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• Anna Josephina Antonia Petronella MARTIN, Eindhoven,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1987)
• Anthonie Schimmel, Utrecht († 1943)
• Beugels, Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland († 1908)
• Anna Lackner, Schönau († 1991)
• Angelique Clementine Davies, Padang († 1979)
• Anton van Weemen, Harlingen († 1976)
• Anna Wilhelmina Kempermann, Meiderich (Duisburg) († 1978)
• Aaltje HOEKSTRA, Suameer (Tietjerksteradeel) Friesland, Nederland († 1999)
• Andries Kleijn, Leiden, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Andries Kleijn, Leiden († 1981)

• Aimable Françoise CALIMACHE (65), Isigny-sur-Mer,14230,Calvados,Normandie,FRANCE
• Aleida de Graaf (59), Terwolde, Voorst
• Aaltje van der Schuur (58), Sibculo (Hardenberg, Ambt)
• Albertje Venema (0), Stadskanaal
• Antonia Saenen (64), Schaffen, 3290, Diest, België
• Adrianus Cornelius Haans (0), Tilburg
• Antje Jans Bes (89), Westzaan
• Adriana Snoeys (87), Merksplas, België
• Anna Catharina Bovens (80), Urmond (Stein), Limburg, Nederland
• Antje BES (89), Westzaan, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1904 » John Sirica, American lawyer and judge († 1992)
• 1905 » Albert Speer, German architect and politician († 1981)
• 1905 » Joe Rollino, American weightlifter and boxer († 2010)
• 1906 » Adolf Eichmann, German SS officer († 1962)
• 1906 » Clara Breed, American librarian and activist († 1994)
• 1909 » Louis Hayward, South African-born American actor († 1985)
• 1910 » Joseph Carroll, American general († 1991)
• 1912 » Hugh Watt, Australian-New Zealand engineer and politician, Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1980)
• 1914 » Jay Berwanger, American football player and coach († 2002)
• 1914 » Leonidas Alaoglu, Canadian-American mathematician and theorist († 1981)

• 1871 » Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger, Austrian mineralogist, geologist, and physicist (b. 1795)
• 1897 » Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie, Irish-French geographer, ethnologist, linguist, and astronomer (b. 1810)
• 1900 » Charles-Louis Hanon, French pianist and composer (b. 1819)
• 1900 » John Bingham, American lawyer and politician, 7th United States Ambassador to Japan (b. 1815)
• 1914 » Giuseppe Mercalli, Italian priest, geologist, and volcanologist (b. 1850)
• 1919 » Emma Bell Miles, American writer, poet, and artist of Appalachia (b. 1879)
• 1930 » Arthur Balfour, Scottish-English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1848)
• 1930 » Henry Lefroy, Australian politician, 11th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1854)
• 1942 » Clinton Hart Merriam, American zoologist, ornithologist, and entomologist (b. 1855)
• 1944 » William Hale Thompson, American rancher and politician, 41st Mayor of Chicago (b. 1869)

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 15 » The Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority becomes the first Greek-letter organization founded and established by African American college women.
• January 24 » The first Boy Scout troop is organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell.
• January 28 » Members of the Portuguese Republican Party fail in their attempted coup d'état against the administrative dictatorship of Prime Minister João Franco.
• June 18 » Japanese immigration to Brazil begins when 781 people arrive in Santos aboard the ship Kasato-Maru.
• June 27 » A group of Vietnamese tirailleurs conducts a failed attempt to poison the entire French army's garrison in the Hanoi Citadel with the aim to make way for Hoàng Hoa Thám's rebel army to capture Hanoi.
• June 30 » The Tunguska Event, the largest impact event on Earth in human recorded history, resulting in a massive explosion over Eastern Siberia.

The temperature on March 19, 1908 was between -0.9 °C and 2.9 °C and averaged 1.7 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.