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• Alida Schouten-, Leiden, Nederland
• Aaltje Sjoerds Robijn, Bergum († 1986)
• Aaltje Lindeman, Emmen († 1918)
• Albertine Wilhelmina Jansen Kruyt, Meester Cornelis, Java, Ned. Indië († 2006)
• Alyda Henriëtta MEEBOER, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1976)
• Abraham Wiertz, (Utrecht), Utrecht, Nederland
• Ade Fickel, Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• Albertje Stam, Wanneperveen († 1911)
• Agnes Coumans, Maastricht
• Abraham Stoffel Abrahamse, Sint Laurens († 1978)

• Adriana Elizabeth Mees (59), Middelburg
• Adriana Elisabeth Mees (59), Middelburg, Transvaal, R.S.A.
• Aart de Zwaan (68), Hulshorst
• Aldert Veen (71), Den Helder
• Anna Maria Doverman (0), Kerkrade (L
• Anna Guise (82), Rotterdam
• Albert Rosing (5), Wildervank, Groningen, Netherlands
• Adriana Martina Maas (65), Rotterdam
• Aaltje Bakker (5), Eelderwolde
• Anna Guise (82), Rotterdam

• 1907 » W. H. Auden, English-American poet, playwright, and composer († 1973)
• 1909 » Hans Erni, Swiss painter, sculptor, and illustrator († 2015)
• 1910 » Douglas Bader, English captain and pilot († 1982)
• 1912 » Arline Judge, American actress and singer († 1974)
• 1914 » Ilmari Juutilainen, Finnish soldier and pilot († 1999)
• 1914 » Jean Tatlock, American psychiatrist and physician († 1944)
• 1914 » Zachary Scott, American actor († 1965)
• 1915 » Ann Sheridan, American actress and singer († 1967)
• 1915 » Anton Vratuša, Prime Minister of Slovenia (1978–1980) († 2017)
• 1915 » Claudia Jones, Trinidad-British journalist and activist († 1964)

• 1888 » William Weston, English-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1804)
• 1891 » James Timberlake, American lieutenant and police officer (b. 1846)
• 1919 » Kurt Eisner, German journalist and politician, Minister-President of Bavaria (b. 1867)
• 1926 » Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
• 1934 » Augusto César Sandino, Nicaraguan rebel leader (b. 1895)
• 1938 » George Ellery Hale, American astronomer and academic (b. 1868)
• 1941 » Frederick Banting, Canadian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
• 1944 » Ferenc Szisz, Hungarian-French race car driver (b. 1873)
• 1945 » Eric Liddell, Scottish rugby player and runner (b. 1902)
• 1946 » José Streel, Belgian journalist (b. 1911)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Adrianus
10. Jacob
11. Jacobus
12. Wilhelmus
13. Gerardus
14. Arie
15. Dirk
16. Hendrikus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Hendrika
8. Catharina
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Geertruida
13. Grietje
14. Aaltje
15. Helena
16. Neeltje

• 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 6.0 million citizens.
• January 12 » The University of the Philippines College of Law is formally established; three future Philippine presidents are among the first enrollees.
• May 30 » At the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the first Indianapolis 500 ends with Ray Harroun in his Marmon Wasp becoming the first winner of the 500-mile auto race.
• July 7 » The United States, UK, Japan, and Russia sign the North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911 banning open-water seal hunting, the first international treaty to address wildlife preservation issues.
• August 1 » Harriet Quimby takes her pilot's test and becomes the first U.S. woman to earn an Aero Club of America aviator's certificate.
• September 18 » Russian Premier Pyotr Stolypin is shot at the Kiev Opera House.
• December 29 » Mongolia gains independence from the Qing dynasty, enthroning 8th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu as Khagan of Mongolia.

The temperature on February 21, 1911 was between 1.3 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.