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• Anna Anholts, Schoonebeek,Drenthe,Niederlande,Oud Schoonebeek
• Albertus Stomp, Utrecht († 1981)
• A. Moorlag († 1990)
• Anna Margaretha Helderman, Monster
• aart van BOCHOVEN, nieuw-beijerland
• Alexander Hendrik Cornelis Heijlen, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1940)
• Alexander Johannes van Broekhoven, 's-Hertogenbosch († 1909)
• Alida van Erk, Waddinxveen († 1943)
• Adriana Catherina Jacoba van Dijk, Ede Gelderland Nederland
• Scheffers, Udenhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Jacobus Glaudemans (84), Nuland
• Aart Hendricusz Schouten (40), Spaarndam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Anna Elisabetha Bos (89), Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland
• Adriana J.M. Heshof (1), Steenbergen
• Aleida Hegman (72), Heidekant (Doetinchem)
• Adriana Theune (0), Arnemuiden
• Albert Schaftenaar (72), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Jans van den Akker (77), Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Antje Jans van den Akker (77), Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Hijstek (72), Willemstad

• 1904 » Doris Eaton Travis, American actress and dancer († 2010)
• 1905 » Raymond Aron, French journalist, sociologist, and philosopher († 1983)
• 1906 » Ulvi Cemal Erkin, Turkish composer and educator († 1972)
• 1908 » Ed Heinemann, American designer of military aircraft († 1991)
• 1908 » Maurice Merleau-Ponty, French philosopher and academic († 1961)
• 1908 » Philip Conrad Vincent, English engineer and businessman, founded Vincent Motorcycles († 1979)
• 1911 » Akira Yoshizawa, Japanese origamist († 2005)
• 1912 » Cliff Bastin, English footballer († 1991)
• 1912 » Les Brown, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader († 2001)
• 1912 » W. Graham Claytor, Jr. American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 15th United States Secretary of the Navy († 1994)

• 1860 » Carl Ritter von Ghega, Italian engineer, designed the Semmering railway (b. 1802)
• 1877 » Juan Manuel de Rosas, Argentinian general and politician, 17th Governor of Buenos Aires Province (b. 1793)
• 1883 » Karl Marx, German philosopher and theorist (b. 1818)
• 1884 » Quintino Sella, Italian economist and politician, Italian Minister of Finances (b. 1827)
• 1932 » George Eastman, American inventor and businessman, founded Eastman Kodak (b. 1854)
• 1953 » Klement Gottwald, Czechoslovak Communist politician and 14th President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1896)
• 1957 » Evagoras Pallikarides, Cypriot activist (b. 1938)
• 1965 » Marion Jones Farquhar, American tennis player (b. 1879)
• 1968 » Erwin Panofsky, German historian and academic (b. 1892)
• 1969 » Ben Shahn, Lithuanian-American painter, illustrator, and educator (b. 1898)

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

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

• 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
• January 21 » New York City passes the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor.
• April 11 » SMSBlücher, the last armored cruiser to be built by the Imperial German Navy, is launched.
• May 10 » Mother's Day is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia.
• August 8 » Wilbur Wright makes his first flight at a racecourse at Le Mans, France. It is the Wright Brothers' first public flight.
• November 28 » A mine explosion in Marianna, Pennsylvania, kills 154 men, leaving only one survivor.
• December 28 » The 7.1 M_w  Messina earthquake shakes Southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 75,000 and 200,000.

The temperature on March 14, 1908 was between -1.3 and 1.1 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.