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• Aaltje van Eden, Veenendaal
• Aaltjen Scheuter, Gorssel († 1908)
• Aagje Bravenboer, Hendrik Ido Ambacht
• Alberta Cornelia van Dorresteijn, Soest († 1938)
• Andries Koks, Erlecom, Gelderland, Nederland
• Ruurd De Groote, Emmen
• Albert Vaartjes, Wetering, Steenwijkerwold, Nederland († 1914)
• Adriana Anna Steketee, Watergraafsmeer
• Aart Visser, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• * Gooltje de Ronde, Rotterdam († 1994)

• Anne Ellis (85), Prahran, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
• Antoinette Siemons (37), Hoogstraten, België
• Anthonia Biljard (78), Utrecht
• Anna Catharina Rast (79), Vriezenveenn
• Antonie Pieter Herman BODAAN (69), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aiko Wiegman (78), Midwolda
• Anna (Johanna) Catharina Rass (79), Vriezenveen, 7672, Nederland
• Arnoldus Hubertus LEENDERS (37), Stokkem
• Alain Guillaume Marie PLASSART (2), Laz, 29122, Finistère, Bretagne, France
• Auke Klazes de Vos (73), Utingeradeel, Friesland, Netherlands

• 1902 » Thomas E. Dewey, American lawyer and politician, 47th Governor of New York († 1971)
• 1903 » Adolf Butenandt, German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1995)
• 1903 » Malcolm Muggeridge, English journalist, author, and scholar († 1990)
• 1905 » Pura Santillan-Castrence, Filipino author and diplomat († 2007)
• 1907 » Paul Sauvé, Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th Premier of Quebec († 1960)
• 1909 » Clyde Barrow, American criminal († 1934)
• 1909 » Richard Wurmbrand, Romanian Pastor and Evangelist († 2001)
• 1910 » Richard Conte, American actor, singer, and director († 1975)
• 1911 » Joseph Barbera, American animator, director, and producer, co-founded Hanna-Barbera († 2006)
• 1912 » Dorothy Height, African-American educator and activist († 2010)

• 1881 » Achille Ernest Oscar Joseph Delesse, French geologist and mineralogist (b. 1817)
• 1882 » Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American poet and educator (b. 1807)
• 1887 » Ivan Kramskoi, Russian painter and critic (b. 1837)
• 1888 » Vsevolod Garshin, Russian author (b. 1855)
• 1905 » Jules Verne, French novelist, poet, and playwright (b. 1828)
• 1909 » John Millington Synge, Irish playwright and poet (b. 1871)
• 1915 » Karol Olszewski, Polish chemist, mathematician, and physicist (b. 1846)
• 1915 » Margaret Lindsay Huggins, Anglo-Irish astronomer (b. 1848)
• 1916 » Enrique Granados, Spanish pianist and composer (b. 1867)
• 1926 » Phan Châu Trinh, Vietnamese activist (b. 1872)

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.
• March 9 » Inter Milan was founded on Football Club Internazionale, following a schism from A.C. Milan.
• April 16 » Natural Bridges National Monument is established in Utah.
• April 20 » Opening day of competition in the New South Wales Rugby League.
• May 26 » The first major commercial oil strike in the Middle East was made at Masjed Soleyman in southwest Persia. The rights to the resource were quickly acquired by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company.
• August 8 » Wilbur Wright makes his first flight at a racecourse at Le Mans, France. It is the Wright Brothers' first public flight.

The temperature on March 24, 1908 was between 0.9 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.