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• Andrew Clarence Engelkes, Pine Rock Twp., Ogle Co., IL († 1975)
• Aafje Schooneman, Grootebroek, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Franciscus Michielsen, Chaam († 1954)
• Antje Mentjox, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Antonia Wilhelmina Evers, Gendt, Gelderland, Nederland († 1911)
• Annie Geertruida Antoinette Klaverweide († 2008)
• Abraham Marinus den Haan, St. Annaland († 1987)
• Adrianus Klink, Lisse, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abram den Outer († 1986)
• Arie de Pee, Maasdam, Nederland († 1993)

• Carl Crull (84), Schwerin, Landeshauptstadt Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
• Albert Stadman (50)
• Adelaide Helen Sophia Smith (26), Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
• Antonius Wilhelmus Gerardus Theodorus Koks (20), Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Slenders (62), Weert, Provincie Limburg, Nederland
• Antje Paulusdr Prosé (81), Ferwerd
• Beeltje Arends Smeding (80), De Wijk
• Andreas Joseph Raven (0), Grootebroek, Stede Broec,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Olie (80), Schagen
• Alida Magedelena van den Brenk (29), Maurik

• 1907 » Fred Zinnemann, Austrian-American director and producer († 1997)
• 1908 » Jack Williamson, American author and academic († 2006)
• 1909 » Tom Ewell, American actor († 1994)
• 1912 » Richard Carlson, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 1977)
• 1915 » Henry H. Barschall, German-American physicist and academic († 1997)
• 1917 » Celeste Holm, American actress and singer († 2012)
• 1917 » Maya Deren, Ukrainian-American director, poet, and photographer († 1961)
• 1918 » George Allen, American football player and coach († 1990)
• 1919 » Gérard Oury, French actor, director, and screenwriter († 2006)
• 1920 » Edward Blishen, English author and radio host († 1996)

• 1903 » Paul Du Chaillu, French-American anthropologist and zoologist (b. 1835)
• 1905 » Ignacio Cervantes, Cuban pianist and composer (b. 1847)
• 1916 » Jørgen Pedersen Gram, Danish mathematician and academic (b. 1850)
• 1920 » William H. Seward Jr., American general and banker (b. 1839)
• 1921 » Arthur Mold, English cricketer (b. 1863)
• 1933 » Constantine P. Cavafy, Greek poet and journalist (b. 1863)
• 1937 » William Gillette, American actor and playwright (b. 1853)
• 1944 » Bernardino Machado, Portuguese academic and politician, 3rd President of Portugal (b. 1851)
• 1945 » Matthias Kleinheisterkamp, German SS officer (b. 1893)
• 1947 » Irving Fisher, American economist and statistician (b. 1867)

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 14 » Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition makes landfall on the eastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf.
• January 15 » Palestinian Arabic-language Falastin newspaper founded.
• January 21 » The first Monte Carlo Rally takes place.
• 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 1 » Germany despatches the gunship SMSPanther to Morocco, sparking the Agadir Crisis.
• August 21 » The Mona Lisa is stolen by Vincenzo Peruggia, a Louvre employee.

The temperature on April 29, 1911 was between 5.8 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 4.3 mm of rain. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.