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• Elisabeth Sarton († 2000)
• Cornelia van Snippenberg, Asperen (West Betuwe) (GL) († 2022)
• Anna Martina Ermes, Chaam († 2005)
• Angèle Elza Simone Ballet, Alken, België († 2011)
• Delores ROWLEY, Grand Rapids Kent County Michigan U.S.A († 2016)
• Augustin J. van der Weij, Thunder Bay († 1998)
• Doodgeboren zoon Burgmeijer, Heusden († 1931)
• Annigje Daman, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 2007)
• Doodgeboren kind Jansen, Tilburg († 1931)
• Ephraim Spreekmeester, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)

• Anna Croes (28), Soerabaja
• Aaltje de Berg (74), Ooltgensplaat
• Antonia van Dealen (84), Sprang
• Adrianus Van Esveld (80), Amersfoort
• Anna van Heuklon (63), Appleton-Wisconsin (USA)
• Abraham BUSKEN (88), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Leonard Wijnbergen (82), Amsterdam
• Trijntje Benjamins (46), Hoogeveen
• Annie May Stretch (58), Becker, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Gerharda Teerink (73), Amsterdam

• 1929 » Michael Manser, English architect and engineer († 2016)
• 1929 » Roger Bannister, English runner, neurologist and academic († 2018)
• 1931 » Viktor Korchnoi, Russian chess player and author († 2016)
• 1931 » Yevdokiya Mekshilo, Russian skier († 2013)
• 1931 » Yevgeny Grishin, Russian speed skater († 2005)
• 1932 » Don Marshall, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1933 » Norman Bailey, English opera singer and educator
• 1933 » Philip Zimbardo, American psychologist and academic
• 1934 » Ludvig Faddeev, Russian mathematician and physicist († 2017)
• 1934 » Mark Rydell, American actor, director and producer

• 1910 » Nadar, French photographer, journalist, and author (b. 1820)
• 1914 » Rafqa Pietra Choboq Ar-Rayès, Lebanese saint (b. 1832)
• 1923 » Hovhannes Tumanyan, Armenian poet and author (b. 1869)
• 1927 » Paul César Helleu, French painter and etcher (b. 1859)
• 1931 » Bhagat Singh, Indian activist (b. 1907)
• 1931 » Shivaram Rajguru, Indian activist (b. 1908)
• 1931 » Sukhdev Thapar, Indian activist (b. 1907)
• 1953 » Oskar Luts, Estonian author and playwright (b. 1887)
• 1953 » Raoul Dufy, French painter and illustrator (b. 1877)
• 1955 » Arthur Bernardes, Brazilian politician, 12th President of Brazil (b. 1875)

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.
• January 7 » Guy Menzies flies the first solo non-stop trans-Tasman flight (from Australia to New Zealand) in 11 hours and 45 minutes, crash-landing on New Zealand's west coast.
• January 21 » Sir Isaac Isaacs is sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia.
• May 7 » The stand-off between criminal Francis Crowley and 300 members of the New York Police Department takes place in his fifth-floor apartment on West 91st Street, New York City.
• August 24 » France and the Soviet Union sign a neutrality pact.
• October 21 » A secret society in the Imperial Japanese Army launches an abortive coup d'état attempt.
• 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 March 23, 1931 was between 6.1 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.