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• Catharina van Loon, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2017)
• Johannes Cornelis Ettema, Franeker († 1940)
• christiaan henricus gerardus (har) kuijpers, neer († 2007)
• Dingena Pieternella Biersteker, Harenkarspel, Nederland († 1969)
• Anne Eelkes Dotinga, Gauw, Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1999)
• Carolus Joseph Joannes Cooijmans, Den Dungen († 2005)
• Geertruida Maria Schimmelpenninck, Epe († 2011)
• Anna Geertuida Elisabeth Meijer, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1940)
• Jan Wiersema, Peize, Noordenveld, Drenthe, Nederland († 2017)
• Eleonora Sophie Huiberta Kanteman, Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2022)

• Dekker (0), Hollandscheveld, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aart van Essen (78), Epe
• Alfred Fraustadter (70), Berlin, Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany
• Nuijs (0), Rotterdam
• Antonia WILLEMS (84), Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Nn Dekker (0), Hoogeveen
• Andries Thomas Hochstenbach (80), Aachen
• Anaise Barras (80), Not Listed, MS
• Adriana Philippina van Meerten (80), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antonia Willems (84), Amsterdam

• 1939 » Paul Sorvino, American actor and singer
• 1939 » Seamus Heaney, Irish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate († 2013)
• 1940 » J. M. G. Le Clézio, Breton French-Mauritian author and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1940 » Jim McNab, Scottish footballer († 2006)
• 1940 » Lester Chambers, American singer and musician
• 1940 » Max Mosley, English racing driver and engineer, co-founded March Engineering, former president of the FIA
• 1940 » Mike Beuttler, Egyptian-English racing driver († 1988)
• 1940 » Ruby Puryear Hearn, African-American biophysicist
• 1940 » Vladimir Cosma, French composer, conductor and violinist
• 1941 » Michael Stuart Brown, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

• 1927 » Georg Voigt, German politician, Mayor of Frankfurt (b. 1866)
• 1936 » Konstantinos Demertzis, Greek politician 129th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1876)
• 1938 » Grey Owl, English-Canadian environmentalist and author (b. 1888)
• 1941 » Annie Jump Cannon, American astronomer and academic (b. 1863)
• 1941 » William Twaits, Canadian soccer player (b. 1879)
• 1942 » Anton Uesson, Estonian engineer and politician, 17th Mayor of Tallinn (b. 1879)
• 1942 » Henk Sneevliet, Dutch politician (b. 1883)
• 1944 » Cécile Chaminade, French pianist and composer (b. 1857)
• 1945 » Ernst Cassirer, Polish-American philosopher and academic (b. 1874)
• 1954 » Samuel Jones, American high jumper (b. 1880)

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 30 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Japan declares Nanking capital of a new Chinese puppet government, nominally controlled by Wang Jingwei.
• May 9 » World War II: The German submarine U-9 sinks the French coastal submarine Doris near Den Helder.
• June 3 » World War II: The Battle of Dunkirk ends with a German victory and with Allied forces in full retreat.
• August 20 » In Mexico City, exiled Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky is fatally wounded with an ice axe by Ramón Mercader. He dies the next day.
• September 19 » World War II: Witold Pilecki is voluntarily captured and sent to Auschwitz to smuggle out information and start a resistance movement.
• November 18 » World War II: German leader Adolf Hitler and Italian Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano meet to discuss Benito Mussolini's disastrous Italian invasion of Greece.

The temperature on April 13, 1940 was between -0.3 °C and 10.4 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.