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• Maria van Aarle, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant (Nederland) († 1945)
• Nicholas AKERSHOEK († 1999)
• Martien Routheut, Kerkrade (L) NL († 1986)
• Maria Helena Beumer, Midwoud († 1945)
• Jan Drewes Boer, Winschoten,, Groningen, Nederland († 2016)
• Jenny Calaerts, Herentals, 2200, Antwerpen, België
• hendrika wolvetang, Amersfoort († 2006)
• Gary Lee Weichers, Floyd County, Iowa († 2018)
• Anna Marie Smith, Carthage, Miner, South Dakota, Verenigde Staten († 1945)
• Johannes Swieringa, Buitenpost,, Friesland, Nederland († 1946)

• Andrew Robert Mulligan (59), Deeping St James, Northhamptonshire
• Alida van Tright (86), Utrecht
• Adrianus Lambertus Hoos (64), Den Haag
• Albertus Eliza Vermeij (44), Makassar (Indonesie)
• Adam Lambertus Eekhof (70), Den Haag
• Vegers (25), Osnabruck Dld
• Adriana Keijzer (76), Rotterdam, ZH, Nederland
• Adolphine Jeannette Westphal (4), Den Haag
• Adriana Mostert (81), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• ADAR DORA MARCUM (78), Fannin, Texas

• 1940 » Hannelore Schmatz, German mountaineer († 1979)
• 1941 » Kim Jong-il, North Korean commander and politician, 2nd Supreme Leader of North Korea († 2011)
• 1942 » Richard Williams, American tennis player and coach
• 1944 » António Mascarenhas Monteiro, Cape Verdean politician, 2nd President of Cape Verde († 2016)
• 1944 » Glyn Davies, Welsh farmer and politician
• 1944 » Richard Ford, American novelist and short story writer
• 1944 » Sigiswald Kuijken, Belgian violinist, violist, and conductor
• 1947 » Jaroslav Kubera, Czech politician († 2020)
• 1948 » Kaiketsu Masateru, Japanese sumo wrestler and coach († 2014)
• 1949 » Bob O'Reilly, Australian rugby league player

• 1917 » Octave Mirbeau, French journalist, novelist, and playwright ( (b. 1848)
• 1919 » Vera Kholodnaya, Ukrainian actress (b. 1893)
• 1928 » Eddie Foy Sr., American actor and dancer (b. 1856)
• 1932 » Edgar Speyer, American-English financier and philanthropist (b. 1862)
• 1932 » Ferdinand Buisson, French academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1841)
• 1944 » Dadasaheb Phalke, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1870)
• 1957 » Josef Hofmann, Polish-American pianist and composer (b. 1876)
• 1961 » Dazzy Vance, American baseball player (b. 1891)
• 1967 » Smiley Burnette, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1911)
• 1974 » John Garand, Canadian-American engineer, designed the M1 Garand Rifle(b. 1888)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Hendrika
8. Catharina
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Margaretha
13. Geertruida
14. Irene
15. Mary
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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
• The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
• January 8 » World War II: Philippine Commonwealth troops under the Philippine Commonwealth Army units enter the province of Ilocos Sur in Northern Luzon and attack Japanese Imperial forces.
• January 31 » World War II: The end of fighting in the Battle of Hill 170 during the Burma Campaign, in which the British 3 Commando Brigade repulsed a Japanese counterattack on their positions and precipitated a general retirement from the Arakan Peninsula.
• February 8 » World War II: Mikhail Devyataev escapes with nine other Soviet inmates from a Nazi concentration camp in Peenemünde on the island of Usedom by hijacking the camp commandant's Heinkel He 111.
• February 21 » World War II: During the Battle of Iwo Jima, Japanese kamikaze planes sink the escort carrier USSBismarck Sea and damage the USSSaratoga.
• February 23 » World War II: The German town of Pforzheim is annihilated in a raid by 379 British bombers.
• March 19 » World War II: Adolf Hitler issues his "Nero Decree" ordering all industries, military installations, shops, transportation facilities, and communications facilities in Germany to be destroyed.

The temperature on February 16, 1945 was between 2.9 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.