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• Aleida van Drongelen, Delft, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 2001)
• Antonia Josephina Richters, Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 1976)
• Antoinette Elisabeth Renckens, Zepperen, België († 1992)
• Alice Elizabeth Miller († 1975)
• Abraham Willem Bakker, Oost-en West Souburg († 1993)
• Laros, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Annie Beatrice Holland, Walsall, Staffordshire, England († 2001)
• Adriana Klomp († 1985)
• Braspenning Julia, Ginneken en Bavel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1996)
• Klaas Kroezen, Hoogeveen († 1917)

• Annetje Claasdr Knoop van der (90), Delft
• Appoline DELTOUR, Warchin,, Hainaut, Belgique
• "Louis" Marie Ladislas de Weck (48), Villars-Sur-Marly, Pierrafortscha, Suisse
• Becker (0), Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Alice Mary Littleboy (67), Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire
• Annetje van der Knoop (90), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Mathlener (77), Delft
• Adriana Koomans van den Dries (80), Fijnaart, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriaan van den Broeke (1), Groede, Zeeland, Nederland
• Ariaantje Henneman (78), De Rijp, Graft-De Rijp, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1910 » Claire Trevor, American actress († 2000)
• 1911 » Alan Hovhaness, Armenian-American pianist and composer († 2000)
• 1912 » Meldrim Thomson, Jr., American publisher and politician, 73rd Governor of New Hampshire († 2001)
• 1912 » Preston Smith, American businessman and politician, 40th Governor of Texas († 2003)
• 1914 » Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich, Belarusian-Russian physicist and astronomer († 1987)
• 1918 » Eileen Herlie, Scottish-American actress († 2008)
• 1920 » Douglass Wallop, American author and playwright († 1985)
• 1921 » Alan Hale, Jr., American actor († 1990)
• 1921 » Sahir Ludhianvi, Indian poet and songwriter († 1980)
• 1922 » Ralph H. Baer, German-American video game designer, created the Magnavox Odyssey († 2014)

• 1889 » John Ericsson, Swedish-American engineer, designed the USS Monitor (b. 1803)
• 1917 » Ferdinand von Zeppelin, German general and businessman, founded the Zeppelin Company (b. 1838)
• 1923 » Johannes Diderik van der Waals, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1837)
• 1923 » Krišjānis Barons, Latvian linguist and author (b. 1835)
• 1930 » Edward Terry Sanford, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, United States Assistant Attorney General (b. 1865)
• 1930 » William Howard Taft, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, 27th President of the United States (b. 1857)
• 1935 » Hachikō, Japanese dog (b. 1923)
• 1937 » Howie Morenz, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1902)
• 1941 » Sherwood Anderson, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1876)
• 1942 » José Raúl Capablanca, Cuban chess player and theoretician (b. 1888)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Hendrika
8. Catharina
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Aaltje
13. Grietje
14. Geertruida
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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
• March 9 » Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa leads nearly 500 Mexican raiders in an attack against the border town of Columbus, New Mexico.
• April 10 » The Professional Golfers' Association of America (PGA) is created in New York City.
• June 3 » The National Defense Act is signed into law, increasing the size of the United States National Guard by 450,000 men.
• August 2 » World War I: Austrian sabotage causes the sinking of the Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci in Taranto.
• August 29 » The United States passes the Philippine Autonomy Act.
• December 18 » World War I: The Battle of Verdun ends when German forces under Chief of staff Erich von Falkenhayn are defeated by the French, and suffer 337,000 casualties.

The temperature on March 8, 1916 was between -1.6 °C and 3.4 °C and averaged 0.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.