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• Anna Maria de Looff, Mijdrecht († 1944)
• Anje Henderika Rus, Eenrum (gem. De Marne)
• Adrianus van DESSEL, Bergen Op Zoom (Nl)
• Andries Ates Atema, Drachten
• Adolf van Steenis, Utrecht (NL) († 1935)
• Aaltje Sjoerts de Boer, Urk
• Alexandrina Hubertina Joosten, Amsterdam († 1993)
• Albertus Cornelis Jan van de Graaf, Wamel, Gelderland, Nederland († 1977)
• Adriana Margaretha van Dieijen, Rotterdam († 1911)
• Alida van der Torre, Rotterdam († 1989)

• Anna Eliza McFarland (49), Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States
• Aagje Reemer (49), Den Haag
• Arend Strijker (1), Kerkenbosch, Drenthe, Nederland
• Amanda Murray (43), Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, Verenigde Staten
• Albert Bongers (63), Hengelo
• Agatha de Back (74), Kruiningen
• Alberdina Johanna Ekker (79), Zwolle
• Andries Patings (73), Zaltbommel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Sophia Elisabeth Goos (61), Amsterdam, nh.nld
• Anna Catharina Destrycker (74), Sint-Pieters-Leeuw, Belgie

• 1902 » Cyril Vincent, South African cricketer († 1968)
• 1903 » Edgar Bergen, Swedish-American ventriloquist and actor († 1978)
• 1904 » George F. Kennan, Scotch-Irish American historian and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union († 2005)
• 1904 » James Baskett, African-American actor and singer († 1948)
• 1905 » Henrietta Barnett, British Women's Royal Air Force officer († 1985)
• 1906 » Vera Menchik, British-Czechoslovak-Russian chess player († 1944)
• 1909 » Hugh Beaumont, American actor and director († 1982)
• 1909 » Richard McDonald, Irish-American businessman, co-founded McDonald's († 1998)
• 1914 » Jimmy Wakely, American country music singer-songwriter and actor († 1982)
• 1916 » Bill Doggett, African-American pianist and composer († 1996)

• 1898 » Thomas Bracken, Irish-New Zealand journalist, poet, and politician (b. 1843)
• 1899 » Félix Faure, French merchant and politician, 7th President of France (b. 1841)
• 1907 » Giosuè Carducci, Italian poet and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1835)
• 1912 » Nicholas of Japan, Russian-Japanese monk and saint (b. 1836)
• 1917 » Octave Mirbeau, French journalist, novelist, and playwright ( (b. 1848)
• 1919 » Vera Kholodnaya, Ukrainian actress (b. 1893)
• 1928 » Eddie Foy Sr., American actor and dancer (b. 1856)
• 1932 » Edgar Speyer, American-English financier and philanthropist (b. 1862)
• 1932 » Ferdinand Buisson, French academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1841)
• 1944 » Dadasaheb Phalke, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1870)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacob
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Wilhelmus
13. Arie
14. Gerardus
15. Dirk
16. Antonius

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Jacoba
11. Petronella
12. Grietje
13. Aaltje
14. Geertruida
15. Neeltje
16. Helena

• 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
• February 20 » Publication of the Futurist Manifesto in the French journal Le Figaro.
• March 31 » Serbia formally withdraws its opposition to Austro-Hungarian actions in the Bosnian Crisis.
• April 27 » Sultan of Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II is overthrown, and is succeeded by his brother, Mehmed V.
• May 13 » The first Giro d'Italia starts from Milan. Italian cyclist Luigi Ganna will be the winner.
• June 2 » Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
• September 30 » The Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania makes a record-breaking westbound crossing of the Atlantic, that will not be bettered for 20 years.

The temperature on February 16, 1909 was between -1.3 °C and 5.0 °C and averaged 1.2 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.