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• Anna Schmaal, Gieterveen, Gieten
• Adriana Cornelia van der Velden, Rosmalen
• Alida Francina Krullaars, 's Gravenhage († 1945)
• August Jozef Cornelis Nooijens, Merxplas
• Agnes Theodora Janssen, Batenburg, 6634, Nederland
• Adrianus Havelaar
• Aaltje HAGEMAN, Uithuizen, Groningen, Nederland († 1983)
• Adriaan de Wit, Willemstad
• Aaltje Veldhuijzen van Zanten, Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Albertus Boer, Erica, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland

• aaltje kater (78), zaandam
• Adolphus Theodorus Hageman (67), Clinge, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Cornelia van Diejen (46), Zutphen
• Adriaan van Mierlo (66), Stiphout
• Aron Ruben Henriques (83), København, Danmark
• Annigje Smelt (74), Ruinerdijk (Ruinen)
• Bartje Hendriks (73), Velp gem. Rheden Gld. NL
• Anna Maria Hubertina Cuijpers (0), Sittard, Limburg, Nederland
• Antonius Lammersen (78), Noord Eschmarke
• antonetta TIMMERS (65), Rotterdam

• 1904 » Glenn Miller, American trombonist, composer, and bandleader († 1944)
• 1904 » Paul Hartman, American actor, singer, and dancer († 1973)
• 1905 » Doris Hare, Welsh-English actress, singer, and dancer († 2000)
• 1906 » Phạm Văn Đồng, Vietnamese lieutenant and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Vietnam († 2000)
• 1909 » Eugene Esmonde, English lieutenant and pilot († 1942)
• 1909 » Winston Sharples, American pianist and composer († 1978)
• 1910 » Archer John Porter Martin, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2002)
• 1910 » David Niven, English soldier and actor († 1983)
• 1912 » Boris Chertok, Polish-Russian engineer and academic († 2011)
• 1912 » Gerald Emmett Carter, Canadian cardinal († 2003)

• 1882 » Theodor Kullak, German pianist, composer, and educator (b. 1818)
• 1884 » Isaac Todhunter, English mathematician and academic (b. 1820)
• 1906 » José María de Pereda, Spanish author (b. 1833)
• 1911 » Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Dutch-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1914 » Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto, English soldier and politician, 8th Governor General of Canada (b. 1845)
• 1920 » John H. Bankhead, American lawyer and politician (b. 1842)
• 1922 » Pichichi, Spanish footballer (b. 1892)
• 1932 » Frank Teschemacher, American Jazz musician (b. 1906)
• 1936 » Mikhail Kuzmin, Russian author and poet (b. 1871)
• 1938 » Gabriele D'Annunzio, Italian journalist and politician (b. 1863)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Adrianus
10. Jacob
11. Jacobus
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. Neeltje
16. Trijntje

• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
• January 13 » The Rhoads Opera House fire in Boyertown, Pennsylvania kills 171 people.
• January 24 » The first Boy Scout troop is organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell.
• April 1 » The Territorial Force (renamed Territorial Army in 1920) is formed as a volunteer reserve component of the British Army.
• April 20 » Opening day of competition in the New South Wales Rugby League.
• July 23 » The Second Constitution accepted by the Ottomans.
• October 13 » Margaret Travers Symons bursts into the UK parliament and became the first woman to speak there.

The temperature on March 1, 1908 was between -2.5 °C and 3.5 °C and averaged 0.6 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.