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• Aleida Koopman, Radewijk, Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland († 1993)
• Alvin Preszier, South Dakota, Verenigde Staten († 1998)
• adrianus avontuur, terheijden
• Anje Niemeijer
• Adriaan van Lienden, den haag
• Albert Oeben († 1965)
• Anna Gaydos, New York, U.S.A († 1996)
• Adrianus Jacobus van Dorst, Princenhage, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aartje Kroes († 1976)
• Adrianus Johannes Kleijwegt, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1965)

• Aagtje Bos (50), Hoogkerk
• Anna Paulowna Götte
• Adriaan Sies (75), Zierikzee, Zeeland, Nederland
• Andreas Harbers (0), Nieuw Buinen (Borger)
• "François" Marie Alfred Joseph de La Rochefoucauld (3), Paris
• Anna Adelheid (Johann Heinrich Albert Korte) Töller (77), Twist, Neuringe, Duitsland
• Aaltje Dezijn (35), Zwolle
• Adrianus Vermeiren (83), Loenhout
• Egbert Pruim (7), Emmen
• Adornea Josephina Hoogervorst (42), Middelburg

• 1903 » Lawrence Welk, American accordion player and bandleader († 1992)
• 1903 » Ronald Syme, New Zealand historian and scholar († 1989)
• 1907 » Jessie Matthews, English actress, singer, and dancer († 1981)
• 1908 » Matti Sippala, Finnish javelin thrower († 1997)
• 1910 » Robert Havemann, German chemist and academic († 1982)
• 1911 » Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 1st Baronet, Egyptian-Scottish general and politician († 1996)
• 1913 » Wolf-Dietrich Wilcke, German colonel and pilot († 1944)
• 1915 » J. C. R. Licklider, American computer scientist and psychologist († 1990)
• 1915 » Vijay Hazare, Indian cricketer († 2004)
• 1916 » Ezra Jack Keats, American author and illustrator († 1983)

• 1898 » Tigran Chukhajian, Armenian composer and conductor (b. 1837)
• 1898 » William Rosecrans, American general and politician (b. 1819)
• 1907 » Jean Casimir-Perier, French lawyer and politician, 6th President of France (b. 1847)
• 1908 » Benjamin Waugh, American minister and activist (b. 1839)
• 1908 » Edmondo De Amicis, Italian journalist and author (b. 1846)
• 1915 » Thomas Alexander Browne, English-Australian author (b. 1826)
• 1920 » Julio Garavito Armero, Colombian astronomer, mathematician, and engineer (b. 1865)
• 1927 » Xenophon Stratigos, Greek general and politician, Greek Minister of Transport (b. 1869)
• 1931 » F. W. Murnau, German-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1888)
• 1937 » Joseph S. Cullinan, American businessman, co-founded Texaco (b. 1860)

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.
• February 26 » Kinemacolor, the first successful color motion picture process, is first shown to the general public at the Palace Theatre in London.
• April 9 » The U.S. Congress passes the Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act.
• August 7 » Alice Huyler Ramsey and three friends become the first women to complete a transcontinental auto trip, taking 59 days to travel from New York, New York to San Francisco, California.
• September 20 » The South Africa Act 1909 creates the Union of South Africa from the British Colonies from four smaller colonies.
• December 10 » Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

The temperature on March 11, 1909 was between -0.8 °C and 2.5 °C and averaged 0.5 °C. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.