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• Johanna Engelina Zegers, Helden
• Albert Kornoelje Jr., Hudsonville, Ottawa, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1968)
• * Antoinette van Pomeren, Hof van Delft († 1969)
• * Willem Kuijl, Groot Ammers († 1960)
• Aaltje Gelijk, Veendam
• Adriana Eikelenboom, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1984)
• Adolf Antonius van Emmerloot, Nieuwerkerk aan de IJssel, ZH, Nederland († 1956)
• Adolf Henri van Kol, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1989)
• Adriaan Gerrit Verheijden, 's-Gevelduin-Capelle
• Adriana (Sjaan) Eikelenboom, Rotterdam († 1984)

• Albert Kielman (0), Musselkanaal
• Adrianus van Opzeeland (68), Bennebroek, gem. Bloemendaal, NH, Nederland
• Aart van der Ham (3), Ameide
• Anna Maria Denissen (83)
• Anna Clara van Gennip (19), Dussen, Altena, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Callenbach (1), Nijkerk
• Anna Stina Svensdotter (76), Hulterstad, Kalmar, Sweden
• Annechien Oppentogt (81), Molenstreek gem. Veendam
• Aleida Maria Roemaat (81), Didam, Gelderland, Nederland
• Allen Theodore Herpich (1), Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

• 1895 » Marcel Pagnol, French author, playwright and director († 1974)
• 1896 » Philip Showalter Hench, American physician and endocrinologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1965)
• 1898 » Zeki Rıza Sporel, Turkish footballer († 1969)
• 1900 » Wolf Hirth, German pilot and engineer, co-founded Schempp-Hirth († 1959)
• 1901 » Linus Pauling, American chemist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1994)
• 1903 » Vincente Minnelli, American director and screenwriter († 1986)
• 1906 » Bugsy Siegel, American gangster († 1947)
• 1907 » Milton Caniff, American cartoonist († 1988)
• 1908 » Billie Bird, American actress († 2002)
• 1909 » Stephen Spender, English author and poet († 1995)

• 1869 » Alphonse de Lamartine, French author and poet (b. 1790)
• 1879 » Hortense Allart, Italian-French author (b. 1801)
• 1891 » George Hearst, American businessman and politician (b. 1820)
• 1916 » Henry James, American novelist, short writer, and critic (b. 1843)
• 1925 » Friedrich Ebert, German politician, 1st President of Germany (b. 1871)
• 1929 » Clemens von Pirquet, Austrian physician and immunologist (b. 1874)
• 1932 » Guillaume Bigourdan, French astronomer and academic (b. 1851)
• 1935 » Chiquinha Gonzaga, Brazilian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1847)
• 1936 » Charles Nicolle, French biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)
• 1941 » Alfonso XIII of Spain (b. 1886)

• 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 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 1 » The first American college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, is held in Pasadena, California.
• January 28 » The Carnegie Institution of Washington is founded in Washington, D.C. with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie.
• March 7 » Second Boer War: Boers, led by Koos de la Rey, inflict the biggest defeat upon the British since the beginning of the war, at Tweebosch.
• April 20 » Pierre and Marie Curie refine radium chloride.
• August 9 » Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
• October 24 » Guatemala's Santa María Volcano begins to erupt, becoming the third-largest eruption of the 20th century.

The temperature on February 28, 1902 was between 4.5 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (17%).