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• Adriana Maltha, Schiedam, Nederland († 1947)
• Adrianus Lambertus van Asselen-, Vinkeveen, Nederland († 1909)
• Adrianus Cornelius Johannes Maria van den Broek, Woensel († 1959)
• Albert Theodore Nordblom, Boston, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten († 1991)
• Adrianus Jacobus de la Mar, Veenendaal († 1966)
• Steghuis, Losser († 1909)
• Aktje Stoppels, Uitwierde († 1999)
• Alceu Cardoso († 1973)
• Aartje Verhaaff, Dieren, Nederland
• Adrianus de la Mar († 1966)

• Adriaantje van Veghel (67), Schijndel, NL
• Adriana Barbara Thoen (1), Loosduinen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Petronella Cathalina Vroom (76), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Wielen van der (63), Tegelen, Limburg, Netherlands
• Annegjen Annes de Lange (77), Wonseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Antoon Voerman (5), Steenwijkerwold, Overijssel, Netherlands
• (13p) Gerardus van Besouw (75), Goirle
• Antonie (Antonij) Vos, Eethen/Genderen/Heesbeen
• Allegien Oetses BOSMA (36), Oldehove, Zuidhorn, Groningen, Nederland
• Alida Petronella Catharina VROOM (77), Alkmaar,, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1903 » Vincente Minnelli, American director and screenwriter († 1986)
• 1906 » Bugsy Siegel, American gangster († 1947)
• 1907 » Milton Caniff, American cartoonist († 1988)
• 1908 » Billie Bird, American actress († 2002)
• 1909 » Stephen Spender, English author and poet († 1995)
• 1911 » Otakar Vávra, Czech director and screenwriter († 2011)
• 1915 » Ketti Frings, American author, playwright, and screenwriter († 1981)
• 1915 » Peter Medawar, Brazilian-English biologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1987)
• 1915 » Zero Mostel, American actor and comedian († 1977)
• 1916 » Cesar Climaco, Filipino lawyer and politician, 10th Mayor of Zamboanga City († 1984)

• 1879 » Hortense Allart, Italian-French author (b. 1801)
• 1891 » George Hearst, American businessman and politician (b. 1820)
• 1916 » Henry James, American novelist, short writer, and critic (b. 1843)
• 1925 » Friedrich Ebert, German politician, 1st President of Germany (b. 1871)
• 1929 » Clemens von Pirquet, Austrian physician and immunologist (b. 1874)
• 1932 » Guillaume Bigourdan, French astronomer and academic (b. 1851)
• 1935 » Chiquinha Gonzaga, Brazilian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1847)
• 1936 » Charles Nicolle, French biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)
• 1941 » Alfonso XIII of Spain (b. 1886)
• 1942 » Karel Doorman, Dutch admiral (b. 1889)

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

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 12 » New Zealand's worst maritime disaster of the 20th century happens when the SSPenguin, an inter-island ferry, sinks and explodes at the entrance to Wellington Harbour.
• June 2 » Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
• June 26 » The Science Museum in London comes into existence as an independent entity.
• October 16 » William Howard Taft and Porfirio Díaz hold the first summit between a U.S. and a Mexican president. They narrowly escape assassination.
• December 4 » The Montreal Canadiens ice hockey club, the oldest surviving professional hockey franchise in the world, is founded as a charter member of the National Hockey Association.
• December 14 » New South Wales Premier Charles Wade signs the Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909, formally completing the transfer of State land to the Commonwealth to create the Australian Capital Territory.

The temperature on February 28, 1909 was between -7.0 °C and 3.1 °C and averaged -1.6 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.