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• Aetske Bruinenberg, Weststellingwerf († 1911)
• Adriaan Bakx, Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1912)
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• Agatha Komen, Nibbixwoud, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1908)
• Aaltje Comello, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 1986)
• Albert Daniel Pratt, Point HIll, St. Catherine Parish, Jamaica
• Adriana Treuren, Rotterdam
• Adriaan Huksloot, Rotterdam
• Adrianus van Gastel
• Adrianus Smout, Steenbergen

• Adelia G. Olmstead (Huie) (79), Volney, Oswego, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana Johanna van Miegom (83), Breda
• Albert Hendrik Wijtenhorst (0), Windesheim (Zwollerkerspel)
• Adriana Joanna van Miego (83), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aalt Hop
• Adriana van der Wansem (83), Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Ydes Sinnema (67), Waaxens, Hennaarderadeel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Antje Sinnema (67), Lutkewierum Rien, Friesland, Nederland
• Antje Ydes Sinnema (67), Waaxens, Hennaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana van der Wansem (83), Wassenaar

• 1901 » Linus Pauling, American chemist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1994)
• 1903 » Vincente Minnelli, American director and screenwriter († 1986)
• 1906 » Bugsy Siegel, American gangster († 1947)
• 1907 » Milton Caniff, American cartoonist († 1988)
• 1908 » Billie Bird, American actress († 2002)
• 1909 » Stephen Spender, English author and poet († 1995)
• 1911 » Otakar Vávra, Czech director and screenwriter († 2011)
• 1915 » Ketti Frings, American author, playwright, and screenwriter († 1981)
• 1915 » Peter Medawar, Brazilian-English biologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1987)
• 1915 » Zero Mostel, American actor and comedian († 1977)

• 1879 » Hortense Allart, Italian-French author (b. 1801)
• 1891 » George Hearst, American businessman and politician (b. 1820)
• 1916 » Henry James, American novelist, short writer, and critic (b. 1843)
• 1925 » Friedrich Ebert, German politician, 1st President of Germany (b. 1871)
• 1929 » Clemens von Pirquet, Austrian physician and immunologist (b. 1874)
• 1932 » Guillaume Bigourdan, French astronomer and academic (b. 1851)
• 1935 » Chiquinha Gonzaga, Brazilian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1847)
• 1936 » Charles Nicolle, French biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)
• 1941 » Alfonso XIII of Spain (b. 1886)
• 1942 » Karel Doorman, Dutch admiral (b. 1889)

• 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 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.
• 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.
• June 18 » Japanese immigration to Brazil begins when 781 people arrive in Santos aboard the ship Kasato-Maru.
• June 27 » A group of Vietnamese tirailleurs conducts a failed attempt to poison the entire French army's garrison in the Hanoi Citadel with the aim to make way for Hoàng Hoa Thám's rebel army to capture Hanoi.
• 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).

The temperature on February 28, 1908 was between 0.3 °C and 5.0 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. There was 4.1 mm of rain. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.