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• Aktje Stoppels, Uitwierde († 1999)
• Adrianus Lambertus van Asselen, Vinkeveen en Waverveen († 1909)
• "Piet" Petrus Petrus († 1979)
• Adrianus Joannes Arnouts, Wuustwezel
• Steghuis, Losser († 1909)
• Abraham Kalkoene, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Adriana Maltha, Schiedam, Nederland († 1947)
• Adrianus Danen, Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1997)
• Aartje Verhaaff, Dieren, Nederland
• Aafke Apolonia HUITEMA, Wonseradeel(Friesland)

• Aleida Hendrika te te Hennepe (81), Aalten
• Arie van der Beek (80), Amsterdam
• Adriana van den Ackerveeken (75), Gilze en Rijen
• Alida Petronella Cathalina Vroom (76), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arie van der Hilt (62), Zevenhuizen
• Antoon Voerman (5), Steenwijkerwold, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Ariaantje Diemer (69), Krommenie, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Adriana Diemeer (69), Krommenie
• Berend van Engeland (0), Winterswijk
• Allegien Oetses BOSMA (36), Oldehove, Zuidhorn, Groningen, 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 » The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded.
• February 20 » Publication of the Futurist Manifesto in the French journal Le Figaro.
• March 10 » By signing the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909, Thailand relinquishes its sovereignty over the Malay states of Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis and Terengganu, which become British protectorates.
• May 31 » The National Negro Committee, forerunner to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), convenes for the first 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.
• October 26 » An Jung-geun assassinates Japan's Resident-General of Korea.

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.