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• Addie Mae Worley, Texas († 1994)
• Agnes Berghmans, Vroenhoven
• Adriana Saarloos, Fijnaart, Noord-Barbant, Nederland
• ADRIAAN JANSE, Barneveld († 1971)
• Adriana Cornelia van Overveld, Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida Nijhoff, Zijldijk
• Albert Jannes Kooij, Wierden
• Alberic Bruno Joseph Goderis, Zarren
• Aaltje Pen, Steggerda († 1995)
• Alice Maria Josepha Hendrickx, Stabroek († 1969)

• Adrianus Josephus Lips (98), Raamsdonksveer, Provincie Noord Brabant Nederland
• Auguste Louis Michel SIMON (38), Montbéliard, 25200, Doubs, Franche-Comté, FRANCE
• Alijda Daatzelaar (16), Amersfoort / s'morgens om 9.00 Uur
• Alijda Kalter (74), IJsselmuiden
• Anna Maria de Wilde (74), Graauw en Langendam, Hulst, Zeeland, Netherlands
• (38), Zuid Scharwoude
• arie KOORNEEF (69), oud-beijerland
• Adrianus Josephus Lips (98), Raamsdonk
• Albert Kloek (85), Groningen
• Andries Gelauff (67), `s-Gravenhage

• 1900 » Gilberto Freyre, Brazilian sociologist, anthropologist, historian and writer († 1987)
• 1904 » George Brent, Irish-American actor († 1979)
• 1904 » J. Pat O'Malley, English-American actor († 1985)
• 1905 » Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, German lawyer and judge († 1944)
• 1907 » Zarah Leander, Swedish actress and singer († 1981)
• 1909 » Jaroslava Muchová Syllabová, Czech painter († 1986)
• 1912 » Lightnin' Hopkins, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1982)
• 1912 » Louis Paul Boon, Flemish journalist and author († 1979)
• 1913 » Jack Fairman, English race car driver († 2002)
• 1913 » Macdonald Carey, American actor († 1994)

• 1891 » Joseph Bazalgette, English engineer and academic (b. 1819)
• 1897 » James Joseph Sylvester, English mathematician and academic (b. 1814)
• 1898 » Henry Bessemer, English engineer and businessman (b. 1813)
• 1921 » Talaat Pasha, Ottoman politician, 281st Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1874)
• 1927 » Hector Rason, English-Australian politician, 7th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1858)
• 1933 » Gustavo Jiménez, Peruvian colonel and politician, 73rd President of Peru (b. 1886)
• 1937 » H. P. Lovecraft, American short story writer, editor, and novelist (b. 1890)
• 1938 » Nikolai Bukharin, Russian journalist and politician (b. 1888)
• 1939 » Luis Barceló, Spanish colonel (b. 1896)
• 1941 » Alexej von Jawlensky, Russian-German painter (b. 1864)

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 24 » The first Boy Scout troop is organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell.
• 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.
• April 16 » Natural Bridges National Monument is established in Utah.
• August 17 » Fantasmagorie, the first animated cartoon, created by Émile Cohl, is shown in Paris, France.
• October 1 » Ford Model T automobiles are offered for sale at a price of US$825.

The temperature on March 15, 1908 was between -0.7 °C and 2.5 °C and averaged 0.6 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.