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• Alie Dijksterhuis (Hoitink), Lehe/Bremerhaven, Duitsland († 1983)
• Albert Blue, Scotland, Van Buren Co, AR († 1965)
• Albertje PIEPER, Zijldijk ('t Zandt) Groningen Netherlands († 1986)
• Albertus Harms Booy, Hoogeveen († 1933)
• Adriana Maria Boshuizen, s'Gravendeel († 1991)
• Adriaan (Arie) Heusdans, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1977)
• Albertus Booij, Hoogeveen nederland († 1933)
• aagje WAARDENBURG, oud-beijerland († 1987)
• Alice Katherine McLane, Cawker City († 1985)
• Albertje Pieper, Zijldijk, Groningen, Nederland

• Agnisa van Asselt (80), Weesp
• Alida Adriaans Fahner (36), Dalfsen
• Albert OOSTERHEERT (72), Oudeschip, Uithuizermeeden
• Agnisa van Asselt (80), Weesp, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Fahner (36), Dalfsen
• Anna Maria Klaassens (76), Hengstdijk, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Amelia Ann CRAM (66), Hillsboro, Montgomery, Illinois
• Albert Wielink (72), Tiendeveen
• Allegonda Louisa KRONENBERG (34), Beek (gem. Ubbergen)
• (51), Steenwijkerwold

• 1904 » André Leducq, French cyclist († 1980)
• 1904 » James T. Farrell, American author and poet († 1979)
• 1905 » Franchot Tone, American actor, singer, and producer († 1968)
• 1907 » Mildred Bailey, American singer († 1951)
• 1907 » Momčilo Đujić, Serbian-American priest and commander († 1999)
• 1910 » Genrikh Kasparyan, Armenian chess player and composer († 1995)
• 1910 » Joan Bennett, American actress († 1990)
• 1910 » Kelly Johnson, American engineer, co-founded Skunk Works († 1990)
• 1910 » Peter De Vries, American journalist and author († 1993)
• 1911 » Oscar Heidenstam, English bodybuilder († 1991)

• 1887 » Alexander Borodin, Russian composer and chemist (b. 1833)
• 1892 » Louis Vuitton, French fashion designer and businessman, founded Louis Vuitton (b. 1821)
• 1902 » Harry "Breaker" Morant, English-Australian lieutenant (b. 1864)
• 1921 » Schofield Haigh, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1871)
• 1931 » Chandra Shekhar Azad, Indian revolutionary (b. 1906)
• 1936 » Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1849)
• 1936 » Joshua W. Alexander, American judge and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1852)
• 1937 » Emily Malbone Morgan, American saint, foundress of the Society of the Companions of the Holy Cross (b. 1862)
• 1937 » Hosteen Klah, Navajo artist, medicine man, and weaver (b. 1867)
• 1943 » Kostis Palamas, Greek poet and playwright (b. 1859)

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 15 » The Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority becomes the first Greek-letter organization founded and established by African American college women.
• January 21 » New York City passes the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor.
• August 17 » Fantasmagorie, the first animated cartoon, created by Émile Cohl, is shown in Paris, France.
• October 6 » The Bosnian crisis erupts when Austria-Hungary formally annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina.
• 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.
• November 28 » A mine explosion in Marianna, Pennsylvania, kills 154 men, leaving only one survivor.

The temperature on February 27, 1908 was between 2.8 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.