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• Anna (Frederiks) van Nieuwland, Vrijenban, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1941)
• Alida Johanna Maria SURIG, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1974)
• Adriaan Marinus Bakkenes, Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Petrus Leopold Baert, Belsele(B) († 1998)
• Adolf Boots, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1980)
• Adrianus Marinus Bakkenes, Naaldwijk
• Boog, Assen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1906)
• Alva Medina Cohen, Charing Cross, Saint Catherine, Jamaica
• Albert Prins, Amsterdam († 1968)
• Aagje Anthonia Van Rhijn, Waddinxveen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1908)

• Agatha Wittenberg (0), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Woerts (0), Hengelo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Apollina Macharis (67), Denderbelle
• Adrianus van Baardwijk (34), Vlijmen
• Antonia Van Loon (74), Elst(OB)
• Anna Maria Rozalia Van de Gaer (0), Houwaart Vlaams Brabant
• Aartje Willems Schadé (74), Laren
• Aartje Schadee (74), Laren, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Marinus Heijboer (27)
• Anna Cornelia Verhoeven (52), Udenhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 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)
• 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)

• 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)
• 1935 » Hachikō, Japanese dog (b. 1923)
• 1937 » Howie Morenz, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1902)

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

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

• 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
• March 5 » Moro Rebellion: United States Army troops bring overwhelming force against the native Moros in the First Battle of Bud Dajo, leaving only six survivors.
• April 7 » Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.
• June 26 » The first Grand Prix motor race is held at Le Mans.
• September 1 » The International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys is established.
• September 25 » Leonardo Torres y Quevedo demonstrates the Telekino, guiding a boat from the shore, in what is considered to be the first use of a remote control.
• November 9 » Theodore Roosevelt is the first sitting President of the United States to make an official trip outside the country. He did so to inspect progress on the Panama Canal.

The temperature on March 8, 1906 was between 6.9 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 9.9 mm of rain. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.