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• Anne Gerrits Boersma, Opende († 1988)
• Annie McCrory († 2001)
• Anne Ottema, Vrouwenparochie, Het Bildt, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Jannetje LUIJENDIJK, Rotterdam, Nederland
• Albertus Roelof Sanders, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1971)
• Anna SLACHTER († 1997)
• Anne Boersma, Opende, gem. Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland
• Akke Aarts Terpstra, Huins, Baarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 2000)
• Alice Oliveira, Bragança Paulista, São Paulo, Brasil
• Alvin G Mulder, Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa († 1994)

• Albert Jans Oosting (67), Hijken Beilen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aaltje Schipper (74), Wognum Nederland
• Adrianus Rossen (67), Wijchen, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Anthonius van der Velden (1), Utrecht, Nederland
• Albert Oosting (67), Alting Beilen Drenthe Nederland
• Adriana Olivier (51), Goes
• Albert Alma (0), Drogeham, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje Witvoet (34), South Holland, Cook, Illinois, United States
• Albert Brondijk (76), Kleinemeer (gemeente Sappemeer), Groningen, Nederland
• Abraham Quak (0), Zuidland, Bernisse, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1902 » Ansel Adams, American photographer and environmentalist († 1984)
• 1904 » Alexei Kosygin, Russian soldier and politician, 8th Premier of the Soviet Union († 1980)
• 1906 » Gale Gordon, American actor († 1995)
• 1912 » Johnny Checketts, New Zealand flying ace of the Second World War († 2006)
• 1912 » Pierre Boulle, French soldier and author († 1994)
• 1913 » Tommy Henrich, American baseball player and sportscaster († 2009)
• 1914 » John Charles Daly, South African–American journalist and game show host († 1991)
• 1916 » Jean Erdman, American dancer and choreographer
• 1918 » Leonore Annenberg, American businesswoman and diplomat († 2009)
• 1919 » James O'Meara, English soldier and pilot († 1974)

• 1893 » P. G. T. Beauregard, American general (b. 1818)
• 1895 » Frederick Douglass, American author and activist (b. c. 1818)
• 1900 » Washakie, American tribal leader (b. 1798)
• 1907 » Henri Moissan, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1910 » Boutros Ghali, Egyptian educator and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1846)
• 1916 » Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Swedish journalist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1844)
• 1920 » Jacinta Marto, Portuguese saint (b. 1910)
• 1920 » Robert Peary, American admiral and explorer (b. 1856)
• 1933 » Takiji Kobayashi, Japanese writer (b. 1903)
• 1936 » Max Schreck, German actor (b. 1879)

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 15 » Palestinian Arabic-language Falastin newspaper founded.
• January 30 » The destroyer USSTerry makes the first airplane rescue at sea saving the life of Douglas McCurdy ten miles from Havana, Cuba.
• February 18 » The first official flight with airmail takes place from Allahabad, United Provinces, British India (now India), when Henri Pequet, a 23-year-old pilot, delivers 6,500 letters to Naini, about 10 kilometres (6.2mi) away.
• May 31 » The President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz flees the country during the Mexican Revolution.
• 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.
• December 29 » Mongolia gains independence from the Qing dynasty, enthroning 8th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu as Khagan of Mongolia.

The temperature on February 20, 1911 was between 0.5 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.