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• Adriaan Jacobus Dat, Den Helder († 2016)
• Anna Catharina Moonen, Roggel († 1932)
• Betty Rosina Voorzanger, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Age Ymes Nijholt, St Nicolaasga, Doniawerstal, Friesland, Nederland († 1979)
• Caroline Hermine VAN MARWIJK, Wesel Rhineland, Duitsland († 1997)
• Elisabeth (Betty) van de Ploeg, Davos, Zwitserland († 1993)
• Antonius Elisabeth Josephus Demmers, Bergen op Zoom († 1983)
• Bernard Winnik, Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Estelle Fern Negen, Renville Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 1996)
• Catharina Maria van der Maat, Voorhout († 2019)

• Cornelis Hamersma (0), Rotterdam
• Cornelia Maria van Rossenberg (1), Uithoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Koeman (59), Amsterdam
• Cornelia Pronk (30)
• Aaltje Kroeze (75), Appingedam
• CORNELIS ROMEIN (71), ROTTERDAM
• Adrianus Dingemans (62), Vught, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelia Maria van Rossenberg (2), Uithoorn (19mnd)
• Anna Maria Hubertina Vandesande (74), Overpelt
• Cornelis Korteweg (74), Middelharnis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1929 » Charles Ray Hatcher, American serial killer († 1984)
• 1929 » Sheri S. Tepper, American author and poet († 2016)
• 1930 » Bert Rechichar, American football defensive back and kicker († 2019)
• 1930 » Guy Béart, Egyptian-French singer-songwriter († 2015)
• 1930 » Michael Bilirakis, American lawyer and politician
• 1931 » Fergus Gordon Kerr, Scottish Roman Catholic priest of the English Dominican Province
• 1931 » Norm Sherry, American former catcher, manager, and coach in Major League Baseball
• 1932 » Dick Thornburgh, American lawyer and politician, 76th United States Attorney General
• 1932 » John Chilton, English trumpet player and composer († 2016)
• 1932 » Max McGee, American football player and sportscaster († 2007)

• 1915 » Ellen G. White, American theologian and author (b. 1827)
• 1917 » Philipp Scharwenka, German composer and educator (b. 1847)
• 1939 » Bartholomeus Roodenburch, Dutch swimmer (b. 1866)
• 1949 » Vyacheslav Ivanov, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1866)
• 1953 » Hilaire Belloc, French-born British writer and historian (b. 1870)
• 1954 » Herms Niel, German soldier, trombonist, and composer (b. 1888)
• 1960 » Albert Kesselring, German field marshal (b. 1881)
• 1960 » John P. Marquand, American author (b. 1893)
• 1964 » Rauf Orbay, Turkish colonel and politician, Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1881)
• 1965 » Boris Artzybasheff, Ukrainian-American illustrator (b.1899)

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 21 » Sir Isaac Isaacs is sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia.
• July 16 » Emperor Haile Selassie signs the first constitution of Ethiopia.
• August 24 » France and the Soviet Union sign a neutrality pact.
• September 18 » The Mukden Incident gives Japan a pretext to invade and occupy Manchuria.
• November 7 » The Chinese Soviet Republic is proclaimed on the anniversary of the October Revolution.
• December 9 » The Constituent Cortes approves a constitution which establishes the Second Spanish Republic.

The temperature on July 16, 1931 was between 12.4 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 6.1 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.