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• Alida Maria Nouien, Rotterdam († 1943)
• Aaltje Cornelia Bezemer, Rotterdam, ZH, Nederland
• Ana maria Peeters, Waalre († 1949)
• Amélie Mathilde DUPLAY, Calais,62100,Pas-De-Calais,Hauts-De-France,FRANCE († 1984)
• Adriaan Lacet, 's-Gravenhage, ZH, The Netherlands († 1904)
• Aldert van Weeren, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, NL († 1983)
• van Kessel, Heeze, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alice Goffinet, Sint-Truiden (B), België († 1990)
• Aaltje Visscher, Nijeveen († 1992)
• Alida Maria Nouien, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1943)

• Albert Antonides (67), Suawoude (gem. Tietjerksteradeel)
• Alijda de Wit (73), Stoutenburg, Utrecht, Nederland
• Albert Luitzen Antonides (67), Suawoude gem. Tietjerksteradeel
• Alida Angela Lüers (5), Stadskanaal
• Albertje Rutgers (78), Midlaren
• Aimé François TURLOTTE (53), Calonne-sur-la-Lys,62350,Pas-de-Calais,Hauts-de-France,FRANCE
• Alida Angela Lüers (5), Stadskanaal gem. Onstwedde
• Anna Theresia Eugenie Louisa Clementine Sterke (87), Oss
• Annechien van Velzel (80), Assen,Molenstraat,des morgens ten vier ure
• Amelia (Dugardein ) Dugardin (59), Westkerke

• 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)
• 1911 » Otakar Vávra, Czech director and screenwriter († 2011)

• 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 5.4 million citizens.
• January 7 » The distress signal "CQD" is established only to be replaced two years later by "SOS".
• February 7 » A fire begins in Baltimore, Maryland; it destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours.
• February 22 » The United Kingdom sells a meteorological station on the South Orkney Islands to Argentina; the islands are subsequently claimed by the United Kingdom in 1908.
• April 5 » The first international rugby league match is played between England and an Other Nationalities team (Welsh and Scottish players) in Central Park, Wigan, England.
• May 21 » The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is founded in Paris.
• July 31 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Hsimucheng: Units of the Imperial Japanese Army defeat units of the Imperial Russian Army in a strategic confrontation.

The temperature on February 28, 1904 was between -5.2 °C and -1.6 °C and averaged -3.5 °C. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.