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• Adrianus Arnoldus Boeters, Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert VAN DUIJSE, De Klinge,9170,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Aafke LYCKLAMA À NIJEHOLT, Hartwerd Friesland Netherlands († 2003)
• Agatha Johanna Persoon, Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alberto Dias de Assunção, Botucatu, São Paulo, Brasil († 1984)
• Adrianus Joannes Caris, Nederweert († 1908)
• Aartje Schilthuizen, Dordrecht († 1965)
• Albertus Antonius Josephus de Witte
• Adrianus Vugts, Kaatsheuvel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1980)
• Aagtje Dalenberg, Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1964)

• Adriana Alida Boeree (30), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Kroonen (44), Steenbergen, N-Br, NL
• Adriana Klootwijk (59), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Reens (0), London, South East England, Groot Brittanië
• Adriana Alida BOEREE (30), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anje van den Berg (65), Appingedam, Groningen, Nederland
• Anne Lieuwes Kramer (77), Oostermeer, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Albert Kwakkel (75), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Achilles Domien Waterschoot (0), Grembergen (België)
• Anne Lieuwes Kramer (77), Oostermeer, gem. Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland

• 1903 » Binnie Barnes, English-American actress († 1998)
• 1904 » Pete Johnson, American boogie-woogie and jazz pianist († 1967)
• 1905 » Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim, German colonel († 1944)
• 1906 » A. J. P. Taylor, English historian and academic († 1990)
• 1906 » Jean Sablon, French singer and actor († 1994)
• 1908 » David Lean, English director, producer, and screenwriter († 1991)
• 1910 » Benzion Netanyahu, Polish-Israeli historian and academic († 2012)
• 1910 » Magda Olivero, Italian soprano († 2014)
• 1912 » Jean Vilar, French actor and director († 1971)
• 1912 » Melita Norwood, English civil servant and spy († 2005)

• 1907 » Ernst von Bergmann, Latvian-German surgeon and academic (b. 1836)
• 1908 » Durham Stevens, American diplomat (b. 1851)
• 1914 » Frédéric Mistral, French lexicographer and poet, 1904 Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1830)
• 1917 » Elizabeth Storrs Mead, American academic (b. 1832)
• 1918 » Claude Debussy, French composer (b. 1862)
• 1918 » Peter Martin, Australian footballer and soldier (b. 1875)
• 1927 » Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas, Palestinian Roman Catholic nun; later canonized (b. 1843)
• 1931 » Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi, Indian journalist and politician (b. 1890)
• 1931 » Ida B. Wells, American journalist and activist (b. 1862)
• 1932 » Harriet Backer, Norwegian painter (b.1845)

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.
• February 1 » Lisbon Regicide: King Carlos I of Portugal and Infante Luis Filipe are shot dead in Lisbon.
• April 8 » Harvard University votes to establish the Harvard Business School.
• 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.
• September 27 » Production of the Model T automobile begins at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit.

The temperature on March 25, 1908 was between 1.0 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (52%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.