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• Blaak († 1909)
• alma walfrida berg († 1954)
• Albertus Muijen, Wadenoijen, Tiel, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Jalbert, St-Joseph-de-Mékinac († 1960)
• Adrianus Joannes de Kort, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1974)
• Aaltje Agatha Mulder, Groningen (Groningen)
• Anna (Johanna) Heemskerk, Voorhout,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2002)
• Aaldrik Lamein, Muntendam gemeente Menterwolde Groningen († 1991)
• Aalt Starink, Rotterdam
• alfred DUFRANE, Wasmes (Belgium) Hainaut

• Adrianus Petrus Bont de (44), Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Van Aert (1), Zundert, Noord-Brabant,Netherlands
• Anna Catharina Bippen (61), Lathen, Emsland
• Anna Maria Vermeulen (68), Poppel
• Alouisia Maria Klein Mentink (5), Renkum
• Anne Haijes Hoekstra (61), Zwolle, Overijssel, The Netherlands
• Adrianus Anthonie Jonkers (53), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Aaltjen Assen (53), Dalen
• Aleida Berendina Weenink (61), Aalten, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albert Mager (0), Achterdijk,Ruinen,Drenthe,Netherlands

• 1902 » Jennings Randolph, American journalist and politician († 1998)
• 1902 » Louise Beavers, American actress and singer († 1962)
• 1907 » Konstantinos Karamanlis, Greek lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Greece († 1998)
• 1909 » Beatrice Shilling, English motorcycle racer and engineer († 1990)
• 1909 » Paula Strasberg, American actress and acting coach († 1966)
• 1910 » Claire Trevor, American actress († 2000)
• 1911 » Alan Hovhaness, Armenian-American pianist and composer († 2000)
• 1912 » Meldrim Thomson, Jr., American publisher and politician, 73rd Governor of New Hampshire († 2001)
• 1912 » Preston Smith, American businessman and politician, 40th Governor of Texas († 2003)
• 1914 » Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich, Belarusian-Russian physicist and astronomer († 1987)

• 1887 » Henry Ward Beecher, American minister and activist (b. 1813)
• 1887 » James Buchanan Eads, American engineer, designed the Eads Bridge (b. 1820)
• 1889 » John Ericsson, Swedish-American engineer, designed the USS Monitor (b. 1803)
• 1917 » Ferdinand von Zeppelin, German general and businessman, founded the Zeppelin Company (b. 1838)
• 1923 » Johannes Diderik van der Waals, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1837)
• 1923 » Krišjānis Barons, Latvian linguist and author (b. 1835)
• 1930 » Edward Terry Sanford, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, United States Assistant Attorney General (b. 1865)
• 1930 » William Howard Taft, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, 27th President of the United States (b. 1857)
• 1935 » Hachikō, Japanese dog (b. 1923)
• 1937 » Howie Morenz, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1902)

• 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 26 » Kinemacolor, the first successful color motion picture process, is first shown to the general public at the Palace Theatre in London.
• April 6 » Robert Peary and Matthew Henson become the first people to reach the North Pole; Peary's claim has been disputed because of failings in his navigational ability.
• April 18 » Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome.
• June 26 » The Science Museum in London comes into existence as an independent entity.
• 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.
• November 18 » Two United States warships are sent to Nicaragua after 500 revolutionaries (including two Americans) are executed by order of José Santos Zelaya.

The temperature on March 8, 1909 was between -2.9 °C and 5.2 °C and averaged 0.6 °C. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.