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• Angelina Maria Anna Augusta Sauter, Maastricht
• Abraham Wouters, Oost en West Souburg († 1988)
• , Made en Drimmelen († 1989)
• Abraham Wouters, Vlissingen, Nederland († 1988)
• Aaltje Gerrits SCHOTT, Winschoten Groningen Netherlands († 1909)
• Anke Spiekstra, Leeuwarden
• Albert Peters Braak, Spring Lake, Ottawa, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1985)
• Anna DE BOCK († 1951)
• Annie Irene WARD, Pudsey, West Riding, Yorkshire, England († 1987)
• Adrianus van Baarle, Rotterdam

• Anna Maria Theresia Jansen (36), Stad Almelo, Ov, Nederland
• Adriaantje (Arijaantje) Zeelenberg (70), Rotterdam
• Aaltje Vink (74), Nederhorst den Berg (gem. Wijdemeren)
• Adriana Petronella Vermeulen (65), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alphonsus Theophilus Jacobs (7), Berlaar
• Abraham Jacob de Jong de Bosson (84), Woudrichem
• Arda Willemse (38), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aleida Schuurhuis (0), De Krim
• Anna Miet (65), St Pieter (Maastricht)
• Arnoldus Hendrikus Molmans (78), Boxmeer, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1906 » Avery Fisher, American violinist and engineer, founded Fisher Electronics († 1994)
• 1906 » Georges Ronsse, Belgian cyclist and manager († 1969)
• 1906 » Meindert DeJong, Dutch-American soldier and author († 1991)
• 1907 » Edgar Barrier, American actor († 1964)
• 1908 » T. R. M. Howard, American surgeon and activist († 1976)
• 1908 » Thomas Shaw, American singer and guitarist († 1977)
• 1909 » George Edward Holbrook, American chemist and engineer († 1987)
• 1909 » Harry Helmsley, American businessman († 1997)
• 1910 » Tancredo Neves, Brazilian lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Brazil († 1985)
• 1911 » Charles Greville, 7th Earl of Warwick, English actor († 1984)

• 1883 » Alexander H. Stephens, American lawyer and politician, Vice President of the Confederate States of America (b. 1812)
• 1888 » Amos Bronson Alcott, American philosopher and educator (b. 1799)
• 1903 » Joseph Henry Shorthouse, English author (b. 1834)
• 1906 » John Schofield, American general and politician, 28th United States Secretary of War (b. 1831)
• 1915 » William Willett, English inventor, founded British Summer Time (b. 1856)
• 1916 » Franz Marc, German painter (b. 1880)
• 1925 » James Ward, English psychologist and philosopher (b. 1843)
• 1925 » John Montgomery Ward, American baseball player and manager (b. 1860)
• 1925 » Moritz Moszkowski, Polish-German pianist and composer (b. 1854)
• 1927 » Ira Remsen, American chemist and academic (b. 1846)

• 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.
• January 16 » Ernest Shackleton's expedition finds the magnetic South Pole.
• April 9 » The U.S. Congress passes the Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act.
• May 13 » The first Giro d'Italia starts from Milan. Italian cyclist Luigi Ganna will be the winner.
• June 26 » The Science Museum in London comes into existence as an independent entity.
• July 16 » Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar is forced out as Shah of Persia and is replaced by his son Ahmad Shah Qajar.
• August 24 » Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.

The temperature on March 4, 1909 was between -5.2 °C and 1.8 °C and averaged -1.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.