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• Cornelis Jan Quartel, Heinenoord († 2002)
• Johanna Anna Veldhuis, almelo († 2013)
• Jan Holtrust († 1954)
• Charles Philip Crabb, Los Angeles, California († 1951)
• Hermine Josefine Maria Broshuis, Hengelo († 2015)
• Maria SAMINADIN, Sainte-Marie,97438,Réunion,Réunion,FRANCE († 1975)
• Koos de Wildt, Beverwijk, Nederland († 1996)
• Erica Francisca van Zonneveld, Rotterdam, Nederland († 2017)
• Mariet Heuven († 2020)
• Antonius Martinus van Hintum, Nistelrode, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1941)

• Aleida Bernardina VENDERBOSCH (83), Aalten
• Amy Putsch (33), Gennep, Limburg, Nederland
• Aaltjen Oolman (78), Wilp,Gemeente Voorst, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus Koster (64), Rotterdam
• Antonius Arnoldus Eijsink (69), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Andries van Dijk (46), Maasland
• Adriana Petronella Carolina van Dijk (58), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Adriana Wilhelmina Ven van der (79), Rotterdam Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Timmermans (75), Baarle-Hertog (België)
• Abraham Neuteboom (0), Amstelveen

• 1939 » Alfredo Palacio, Ecuadoran physician and politician, President of Ecuador
• 1939 » Jørgen Garde, Danish admiral († 1996)
• 1939 » J. C. Tremblay, Canadian ice hockey player and scout († 1994)
• 1939 » Luigi Simoni, Italian footballer and manager
• 1940 » George Seifert, American football player and coach
• 1940 » Gillian Shephard, English educator and politician, Secretary of State for Education
• 1940 » John Hurt, English actor († 2017)
• 1941 » Eugene Hasenfus, former United States Marine whose capture led to exposure of the Iran–Contra affair
• 1941 » Jaan Kaplinski, Estonian poet, philosopher, and critic
• 1942 » Mimis Domazos, Greek footballer

• 1925 » Fanny Bullock Workman, American geographer and mountain climber (b. 1859)
• 1927 » James Ford Rhodes, American historian and author (b. 1848)
• 1929 » R. C. Lehmann, English journalist, author, and politician (b. 1856)
• 1930 » Stephen Mather, American businessman and conservationist, co-founded the Thorkildsen-Mather Borax Company (b. 1867)
• 1931 » László Batthyány-Strattmann, Hungarian physician and ophthalmologist (b. 1870)
• 1945 » Else Lasker-Schüler, German poet and playwright (b. 1869)
• 1949 » William Thomas Walsh, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1891)
• 1950 » Alan Hale, Sr., American actor and director (b. 1892)
• 1951 » Lawson Robertson, Scottish-American sprinter and high jumper (b. 1883)
• 1955 » Jonni Myyrä, Finnish-American athlete (b. 1892)

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

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

• 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 September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 8.9 million citizens.
• January 23 » Charles Lindbergh testifies before the U.S. Congress and recommends that the United States negotiate a neutrality pact with Adolf Hitler.
• April 23 » World War II: The Greek government and King George II evacuate Athens before the invading Wehrmacht.
• May 8 » World War II: The German Luftwaffe launches a bombing raid on Nottingham and Derby.
• June 26 » World War II: Soviet planes bomb Kassa, Hungary (now Košice, Slovakia), giving Hungary the impetus to declare war the next day.
• July 13 » World War II: Montenegrins begin a popular uprising against the Axis powers (Trinaestojulski ustanak).
• August 22 » World War II: German troops begin the Siege of Leningrad.

The temperature on January 22, 1941 was between 2.9 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.