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• Adrianus van de Velde, Rotterdam
• Aartje van den Hoorn, Barneveld
• Aaltje Stoel († 1959)
• Hindrik Kielman, Oostwold
• Adriana van Berkel, Vught († 1991)
• Aafje de Bock, Sloten, Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1966)
• Soppe, Dalen,Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland († 1994)
• Albert Nieuwenweg, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1981)
• Aaltje Bokma, Grouw
• Aaltje Bosveld, Rheden

• Adalberth Joseph "Albert" Homernik "Hamerski""Omernik" (96), Town of Sharon, Portage County, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Catharina Reijnders (3), Horst
• (Stillborn) LEVERMAN (0), Groningen Groningen Netherlands
• Adriana Francina van Geest (17), 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Hartmans (86), Steenbergen
• Andrew Edward Crane (72), Livermore, Alameda Co., California, Verenigde Staten
• Anthonij Korenblek (64), Vorden
• Albertje van den Hazel (1), Putten, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana van Aart (67), Oudenbosch (NL)
• Aaltje Buijs (75), Ursem, Koggenland, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1905 » Franchot Tone, American actor, singer, and producer († 1968)
• 1907 » Mildred Bailey, American singer († 1951)
• 1907 » Momčilo Đujić, Serbian-American priest and commander († 1999)
• 1910 » Genrikh Kasparyan, Armenian chess player and composer († 1995)
• 1910 » Joan Bennett, American actress († 1990)
• 1910 » Kelly Johnson, American engineer, co-founded Skunk Works († 1990)
• 1910 » Peter De Vries, American journalist and author († 1993)
• 1911 » Oscar Heidenstam, English bodybuilder († 1991)
• 1912 » Kusumagraj, Indian author, poet, and playwright († 1999)
• 1912 » Lawrence Durrell, Indian-French author, poet, and playwright († 1990)

• 1887 » Alexander Borodin, Russian composer and chemist (b. 1833)
• 1892 » Louis Vuitton, French fashion designer and businessman, founded Louis Vuitton (b. 1821)
• 1902 » Harry "Breaker" Morant, English-Australian lieutenant (b. 1864)
• 1921 » Schofield Haigh, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1871)
• 1931 » Chandra Shekhar Azad, Indian revolutionary (b. 1906)
• 1936 » Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1849)
• 1936 » Joshua W. Alexander, American judge and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1852)
• 1937 » Emily Malbone Morgan, American saint, foundress of the Society of the Companions of the Holy Cross (b. 1862)
• 1937 » Hosteen Klah, Navajo artist, medicine man, and weaver (b. 1867)
• 1943 » Kostis Palamas, Greek poet and playwright (b. 1859)

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.
• May 31 » The National Negro Committee, forerunner to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), convenes for the first time.
• June 2 » Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
• August 24 » Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.
• August 28 » A group of mid-level Greek Army officers launches the Goudi coup, seeking wide-ranging reforms.
• September 7 » Eugène Lefebvre crashes a new French-built Wright biplane during a test flight at Juvisy, south of Paris, becoming the first aviator in the world to lose his life in a powered heavier-than-air craft.
• September 23 » The novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra (The Phantom of the Opera), by Gaston Leroux, is published as a serialization in Le Gaulois.

The average temperature on February 27, 1909 was -2.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.