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• Edo Boelmans († 2008)
• Hilbrand Sybrens Riewald, Vrouwenparochie, Het Bildt, Friesland, Nederland († 1941)
• Berendina Hendrika Catharina Wolterink, Lichtenvoorde
• barthelina dorothea (lien) janssen, heythuysen
• Hermanus Willem Jansen, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2021)
• Dina Scheper († 1994)
• Gilbert Rombaut, SINT-NIKLAAS († 2005)
• Abri Oudwater († 2003)
• Johannes Gerardus Jozef Damen, Wehl († 1968)
• Elza Maria Alfons (Elza) Meekers, Hasselt, België († 1988)

• Albertus Johannes Heerdink (76), Wierden
• Adriana van der Velden (65), Ginneken en Bavel
• Anna Catharina Bemelmans (61), Chevremont
• Anna WISKERKE (84), Yerseke, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna Jacoba Jansen (76), Renkum
• Abraham Eerenberg (58), Hilversum, Nederland
• Anna Vos (79), Oss
• Anna Jacoba Janssen (76), Renkum
• Adriaan Jan Kors (5), Baars (Steenwijkerwold)
• Aage of Denmark (52), Copenhagen, København, Denmark

• 1936 » Alex Rocco, American actor († 2015)
• 1936 » Henri Richard, Canadian ice hockey player († 2020)
• 1936 » Jack Lousma, American colonel, astronaut, and politician
• 1936 » Nh. Dini, Indonesian writer († 2018)
• 1940 » Bartholomew I of Constantinople
• 1940 » Sonja Barend, Dutch talk show host
• 1940 » William H. Turner, Jr., American horse trainer
• 1944 » Dennis Farina, American police officer and actor († 2013)
• 1944 » Ene Ergma, Estonian physicist and politician
• 1944 » Nicholas Frayling, English priest and academic

• 1920 » Ernie Courtney, American baseball player (b. 1875)
• 1928 » Adolphe Appia, Swiss architect and theorist (b. 1862)
• 1940 » E. F. Benson, English archaeologist and author (b. 1867)
• 1944 » Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, Finnish lawyer, judge and politician, 3rd President of Finland (b. 1861)
• 1948 » Robert Barrington-Ward, English lawyer and journalist (b. 1891)
• 1952 » Quo Tai-chi, Chinese politician and diplomat, Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations (b. 1888)
• 1956 » Elpidio Quirino, Filipino lawyer and politician, 6th President of the Philippines (b. 1890)
• 1960 » Melvin Purvis, American police officer and FBI agent (b. 1903)
• 1964 » Frank Albertson, American actor and singer (b. 1909)
• 1968 » Lena Blackburne, American baseball player, coach and manager (b. 1886)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Gerrit
7. Pieter
8. Jacob
9. Adrianus
10. Robert
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. Annie
14. Jacoba
15. Marie
16. Helena

• 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.
• April 9 » World War II: Operation Weserübung: Germany invades Denmark and Norway.
• May 24 » Acting on the orders of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, NKVD agent Iosif Grigulevich orchestrates an unsuccessful assassination attempt on exiled Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky in Coyoacán, Mexico.
• June 7 » King Haakon VII, Crown Prince Olav and the Norwegian government leave Tromsø and go into exile in London. They return exactly five years later.
• June 11 » World War II: The Siege of Malta begins with a series of Italian air raids.
• November 20 » World War II: Hungary becomes a signatory of the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis powers.
• November 22 » World War II: Following the initial Italian invasion, Greek troops counterattack into Italian-occupied Albania and capture Korytsa.

The temperature on February 29, 1940 was between -0.3 °C and 7.3 °C and averaged 2.5 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.