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• Egbert Bosman, Velp (Gem. Rheden) († 2010)
• Horst Michael Semper, Edt Bei Lambach, Oberosterreich, Oostenrijk († 2016)
• "Helga" Maria Zimmer, Hamburg, Deutschland († 2014)
• Far Wevers, Eindhoven († 2019)
• Adriaantje Ouwehand, Katwijk († 2012)
• Adriana Maria Dekker, Amsterdam († 2009)
• Hendrikus Theodorus van Breemen, Lingewaard († 1955)
• Jacob Veenboer, Assendelft († 1966)
• Annie Laurie Sloan, Oakland, California († 2003)
• Jan Harm Boer, Sellingen

• Aartje van Bodegom (75), Abbenbroek
• Allie Susie Leonard (55), Damascus, Faulkner County, Arkansas, Verenigde Staten
• Albertus Johannes Harmsz Lulf (73), Coevorden, Gemeente Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland
• Albert Roelofs Zoer (78), Dwingeloo, Nederland
• Aartje van Bodegom (75), Abbenbroek
• Antoinetta Jacoba van de Water, Bladel en Netersel
• Aart Kant (79), Rijswijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Kok (59), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Petronella Contzen (78), Nuth, L
• Antonia Xavier de Andrade Vasconcellos (67), Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

• 1938 » Jake Thackray, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and journalist († 2002)
• 1939 » Don McKinnon, English-New Zealand farmer and politician, 12th Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand
• 1939 » Peter Revson, American race car driver († 1974)
• 1940 » Bill Hunter, Australian actor († 2011)
• 1940 » Howard Hesseman, American actor
• 1940 » Pierre Duchesne, Canadian lawyer and politician, 28th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
• 1941 » Paddy Ashdown, British captain and politician († 2018)
• 1942 » Charlayne Hunter-Gault, American journalist
• 1942 » Jimmy Burns, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1942 » Robert H. Grubbs, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

• 1921 » Schofield Haigh, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1871)
• 1931 » Chandra Shekhar Azad, Indian revolutionary (b. 1906)
• 1936 » Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1849)
• 1936 » Joshua W. Alexander, American judge and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1852)
• 1937 » Emily Malbone Morgan, American saint, foundress of the Society of the Companions of the Holy Cross (b. 1862)
• 1937 » Hosteen Klah, Navajo artist, medicine man, and weaver (b. 1867)
• 1943 » Kostis Palamas, Greek poet and playwright (b. 1859)
• 1956 » Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Speaker of the Lok Sabha (b. 1888)
• 1964 » Orry-Kelly, Australian-American costume designer (b. 1897)
• 1968 » Frankie Lymon, American singer-songwriter (b. 1942)

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.
• March 18 » World War II: Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini meet at the Brenner Pass in the Alps and agree to form an alliance against France and the United Kingdom.
• June 8 » World War II: The completion of Operation Alphabet, the evacuation of Allied forces from Narvik at the end of the Norwegian Campaign.
• June 10 » World War II: Military resistance to the German occupation of Norway ends.
• August 3 » World War II: Italian forces begin the invasion of British Somaliland.
• August 18 » World War II: The Hardest Day air battle, part of the Battle of Britain. At that point, the largest aerial engagement in history with heavy losses sustained on both sides.
• September 12 » Cave paintings are discovered in Lascaux, France.

The temperature on February 27, 1940 was between 3.0 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 5.1 mm of rain during 4.9 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.