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• Lydia Maria Anna Meersschaut, Gontrode († 1941)
• Marten Gerrits Mondria, Vollenhove († 1967)
• Claude Henri VANDERHAEGHE, Wattrelos, 59650, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France († 2006)
• Lamberta Wilhelmina van Gestel, Den Dungen († 2013)
• Alphonsius Petrus Franciscus van Amelsfoort, Tilburg († 1941)
• Hannelore de Beijer († 1941)
• Gijsberta Maria van de Belt, Barneveld {GE} († 1941)
• Geziena Folkerts, Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1941)
• Marten Mondria, Vollenhove, Nederland († 1967)
• Johannes Lambertus Maria van Rooij, Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Adrianus Simon Jacobs (0), Roosendaal
• Antje Rienks de Jager (88), Murmerwoude, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Andries Brouwer (65), Holwierde
• Annechien Salomons (58), Musselkanaal, NL-GR
• Antony Rouwenhorst (71), St. Isidorushoeve
• Antonius de Haan (60), Olst
• Andries van DOORN (55), Soerabaija, Java
• Abraham van Rij (37)
• Abel Kleima (77), Nietap
• Antje LAMMES (75), Monnickendam, Waterland, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1938 » Steve Barber, American baseball player († 2007)
• 1940 » Chet Walker, American basketball player
• 1940 » Judy Cornwell, English actress
• 1941 » Hipólito Mejía, Dominican politician, 52nd President of the Dominican Republic
• 1942 » Christine Keeler, English model and dancer († 2017)
• 1943 » Dick Van Arsdale, American basketball player
• 1943 » Horst Köhler, Polish-German economist and politician, 9th President of Germany
• 1943 » Otoya Yamaguchi, Japanese assassin of Inejiro Asanuma († 1960)
• 1943 » Terry Eagleton, English philosopher and critic
• 1943 » Tom Van Arsdale, American basketball player

• 1923 » Théophile Delcassé, French politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1852)
• 1939 » Antonio Machado, Spanish-French poet and author (b. 1875)
• 1942 » Stefan Zweig, Austrian journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1881)
• 1943 » Christoph Probst, German activist (b. 1919)
• 1943 » Hans Scholl, German activist (b. 1918)
• 1943 » Sophie Scholl, German activist (b. 1921)
• 1944 » Kasturba Gandhi, Indian activist (b. 1869)
• 1945 » Osip Brik, Russian avant garde writer and literary critic (b. 1888)
• 1958 » Abul Kalam Azad, Indian scholar and politician, Indian Minister of Education (b. 1888)
• 1960 » Paul-Émile Borduas, Canadian-French painter and critic (b. 1905)

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.
• April 14 » World War II: German general Erwin Rommel attacks Tobruk.
• June 3 » World War II: The Wehrmacht razes the Greek village of Kandanos to the ground and murders 180 of its inhabitants.
• June 22 » World War II: Nazi Germany invades the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa.
• July 10 » Jedwabne pogrom: Massacre of Polish Jews living in and near the village of Jedwabne.
• September 5 » Whole territory of Estonia is occupied by Nazi Germany.
• October 17 » World War II: The USS Kearny becomes the first US Navy vessel to be torpedoed by a U-boat.

The temperature on February 22, 1941 was between -1.9 °C and 3.4 °C and averaged 0.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.