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• Elias Abraham Thomas (Eli) Vogelenzang, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2015)
• Gerdina P.M.C. van Arkelen († 2004)
• Hendrik Werkman, termunten († 2000)
• Bartele Dam, Leeuwarden († 1961)
• Anthonie Klok, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1998)
• Antonius Teunissen, Nijmegen († 1997)
• Gerrit Willem Enzerink († 2017)
• Fokke Minnesma († 2021)
• Gilbert Jonckheere, Bekegem († 2007)
• Cornelis de Ridder, 's-Gravenhage († 1985)

• Adriana Kok (84), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• de Jongh, Rotterdam
• Alice Rebecca Ulrich (61), Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Agnes Wilhelmina de Leeuw (82), Megen
• Albert Evertsz X Asjes (69), Alkmaar
• Albert Asjes (69), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Zoellner (0)
• Anna Maria Leenders (78), Xanten
• Albert Meinen (83), Hoogeveen
• Adriana Brasser (74), Wilson, Sheboygan, WI

• 1934 » August Coppola, American author and academic († 2009)
• 1934 » Marlene Hagge, American golfer
• 1935 » Bradford Parkinson, American colonel and engineer
• 1935 » Brian Bedford, English-American actor and director († 2016)
• 1935 » Kenneth Price, American painter and sculptor († 2012)
• 1935 » Sonny Bono, American actor, singer, and politician († 1998)
• 1935 » Stephen Gaskin, American activist, co-founded The Farm († 2014)
• 1937 » Paul Bailey, British novelist, critic, and biographer
• 1937 » Yuri Manin, Russian-German mathematician and academic
• 1938 » John Corigliano, American composer and academic

• 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. Antonius
12. Jacob
13. Wilhelmus
14. Gerardus
15. Hendrikus
16. Arie

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

• 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 July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 8.5 million citizens.
• July 17 » Spanish Civil War: An Armed Forces rebellion against the recently elected leftist Popular Front government of Spain starts the civil war.
• July 26 » King Edward VIII, in one of his few official duties before he abdicates the throne, officially unveils the Canadian National Vimy Memorial.
• August 3 » A fire wipes out Kursha-2 in the Meshchera Lowlands, Ryazan Oblast, Russia, killing 1,200 and leaving only 20 survivors.
• September 6 » Spanish Civil War: The Interprovincial Council of Asturias and León is established.
• November 20 » José Antonio Primo de Rivera, founder of the Falange, is killed by a republican execution squad.
• November 25 » In Berlin, Germany and Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact, agreeing to consult on measures "to safeguard their common interests" in the case of an unprovoked attack by the Soviet Union against either nation. The pact is renewed on the same day five years later with additional signatories.

The temperature on February 16, 1936 was between 1.4 °C and 5.3 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was 6.4 mm of rain during 11.3 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.