About the day » Thursday February 13, 1908Calender converter

• Aaltje Pot, Foxhol gem.Hoogezand († 1992)
• Ake Aukje Kuipers, rotterdam
• Andries Gorter, Haulerwijk, Groningen, Nederland († 1988)
• Achiel Kamiel Brys, Temse († 1909)
• Aldis Pettersen, Gimsøy, Lofoten, Nordland, Norge († 1996)
• Anna Cornelia Melgers, Vreeswijk (Nieuwegein), Utrecht, Nederland († 1995)
• Aartje Maagje Benschop, Lopik, Utrecht, Netherlands († 1978)
• Alida Hendrika Booij, Barendrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1976)
• Anna Maria Rooijakkers, Sloten
• (Stillborn) SIKKEMA, Visvliet (Grijpskerk) Groningen Netherlands († 1908)

• Anna Maria Regina Lammers (74), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriana Cornelia VAN HEES (92), Eel, Ravels, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
• Anna Elisabeth Begeer (75), Gouda
• Aaltje Verduin (61), Vianen
• Albert Berents Hulskers (89), Weddermarke Westerwolde Groningen Nederland
• Anna Francina Hendriks (68), Ottersum, Nederland
• Anje Kiewiet (37), Uithuizermeeden (Gr., NL)
• Stheeman (80), Nijmegen
• Anna Maria - Maria Aleida Lammers (74), Emmen, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Abraham Lugtenburg (33), 's-Gravenhage

• 1903 » Georges Simenon, Belgian-Swiss author († 1989)
• 1903 » Georgy Beriev, Georgian-Russian engineer, founded the Beriev Aircraft Company († 1979)
• 1906 » Agostinho da Silva, Portuguese philosopher and author († 1994)
• 1907 » Katy de la Cruz, Filipino-American singer and actress († 2004)
• 1910 » William Shockley, English-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1989)
• 1911 » Faiz Ahmad Faiz, Indian-Pakistani poet and journalist († 1984)
• 1911 » Jean Muir, American actress and educator († 1996)
• 1912 » Harald Riipalu, Russian-Estonian commander († 1961)
• 1912 » Margaretta Scott, English actress († 2005)
• 1913 » Khalid of Saudi Arabia († 1982)

• 1877 » Costache Caragiale, Romanian actor and manager (b. 1815)
• 1883 » Richard Wagner, German composer (b. 1813)
• 1888 » Jean-Baptiste Lamy, French-American archbishop (b. 1814)
• 1892 » Provo Wallis, Canadian-English admiral (b. 1791)
• 1893 » Ignacio Manuel Altamirano, Mexican intellectual and journalist (b. 1834)
• 1905 » Konstantin Savitsky, Russian painter (b. 1844)
• 1906 » Albert Gottschalk, Danish painter (b. 1866)
• 1934 » József Pusztai, Slovene-Hungarian poet and journalist (b. 1864)
• 1942 » Epitácio Pessoa, Brazilian lawyer, judge, and politician, 11th President of Brazil (b. 1865)
• 1942 » Otakar Batlička, Czech journalist (b. 1895)

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. Arie
15. Wilhelmus
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 28 » Members of the Portuguese Republican Party fail in their attempted coup d'état against the administrative dictatorship of Prime Minister João Franco.
• April 20 » Opening day of competition in the New South Wales Rugby League.
• June 18 » Japanese immigration to Brazil begins when 781 people arrive in Santos aboard the ship Kasato-Maru.
• July 26 » United States Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation).
• August 17 » Fantasmagorie, the first animated cartoon, created by Émile Cohl, is shown in Paris, France.

The temperature on February 13, 1908 was between 0.6 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.