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• Adriana Cornelia Goderie, Wouw
• Aleida Berendina Hazeleger, Arnhem
• Aleida Koenderink, Delfzijl († 1982)
• * Aart 't Lam, Leerdam († 1974)
• Adriana Maria Alida Bus, Haarlemmermeer († 1998)
• Aaron Edward Wielenga, New Jersey, America († 1997)
• Aaltje Aalbers († 1974)
• Aafke Jansma, Goutum
• Alberdina Wilhelmina Raangs, Ludenscheid (Duitsland) († 1998)
• Aaltje Terpstra, Barradeel

• Adrianus Petrus Teunissen (1), Renkum, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Meeuwissen (2), Princenhage
• Aaltje Eikelenboom (0), Woerden, Nederland
• Adrianus van Bohemen (64), Den Haag
• Annette Frederika Reininck (56), Rotterdam
• Anna Hermina Hendrika de Gans (52)
• Adrianus Petrus Teunissen (1), Renkum
• Anna Maria Schellings (84), Veghel
• Alonzo Calvin Lester (40), Wyoming, Wyoming Co. West Virginia
• Aaltje Groenink (0), Steenwijk

• 1908 » Don Freeman, American author and illustrator († 1978)
• 1908 » Torgny T:son Segerstedt, Swedish sociologist and philosopher († 1999)
• 1909 » Uku Masing, Estonian philosopher and theologian († 1985)
• 1909 » Yūji Koseki, Japanese composer († 1989)
• 1911 » Thanom Kittikachorn, Thai field marshal and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Thailand († 2004)
• 1912 » Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs, German astronomer and academic († 1954)
• 1912 » Raphael Blau, American screenwriter and producer († 1996)
• 1913 » Angus Wilson, English author and academic († 1991)
• 1913 » Bob Scheffing, American baseball player and manager († 1985)
• 1913 » Paul Dupuis, Canadian actor († 1976)

• 1886 » Lydia Koidula, Estonian poet and playwright (b. 1843)
• 1890 » John Henry Newman, English cardinal and theologian (b. 1801)
• 1892 » Enrico Betti, Italian mathematician and academic (b. 1813)
• 1903 » Eugenio María de Hostos, Puerto Rican-American sociologist, philosopher, and lawyer (b. 1839)
• 1908 » Khudiram Bose, Indian Bengali revolutionary (b. 1889)
• 1919 » Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Carnegie Steel Company and Carnegie Hall (b. 1835)
• 1921 » Mary Sumner, English philanthropist, founded the Mothers' Union (b. 1828)
• 1936 » Blas Infante, Spanish historian and politician (b. 1885)
• 1937 » Edith Wharton, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1862)
• 1939 » Jean Bugatti, German-Italian engineer (b. 1909)

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 14 » Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition makes landfall on the eastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf.
• April 6 » During the Battle of Deçiq, Dedë Gjon Luli Dedvukaj, leader of the Malësori Albanians, raises the Albanian flag in the town of Tuzi, Montenegro, for the first time after George Kastrioti (Skanderbeg).
• April 29 » Tsinghua University, one of mainland China's leading universities, is founded.
• July 1 » Germany despatches the gunship SMSPanther to Morocco, sparking the Agadir Crisis.
• October 10 » The day after a bomb explodes prematurely, the Wuchang Uprising begins against the Chinese monarchy.
• November 17 » Omega Psi Phi fraternity was founded on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C.

The temperature on August 11, 1911 was between 15.6 °C and 30.8 °C and averaged 23.7 °C. There was 13.0 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.