic
• 1927 » Philippe Boiry, French journalist († 2014)
• 1929 » Jacques Deray, French director and screenwriter († 2003)
• 1930 » John Frankenheimer, American director and producer († 2002)
• 1930 » Kasinathuni Viswanath, Indian actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1932 » Joseph P. Kerwin, American captain, physician, and astronaut
• 1935 » Dave Niehaus, American sportscaster († 2010)
• 1935 » Russ Nixon, American MLB catcher and coach († 2016)
• 1936 » Frederick Seidel, American poet
• 1936 » Sam Myers, American singer-songwriter († 2006)

• 1915 » Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Indian philosopher and politician (b. 1866)
• 1916 » Ernst Mach, Austrian-Czech physicist and philosopher (b. 1838)
• 1927 » Robert Fuchs, Austrian composer and educator (b. 1847)
• 1928 » George Howard Earle Jr., American lawyer and businessman (b. 1856)
• 1936 » Billy Mitchell, American general and pilot (b. 1879)
• 1945 » John Basilone, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1916)
• 1951 » André Gide, French novelist, essayist, and dramatist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Knut Hamsun, Norwegian novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1953 » Richard Rushall, British businessman (b. 1864)
• 1957 » Maurice Garin, Italian-French cyclist (b. 1871)

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.
• April 14 » The Spanish Cortes deposes King Alfonso XIII and proclaims the Second Spanish Republic.
• July 1 » Wiley Post and Harold Gatty become the first people to circumnavigate the globe in a single-engined monoplane aircraft.
• July 16 » Emperor Haile Selassie signs the first constitution of Ethiopia.
• September 30 » Start of "Die Voortrekkers" youth movement for Afrikaners in Bloemfontein, South Africa.
• October 21 » A secret society in the Imperial Japanese Army launches an abortive coup d'état attempt.
• December 9 » The Constituent Cortes approves a constitution which establishes the Second Spanish Republic.

The temperature on February 19, 1931 was between -4.5 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 0.5 °C. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.