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• Aagje de Roode, Rotterdam († 1935)
• Albertus Peters, Apeldoorn
• Anna Ottolina de Snoo, Dordrecht († 1984)
• Adrianus Martinus van Eggelen, Vlijmen
• Anna Maria Johanna Klijn, Loon op Zand
• Alfons Jozef de Ryck, Temse
• Aaldert Slomp, Deurne en Liessel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1975)
• Albertus van Dalfsen, Zwolle († 1908)
• Abraham Verwijs, Sint Philipsland († 1985)
• Anna Catharina (Agnes) SONNENSCHEIN, Kerkrade/Bleijerheide, Limburg, Nederland († 1997)

• Abeltje Kremer (85), Nieuwolda
• Anna Cornelia Spruijt (21), Vinkeveen en Waverveen
• Abeltje Jans Kremer (85), Nieuwolda (gem. Oldambt)
• Anna Katharina Evers (73), Fährdorf (Poel), Nordwestmecklenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Ksp. Kirchdorf/Insel Poel
• Anna Hommes (0), Beverwijk (Noord-Holland)
• Anna Margareta Cornelia Stalmans (65), Tessenderlo, 3980, België
• Adriana Elizabeth KAPTEIJN (0), Lekkerkerk
• Abeltje Jans Kremer (85), Nieuwolda, Nederland
• Amaury de La Barre de Nanteuil (39), château de la Chevallerie, Sainte-Gemme-la-Plaine, Vendée, France
• Anthonia Elisabeth Zijp (0), Noord-Scharwoude, Langedijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1901 » Friedrich Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg († 1971)
• 1901 » Julian Przyboś, Polish poet, essayist and translator († 1970)
• 1904 » Karl Rahner, German priest and theologian († 1984)
• 1905 » László Benedek, Hungarian-American director and cinematographer († 1992)
• 1908 » Fritz Fischer, German historian and author († 1999)
• 1908 » Irving Fiske, American author and playwright († 1990)
• 1908 » Rex Harrison, English actor († 1990)
• 1910 » Ennio Flaiano, Italian author, screenwriter, and critic († 1972)
• 1910 » Momofuku Ando, Taiwanese-Japanese businessman, founded Nissin Foods († 2007)
• 1912 » Jack Marshall, New Zealand colonel, lawyer, and politician, 28th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1988)

• 1876 » Marie d'Agoult, German-French historian and author (b. 1805)
• 1893 » Hippolyte Taine, French historian and critic (b. 1828)
• 1895 » Nikolai Leskov, Russian author, playwright, and journalist (b. 1831)
• 1895 » Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet, English general and scholar (b. 1810)
• 1907 » Friedrich Blass, German philologist, scholar, and academic (b. 1843)
• 1925 » Johan Jensen, Danish mathematician and engineer (b. 1859)
• 1927 » Franz Mertens, Polish-Austrian mathematician and academic (b. 1840)
• 1929 » David Dunbar Buick, Scottish-American businessman, founded Buick (b. 1854)
• 1934 » Reşit Galip, Turkish academic and politician, 6th Turkish Minister of National Education (b. 1893)
• 1935 » Roque Ruaño, Spanish priest and engineer (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.
• April 8 » H. H. Asquith of the Liberal Party takes office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, succeeding Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman.
• 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.
• 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).
• October 6 » The Bosnian crisis erupts when Austria-Hungary formally annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina.
• November 22 » The Congress of Manastir establishes the Albanian alphabet.
• December 2 » Puyi becomes Emperor of China at the age of two.

The temperature on March 5, 1908 was between -0.9 °C and 5.1 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.