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• Anna Knols, Aken (D) († 1993)
• Anna Catharina Fischer, Kerkrade (L
• Abraham van Tergouw, Duisburg, Duitsland († 1992)
• Keupers, Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Alida van Wilgen, Rotterdam
• Adrianus Jan van der Linden, Zuid-Beijerland
• Albertje Johannesd de Ruiter, Munnekeburen, fr.nld
• Achiel Cyrillus Deneweth, Zwevezele († 1974)
• Agnes Gwendoline Williams, Birkenhead, Cheshire, England († 2001)
• Aartje Pot, Alblasserdam Zuid-Holland Nederland

• Anne Joséphine Caroline Louise Jame (94), Paris
• Anna Catharina COMPIET (85), Ossendrecht, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albertje Drok (36), Harderwijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriaan van Gilst (75), Bruinisse
• Aleida Jacoba Maria Akkermans (1), Montfoort
• Adrianus Maas (1), Rosmalen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Complet, Ossendrecht, Woensdrecht, Noord-Brabant, NL
• Aldert Roffel (56), Zevenhuizen, gem. Leek, Groningen, Nederland
• Agnes Alida van der Veer, Gouda Nld), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Willemina Laman (69), Veldhausen, Bentheim, Niedersachsen, Deutschland

• 1902 » Arthur Nock, English theologian and academic († 1963)
• 1903 » Anaïs Nin, French-American essayist and memoirist († 1977)
• 1903 » Raymond Queneau, French poet and author († 1976)
• 1907 » W. H. Auden, English-American poet, playwright, and composer († 1973)
• 1909 » Hans Erni, Swiss painter, sculptor, and illustrator († 2015)
• 1910 » Douglas Bader, English captain and pilot († 1982)
• 1912 » Arline Judge, American actress and singer († 1974)
• 1914 » Ilmari Juutilainen, Finnish soldier and pilot († 1999)
• 1914 » Jean Tatlock, American psychiatrist and physician († 1944)
• 1914 » Zachary Scott, American actor († 1965)

• 1888 » William Weston, English-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1804)
• 1891 » James Timberlake, American lieutenant and police officer (b. 1846)
• 1919 » Kurt Eisner, German journalist and politician, Minister-President of Bavaria (b. 1867)
• 1926 » Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
• 1934 » Augusto César Sandino, Nicaraguan rebel leader (b. 1895)
• 1938 » George Ellery Hale, American astronomer and academic (b. 1868)
• 1941 » Frederick Banting, Canadian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
• 1944 » Ferenc Szisz, Hungarian-French race car driver (b. 1873)
• 1945 » Eric Liddell, Scottish rugby player and runner (b. 1902)
• 1946 » José Streel, Belgian journalist (b. 1911)

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 11 » Grand Canyon National Monument is created.
• January 28 » Members of the Portuguese Republican Party fail in their attempted coup d'état against the administrative dictatorship of Prime Minister João Franco.
• March 9 » Inter Milan was founded on Football Club Internazionale, following a schism from A.C. Milan.
• July 1 » SOS is adopted as the international distress signal.
• July 25 » Ajinomoto is founded. Kikunae Ikeda of the Tokyo Imperial University discovers that a key ingredient in kombu soup stock is monosodium glutamate (MSG), and patents a process for manufacturing it.
• October 14 » The Chicago Cubs defeat the Detroit Tigers, 2–0, clinching the 1908 World Series; this would be their last until winning the 2016 World Series.

The temperature on February 21, 1908 was between 7.3 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.