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• de Graauw, Tilburg († 1940)
• Johan Willem van de Gronden, Apeldoorn († 1993)
• Antoon Jozef Fischer, Kerkrade, NEDERLAND († 1998)
• Hub Meijers, Spaubeek († 2000)
• Hannie Schipper, Hilversum († 2024)
• Hennie Roosjen, Drouwen († 2013)
• Franciscus Gerebernus Vandyck, Geel, Antwerpen, België († 1945)
• Engelina Aleida Greven, Enschede Overijssel Nederland († 1985)
• Alida Maria van Rieke, Onstwedde, Groningen, Nederland († 1992)
• Harmpje Jacoba Catharina (Hannie) Schipper, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2024)

• Antonia van Ampting (60), Bergh, Gelderland, the Netherlands
• Annie Campbell (75), Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland
• Anna Maria van Bijsterveldt (72), Ginneken en Bavel
• Antje Korpelshoek (67), Katwijk
• Alvesina Maud Bond (61), Windsor, Ontario, Canada
• Aaltje Resoort (74), Numansdorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Altha Partin Jenkins (47), Kemper, Mississippi, United States
• Adriana Catharina Maria Buissink (75), Groningen
• Adam Hagen (83), East St Louis, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Maria van Bijsterveldt (72), Ginneken en Bavel

• 1937 » Ali El-Maak, Sudanese author and academic († 1992)
• 1937 » Angelo Mosca, American-Canadian football player and wrestler
• 1938 » Oliver Reed, English actor († 1999)
• 1940 » Bram Peper, Dutch sociologist and politician, Mayor of Rotterdam
• 1941 » Bo Svenson, Swedish-American actor, director, and producer
• 1941 » Sigmar Polke, German painter and photographer († 2010)
• 1942 » Carol Lynley, American model and actress († 2019)
• 1942 » Donald E. Williams, American captain, pilot, and astronaut († 2016)
• 1942 » Peter Tork, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and actor († 2019)
• 1943 » Elaine Pagels, American theologian and academic

• 1934 » József Pusztai, Slovene-Hungarian poet and journalist (b. 1864)
• 1942 » Epitácio Pessoa, Brazilian lawyer, judge, and politician, 11th President of Brazil (b. 1865)
• 1942 » Otakar Batlička, Czech journalist (b. 1895)
• 1950 » Rafael Sabatini, Italian-English novelist and short story writer (b. 1875)
• 1951 » Lloyd C. Douglas, American minister and author (b. 1877)
• 1952 » Josephine Tey, Scottish author and playwright (b. 1896)
• 1954 » Agnes Macphail, Canadian educator and politician (b. 1890)
• 1956 » Jan Łukasiewicz, Polish mathematician and philosopher (b. 1878)
• 1958 » Christabel Pankhurst, English activist, co-founded the Women's Social and Political Union (b. 1880)
• 1958 » Georges Rouault, French painter and illustrator (b. 1871)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Gerrit
7. Pieter
8. Jacob
9. Robert
10. Adrianus
11. Petrus
12. Jacobus
13. Wilhelmus
14. Gerardus
15. Dirk
16. Johan

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

• 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, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
• January 7 » Winter War: Battle of Raate Road - The Finnish 9th Division finally defeat the numerically superior Soviet forces on the Raate-Suomussalmi road.
• May 20 » The Holocaust: The first prisoners arrive at a new concentration camp at Auschwitz.
• June 26 » World War II: Under the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, the Soviet Union presents an ultimatum to Romania requiring it to cede Bessarabia and the northern part of Bukovina.
• July 19 » World War II: Battle of Cape Spada: The Royal Navy and the Regia Marina clash; the Italian light cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni sinks, with 121 casualties.
• July 20 » Denmark leaves the League of Nations.
• September 7 » Romania returns Southern Dobruja to Bulgaria under the Treaty of Craiova.

The temperature on February 13, 1940 was between -16.5 °C and -7.3 °C and averaged -11.9 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain during 4.1 hours. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.