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• Adriaan Hage, Sint Maartensdijk
• Alida Henriëtta Vogel, Amsterdam
• Aafje Doef, Andijk, Nederland († 1984)
• Aaltje Hermina de Graaff, Rotterdam († 1925)
• Bijl, Rotterdam († 1949)
• Adriana Jacoba de Jager, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1907)
• Adrianus De Jong, Standdaarbuiten
• Amelia Maria Van Den Broeck, Deurne († 1967)
• Adriana Maria Pieternella den Ouden, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1901)
• (Stillborn) Rorije (Roije,van Rorije,Rozije,van de Rorije,Rorye), Heerde, Nederland

• Adrianus HARTMAN Wzn (81), Nieuwe-Tonge, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH
• Aaldert Roelofs Lijster (82), Alteveer F16, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adrianus HARTMAN (81), Nieuwe-Tonge (Middelharnis), NL-ZH
• Aaltje Gerrits Roek (60), Kuinre
• Agatha Alida Hopman (3), Schoorl
• Adriana Ottillie van ZWEDEN (1), Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus van den Aker (82), Udenhout, NL
• Agnes Alida Uiterwaal (1), Ijsselstein, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aart Pijpers (98), Bunschoten, Utrecht, Nederland
• Agatha Duijn (0), Berkhout, Koggenland, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1892 » Juana de Ibarbourou, Uruguayan poet and author († 1979)
• 1896 » Charlotte Whitton, Canadian journalist and politician, 46th Mayor of Ottawa († 1975)
• 1899 » Elmer Keith, American gun designer and author († 1984)
• 1900 » Howard H. Aiken, American physicist and computer scientist, created the Harvard Mark I († 1973)
• 1902 » Jennings Randolph, American journalist and politician († 1998)
• 1902 » Louise Beavers, American actress and singer († 1962)
• 1907 » Konstantinos Karamanlis, Greek lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Greece († 1998)
• 1909 » Beatrice Shilling, English motorcycle racer and engineer († 1990)
• 1909 » Paula Strasberg, American actress and acting coach († 1966)
• 1910 » Claire Trevor, American actress († 2000)

• 1872 » Cornelius Krieghoff, Dutch-Canadian painter (b. 1815)
• 1874 » Millard Fillmore, American lawyer and politician, 13th President of the United States (b. 1800)
• 1887 » Henry Ward Beecher, American minister and activist (b. 1813)
• 1887 » James Buchanan Eads, American engineer, designed the Eads Bridge (b. 1820)
• 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)

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

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

• 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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
• January 22 » Edward VII is proclaimed King after the death of his mother, Queen Victoria.
• June 11 » The boundaries of the Colony of New Zealand are extended by the UK to include the Cook Islands.
• August 10 » The U.S. Steel recognition strike by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers begins.
• August 28 » Silliman University is founded in the Philippines. It is the first American private school in the country.
• September 17 » Second Boer War: Boers capture a squadron of the 17th Lancers at the Battle of Elands River.
• September 28 » Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas kill more than forty American soldiers while losing 28 of their own.

The temperature on March 8, 1901 was between 1.1 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (21%).