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• Helena Eijkenboom, Sittard († 1938)
• Cornelis Anne Muntjewerff, Oterleek († 2022)
• Johannes Cornelis Jozef Boomaars, Breda († 2009)
• Jan Verhoofstad, Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1998)
• Bernardete Hoffmann, Salto Grande, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 2004)
• Francis Blanket, amsterdam († 2002)
• André Camille Marie Cammaert, Schoondijke († 2004)
• Adriaan Kokelaar, Vlissingen, Netherlands († 1999)
• Ferdinant Akse († 2015)
• Johanna Anna Hettinga, Rauwerderhem († 1938)

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• Albertha Smeink (88), Amsterdam
• Arie van Bladeren (52), Amsterdam
• Anna Gertrudis Kersten (83), Haelen
• Andries Klaassen (82), Harderwijk
• Bernardina van Dongen (97), Druten, Nederland
• Aafje Krab (74), Egmond aan Zee, prov. Noord Holland
• Andries Klaassen (83), Harderwijk
• Antonius Leenders (0), Eindhoven, Nederland
• Antonia de Jong (74), Oosterhout,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 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
• 1938 » Carlos Bilardo, Argentinian footballer and manager
• 1939 » Yvon Côté, Canadian teacher
• 1940 » Bernardo Bertolucci, Italian director and screenwriter († 2018)
• 1940 » Jan Pronk, Dutch academic and politician, Dutch Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment
• 1940 » Vagif Mustafazadeh, Azerbaijani pianist and composer († 1979)

• 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. Pieter
7. Adrianus
8. Petrus
9. Gerrit
10. Wilhelmus
11. Jacobus
12. Gerardus
13. Jacob
14. Robert
15. Antonius
16. Arie

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Petronella
9. Catharina
10. Hendrika
11. Geertruida
12. Margaretha
13. Jacoba
14. Helena
15. Mary
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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
• March 3 » Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia.
• April 10 » The 1938 German parliamentary election and referendum seeks approval for a single list of Nazi candidates and the recent annexation of Austria.
• June 7 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Nationalist government creates the 1938 Yellow River flood to halt Japanese forces. Five hundred to nine hundred thousand civilians are killed.
• June 11 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Wuhan starts.
• July 31 » Bulgaria signs a non-aggression pact with Greece and other states of Balkan Antanti (Turkey, Romania, Yugoslavia).
• October 5 » In Nazi Germany, Jews' passports are invalidated.

The temperature on March 16, 1938 was between 4.7 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.