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• Adriana Montijn, Rotterdam († 1969)
• Alice Jeanette Hermine Eulderink, Hengelo († 1926)
• August Geens, Nijlen, Antwerpen, Belgium († 1997)
• Alberta Lamberta van Bon, Sappemeer, Groningen, Netherlands († 1989)
• Saarloos, haarlemmermeer (noord holland)
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Oudshoorn, Wassenaar († 1944)
• 00 Neeltje Breedijk, Zevenhoven, Zuid-Holland, NL († 2006)
• Antje Beerda, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1920)
• Arend Stehouwer, Rotterdam († 1986)
• Anna Maria Oldenhof, Amsterdam († 2005)

• Anje Luurtsema (83), Spijk, Bierum, Groningen, Nederland
• Andrianus Johannes Stork (87), Frise, Pays-Bas
• Antonetha Neggers (39), Zeelst NL
• Akke Reinders van der Zee (74), Nijega
• Alida Adriana Wiskerke (70), Wolphaartsdijk
• Adriaan Schout Velthuijs (57), Vlissingen
• Allegonda Clemens (80), Gemert
• Aalbert Jan Vermaat (28), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna de Kort (66), Berkel-Enschot
• Anna WITJES (73), Vught

• 1914 » Bill Finger, American author and screenwriter, co-created Batman († 1974)
• 1915 » Georges Guétary, Egyptian-French singer, dancer, and actor († 1997)
• 1918 » Freddie Blassie, American wrestler and manager († 2003)
• 1921 » Barney Danson, Canadian colonel and politician, 21st Canadian Minister of National Defence († 2011)
• 1921 » Lana Turner, American actress († 1995)
• 1921 » Nexhmije Hoxha, Albanian politician († 2020)
• 1922 » Audrey Meadows, American actress and banker († 1996)
• 1925 » Jack Lemmon, American actor († 2001)
• 1926 » Birgitte Reimer, Danish film actress
• 1926 » Neal Cassady, American author and poet († 1968)

• 1907 » Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom, Dutch chemist and academic (b. 1854)
• 1910 » Hans Jæger, Norwegian philosopher and activist (b. 1854)
• 1914 » Dayrolles Eveleigh-de-Moleyns, 4th Baron Ventry, Irish hereditary peer (b. 1828)
• 1915 » François Langelier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 10th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1838)
• 1921 » George Formby Sr, English actor and singer (b. 1876)
• 1921 » Peter Kropotkin, Russian zoologist, geographer, and philologist (b. 1842)
• 1928 » Theodor Curtius, German chemist (b. 1857)
• 1932 » Yordan Milanov, Bulgarian architect, designed the Sveti Sedmochislenitsi Church (b. 1867)
• 1935 » Eemil Nestor Setälä, Finnish linguist and politician, Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs (b. 1864)
• 1936 » Charles Curtis, American lawyer and politician, 31st Vice President of the United States (b. 1860)

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

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

• 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
• January 16 » The League of Nations holds its first council meeting in Paris, France.
• January 26 » Former Ford Motor Company executive Henry Leland launches the Lincoln Motor Company which he later sold to his former employer.
• March 14 » In the second of the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites, about 80% of the population in Zone II votes to remain part of Weimar Germany.
• May 5 » Authorities arrest Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti for alleged robbery and murder.
• August 16 » The congress of the Communist Party of Bukhara opens. The congress would call for armed revolution.
• December 3 » Following more than a month of Turkish–Armenian War, the Turkish dictated Treaty of Alexandropol is concluded.

The temperature on February 8, 1920 was between -1.4 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.