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• Antje Dijkstra, Munnekezijl, gem. Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland († 1972)
• Albert Wassen, Sleen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1926)
• Antje Hanses Dijkstra, Munnekezijl († 1972)
• Adriana Hamelink, Zaamslag († 1913)
• Allegonda Wietske Philippo, Haarlem
• Alida Maria de Ruijter, Heemskerk († 1989)
• Aagje Glas, Egmond aan Zee (gem. Bergen, NH) († 1929)
• Alida Maria de Ruijter, Heemskerk († 1989)
• Adriaan Johan Verheij, Pernis
• Angèle Notermans, Beringen († 1990)

• Ann Matilda PAULL (83), Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
• Hendriks, Wilnis
• Anna Catharina Röser (40), Krefeld, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
• Adrianus Hoek (27), Nieuwkoop
• Arie Vermaat (26), Rotterdam
• Arnoldus Apeldoorn (56), Heerhugowaard
• Angèle LORIOT (19), Paris 10eme (75 Paris), France
• Arie Pietersen (0), Amersfoort
• Anna Koning, de (75), Zwijndrecht Zhl. NL
• Arnoldus Arend Apeldoorn (56), Heerhugowaard, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1905 » Tatyana Pavlovna Ehrenfest, Dutch mathematician († 1984)
• 1907 » John Hewitt, Irish poet, playwright, and critic († 1987)
• 1908 » Arturo Frondizi, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 32nd President of Argentina († 1995)
• 1909 » Francis Bacon, Irish painter and illustrator († 1992)
• 1912 » Richard Doll, English physiologist and epidemiologist († 2005)
• 1914 » Glenn Robert Davis, American lieutenant and politician († 1988)
• 1914 » Jonas Salk, American biologist and physician († 1995)
• 1914 » Richard Laurence Millington Synge, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1994)
• 1916 » Pearl Hackney, English actress († 2009)
• 1917 » Jack Soo, American actor and singer († 1979)

• 1899 » Ottmar Mergenthaler, German-American engineer, invented the Linotype machine (b. 1854)
• 1900 » Max Müller, German philologist and orientalist (b. 1823)
• 1914 » Richard Heuberger, Austrian composer and critic (b. 1850)
• 1916 » Cleveland Abbe, American meteorologist and academic (b. 1838)
• 1916 » Oswald Boelcke, German WWI flying ace (b. 1891)
• 1917 » Dimitrios Votsis, Greek lawyer and politician (b. 1841)
• 1917 » Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (b. 1831)
• 1918 » Ulisse Dini, Italian mathematician and politician (b. 1845)
• 1929 » Bernhard von Bülow, German soldier and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1849)
• 1936 » Newton Moore, Australian soldier and politician, 8th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1870)

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

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

• 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
• January 12 » The University of the Philippines College of Law is formally established; three future Philippine presidents are among the first enrollees.
• April 8 » Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovers superconductivity.
• May 9 » The works of Gabriele D'Annunzio are placed in the Index of Forbidden Books by the Vatican.
• June 28 » The Nakhla meteorite, the first one to suggest signs of aqueous processes on Mars, falls to Earth, landing in Egypt.
• July 4 » A massive heat wave strikes the northeastern United States, killing 380 people in eleven days and breaking temperature records in several cities.
• October 24 » Orville Wright remains in the air nine minutes and 45 seconds in a glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.

The temperature on October 28, 1911 was between 2.2 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.