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• Adrianus Cornelis Bisschops, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Christina Hebers, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alberdina Kerkdijk, Hellendoorn, Overijssel, Nederland († 1908)
• Anna Grietje Wielinga, Assen
• Anette Andree, Eesveen (Steenwijkerwold)
• Adriana TUK, 's-Gravendeel († 1997)
• Afke Klaasd Jorwerda († 1977)
• Alida Antonia Methorst, Doorn, Utrecht, Nederland († 1992)
• Albertus Hermanus Kamphuis, Voorst, Gelderland, Nederland († 1908)
• André Emile VANHERSECKE, Avion, 62065, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France

• Antonia van NUNEN (81), Teteringen (Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands)
• Adrianus Hogenstijn (13), Castricum
• Frederica van den Berg (31), Utrecht
• Anne Jelles van der Veen (71), Zuidhorn
• Antje Hofman (51), Amsterdam
• Adriana Agatha van de Raad (2), Noordwijk
• Anna Gertrudis Geertrui Lemmen (78), Sevenum, Limburg, Nederland
• Antonius Gerardus Joseph van Egmond (0), Alphen aan den Rijn, Nederland
• Aloijsius Vercammen (66), Clinge, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Verheesen (62), Lier, België

• 1903 » Frank Sargeson, New Zealand author († 1982)
• 1904 » Joan Crawford, American film actress († 1977)
• 1905 » Lale Andersen, German chanson singer-songwriter († 1972)
• 1907 » Daniel Bovet, Swiss-Italian pharmacologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1992)
• 1909 » Charles Werner, American cartoonist († 1997)
• 1910 » Akira Kurosawa, Japanese director, producer and screenwriter († 1998)
• 1910 » Jerry Cornes, English runner, colonial officer and educator († 2001)
• 1912 » Eleanor Cameron, Canadian-American author and critic († 1996)
• 1912 » Neil McCorkell, English-South African cricketer and coach († 2013)
• 1912 » Wernher von Braun, German-American physicist and engineer († 1977)

• 1883 » Arthur Macalister, Scottish-Australian politician, 2nd Premier of Queensland (b. 1818)
• 1884 » Henry C. Lord, American businessman (b. 1824)
• 1910 » Nadar, French photographer, journalist, and author (b. 1820)
• 1914 » Rafqa Pietra Choboq Ar-Rayès, Lebanese saint (b. 1832)
• 1923 » Hovhannes Tumanyan, Armenian poet and author (b. 1869)
• 1927 » Paul César Helleu, French painter and etcher (b. 1859)
• 1931 » Bhagat Singh, Indian activist (b. 1907)
• 1931 » Shivaram Rajguru, Indian activist (b. 1908)
• 1931 » Sukhdev Thapar, Indian activist (b. 1907)
• 1953 » Raoul Dufy, French painter and illustrator (b. 1877)

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 24 » The first Boy Scout troop is organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell.
• January 30 » Indian pacifist and leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is released from prison by Jan C. Smuts after being tried and sentenced to two months in jail earlier in the month.
• February 1 » Lisbon Regicide: King Carlos I of Portugal and Infante Luis Filipe are shot dead in Lisbon.
• March 9 » Inter Milan was founded on Football Club Internazionale, following a schism from A.C. Milan.
• April 8 » Harvard University votes to establish the Harvard Business School.
• October 1 » Ford Model T automobiles are offered for sale at a price of US$825.

The temperature on March 23, 1908 was between 2.2 °C and 14.1 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (59%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.