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• Cornelus Wilhelmus Antonius van Leuven, Oirschot, Provincie Noord-Brabant († 1995)
• Anna Mathilda Hanraets, Maasbree († 1937)
• Edouard BUSSELOT, Halle,1500,Brabant Flamand,Bruxelles Capitale,BELGIQUE († 2014)
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• Hendrika Zonnebeld, Nijverdal (Hellendoorn) († 1936)
• (Arie Adriaan) Harry Vanderwindt, Schipluiden († 2015)
• Geertruida Martha van der Valk, Amsterdam
• Charles-Henri Marie Artus de Cossé-Brissac, Paris († 2003)
• Antonius Cornelis Semler († 1951)
• Braakhekke, Gorssel, Gelderland, Nederland († 1936)

• Adam Dixon Shirreff (66), Seattle, King, Washington
• Agnes Auguste van Lieres-Wilkau (48), Charlottenburg, Berlijn
• Abraham van Tol (90), Zevenhuizen
• Catharina Goeman (75), 's Heer Abtskerke
• Bontje Hendriks van der Berg (74), Dantumadeel
• Agnes Auguste von Lieres und Wilkau (48), Berlin
• Anna Prins (51), Hull, Sioux County, Iowa
• Aaltje SCHOLTENS (53), Barlage (Onstwedde) Groningen Netherlands
• Bernard Stienezen (67), Bergh, Nederland
• Bernardus Hendrikus Johannes Botter (2), Bergentheim

• 1934 » Jean Cournoyer, Canadian politician
• 1934 » Ray Hnatyshyn, Canadian lawyer and politician, 24th Governor General of Canada († 2002)
• 1934 » Roger Norrington, English violinist and conductor
• 1935 » Pepe Cáceres, Colombian bullfighter († 1987)
• 1935 » Teresa Berganza, Spanish soprano and actress
• 1936 » Fred Neil, American folk singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2001)
• 1936 » Raymond Vahan Damadian, Armenian-American inventor, invented the MRI
• 1937 » Amos Tversky, Israeli-American psychologist and academic († 1996)
• 1937 » Attilio Nicora, Italian cardinal († 2017)
• 1937 » David Frith, English historian, journalist, and author

• 1925 » August von Wassermann, German bacteriologist and hygienist (b. 1866)
• 1930 » Miguel Primo de Rivera, Spanish general and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1870)
• 1935 » Aron Nimzowitsch, Latvian-Danish chess player (b. 1886)
• 1935 » John James Rickard Macleod, Scottish physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1876)
• 1936 » Marguerite Durand, French actress, journalist, and activist (b. 1864)
• 1937 » Alexander von Staël-Holstein, Estonian orientalist and sinologist (b. 1877)
• 1940 » Selma Lagerlöf, Swedish author and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)
• 1945 » Börries von Münchhausen, German poet (b. 1874)
• 1955 » Nicolas de Staël, French-Russian painter and illustrator (b. 1914)
• 1957 » Constantin Brâncuși, Romanian-French sculptor, painter, and photographer (b. 1876)

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.
• February 26 » In the February 26 Incident, young Japanese military officers attempt to stage a coup against the government.
• June 15 » First flight of the Vickers Wellington bomber.
• June 26 » Initial flight of the Focke-Wulf Fw 61, the first practical helicopter.
• August 9 » Summer Olympic Games: Games of the XI Olympiad: Jesse Owens wins his fourth gold medal at the games.
• September 6 » Spanish Civil War: The Interprovincial Council of Asturias and León is established.
• October 27 » Mrs Wallis Simpson obtains her divorce, which would eventually allow her to marry King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, thus forcing his abdication from the throne.

The temperature on March 16, 1936 was between -0.6 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 3.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.