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• Alphons Herman Joseph Masselink, Tubbergen, 7650, Nederland († 1945)
• Besseltje van Voorst, Putten († 1945)
• Henk Verbeek, Buurmalsen (West Betuwe) (GL) († 2015)
• George Orville Lepsey, Seattle, King, Washington, United States († 2018)
• Jaap Boersma, Groningen († 2016)
• Bettina Josephina Wolf, Voorburg († 2009)
• Henny Karel Teirlinck, Terneuzen († 1979)
• Henry Praet († 1993)
• Erik Jan Dirk Andriessen, Rijswijk († 1945)
• Aart Kooper, Dordrecht († 1945)

• Anna Cornelia Both (24), Gouda
• * Adriana Goverdina Stuij (41), Dordrecht
• Alphonsius Joannes Nulens (58), Buchenwald, Duitsland
• Aagje Groenenboom (77), Oud-Beijerland
• Anna Wilhelmina van Beek (61), Almelo
• Agatha Alida Stiekema (89), Sappemeer
• Aaltje van Omme (68), Nijkerk (GLD) Nederland
• Dirk Bernard Oonk (72), Haarlem
• Ada Hester (65)
• Adriana Louisa Leijs (45), Ravensbruch, Duitsland

• 1942 » Gijs van Lennep, Dutch race car driver
• 1942 » Roger Crozier, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach († 1996)
• 1943 » Álvaro de Soto, Peruvian diplomat
• 1943 » Hans Heyer, German racing driver
• 1943 » Ursula Goodenough, American biologist, zoologist, and author
• 1944 » Andrew S. Tanenbaum, American computer scientist and academic
• 1946 » Guesch Patti, French singer
• 1946 » J. Z. Knight, American New Age teacher and author
• 1946 » Mary Kaldor, English economist and academic
• 1946 » Sigmund Groven, Norwegian harmonica player and composer

• 1930 » Miguel Primo de Rivera, Spanish general and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1870)
• 1935 » Aron Nimzowitsch, Latvian-Danish chess player (b. 1886)
• 1935 » John James Rickard Macleod, Scottish physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1876)
• 1936 » Marguerite Durand, French actress, journalist, and activist (b. 1864)
• 1937 » Alexander von Staël-Holstein, Estonian orientalist and sinologist (b. 1877)
• 1940 » Selma Lagerlöf, Swedish author and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)
• 1945 » Börries von Münchhausen, German poet (b. 1874)
• 1955 » Nicolas de Staël, French-Russian painter and illustrator (b. 1914)
• 1957 » Constantin Brâncuși, Romanian-French sculptor, painter, and photographer (b. 1876)
• 1958 » Leon Cadore, American baseball player (b. 1891)

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 18 » World War II: Liberation of Kraków, Poland by the Red Army.
• February 16 » World War II: American forces land on Corregidor Island in the Philippines.
• March 14 » The R.A.F. drop the Grand Slam bomb in action for the first time, on a railway viaduct near Bielefeld, Germany.
• March 21 » World War II: Bulgaria and the Soviet Union successfully complete their defense of the north bank of the Drava River as the Battle of the Transdanubian Hills concludes.
• March 26 » World War II: The Battle of Iwo Jima ends as the island is officially secured by American forces.
• May 1 » World War II: Forces of the Soviet Red Army liberate Allied prisoners of war imprisoned at Stalag Luft I near Barth, Germany.

The temperature on March 16, 1945 was between 2.2 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.