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• Albertus Rudolf Antonius Geutjes, Elst (Ge), Gelderland, Nederland († 1946)
• Adrianus VAN DER LAAN, Overschie, ZH, Nederland
• Akke van der Wal, Hijlaard, gem. Baarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1996)
• Aleida Albertine van Zeyst, Keulen,Regierungsbezirk Köln,North Rhine-Westphalia,Germany
• Aartje Algonda van Lenning, Tilburg († 1980)
• Alida Cornelia de Jong, Nieuw beijerland ZH / Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland († 1990)
• Alberts, Emmen († 1908)
• Alagonda Euphemia Kappelhof, Schiedam, Nederland († 2004)
• Anna Adriana Spuijbroek, Sprang († 1993)
• Alejandro Lopez, Molinos, Salta, Argentina

• Antonius de Rijk (100), Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Stork (68), Hengelo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia JOOSEN (63), Borgerhout,2140,Antwerpen,Vlaanderen,BELGIË
• Adriaan Bakker (89), Terneuzen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Andries van der Blom (73), Oegstgeest, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alders (2), Hees, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alberts (0), Emmen
• Andries van der Blom (73), Oegstgeest
• Anna Derksd Stork (68), Hengelo, ov.nld
• Anna Gerrits van der Meulen (5), Hallum

• 1902 » Don Miller, American football player and coach († 1979)
• 1902 » Marcel Aymé, French author, playwright, and screenwriter († 1967)
• 1902 » William Walton, English composer († 1983)
• 1903 » Douglas Harkness, Canadian colonel and politician, 14th Canadian Minister of National Defence († 1999)
• 1906 » James Bausch, American decathlete and football player († 1974)
• 1907 » Braguinha, Brazilian singer-songwriter and producer († 2006)
• 1908 » Arthur O'Connell, American actor († 1981)
• 1908 » Dennis O'Keefe, American actor and screenwriter († 1968)
• 1909 » Moon Mullican, American country and western singer-songwriter and pianist († 1967)
• 1912 » Hanna Reitsch, German soldier and pilot († 1979)

• 1891 » Georges Seurat, French painter (b. 1859)
• 1891 » John Plankinton, American businessman and industrialist, also noted for philanthropy (b. 1820)
• 1900 » Cyrus K. Holliday, American businessman (b. 1826)
• 1905 » William Plankinton, American businessman, industrialist and banker (b. 1843)
• 1906 » Slava Raškaj, Croatian painter (b. 1878)
• 1911 » Alexandre Guilmant, French organist and composer (b. 1837)
• 1912 » Edward Adrian Wilson, English physician and explorer (b. 1872)
• 1912 » Henry Robertson Bowers, Scottish lieutenant and explorer (b. 1883)
• 1912 » Robert Falcon Scott, English lieutenant and explorer (b. 1868)
• 1924 » Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish composer and conductor (b. 1852)

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 30 » Indian pacifist and leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is released from prison by Jan C. Smuts after being tried and sentenced to two months in jail earlier in the month.
• March 9 » Inter Milan was founded on Football Club Internazionale, following a schism from A.C. Milan.
• April 14 » Hauser Dam, a steel dam on the Missouri River in Montana, U.S., fails, sending a surge of water 25 to 30 feet (7.6 to 9.1m) high downstream.
• June 18 » The University of the Philippines is established.
• October 13 » Margaret Travers Symons bursts into the UK parliament and became the first woman to speak there.
• November 25 » A fire breaks out on SSSardinia as it leaves Malta's Grand Harbour, resulting in the ship's grounding and the deaths of at least 118 people.

The temperature on March 29, 1908 was between 2.1 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (59%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.