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• Anna Catharina Cornelia Snels, Tilburg († 1988)
• Abram Cornelisz Vroegop, Broek op Langedijk, NH, Nederland († 1996)
• Adriana Johanna Prenen, Den Haag,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertje Knol *, Steenwijk
• Alta M Dabney, Ohio County, Kentucky († 1991)
• Albertje Knol, Steenwijk, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aart Pellicaan, Dussen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• * Johannes Nicolaas Marinus Verharen, 's-Hertogenbosch († 1993)
• Adriana Hekker, Princenhage, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1911)
• Anna Johanna Fikke, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1990)

• anna catharina coenen (0), helden-grashoek
• Anthonius Zwart (53), Amersfoort
• Adriana van BREE (73), Dubbeldam
• Arkiese (0), Medan, Noord-Sumatra
• Aaltje Hazelaar (75), Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland
• Alyda Van Eykelenburg (73), Bunnik, Utrecht, Nederland
• Agatha Joanna Audenaerd (66), Overslag (België)
• Antje Feddes Tjallinga (73), Oldeboorn, Utingeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Albert de Vries (90), Leeuwarden (Friesland)
• Antonius Gerardus Sebastianus Bröcheler (0), Nijswiller, Nederland

• 1899 » Erich Kästner, German author and poet († 1974)
• 1899 » Norman Taurog, American director and screenwriter († 1981)
• 1904 » Terence Fisher, English director and screenwriter († 1980)
• 1904 » William L. Shirer, American journalist and historian († 1993)
• 1908 » William McMahon, Australian lawyer and politician, 20th Prime Minister of Australia († 1988)
• 1915 » Jon Hall, American actor and director († 1979)
• 1915 » Paul Tibbets, American general and pilot († 2007)
• 1919 » Johnny Carey, Irish footballer and manager († 1995)
• 1920 » Paul Gérin-Lajoie, Canadian lawyer and politician († 2018)
• 1923 » Rafael Addiego Bruno, Uruguayan jurist and politician, President of Uruguay († 2014)

• 1879 » Albrecht von Roon, Prussian soldier and politician, 10th Minister President of Prussia (b. 1803)
• 1897 » Woldemar Bargiel, German composer and educator (b. 1828)
• 1900 » Ernest Dowson, English poet, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1867)
• 1908 » Friedrich von Esmarch, German surgeon and academic (b. 1823)
• 1918 » Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1882)
• 1930 » Horst Wessel, German SA officer (b. 1907)
• 1931 » Nellie Melba, Australian soprano and actress (b. 1861)
• 1934 » Edward Elgar, English composer and academic (b. 1857)
• 1944 » Leo Baekeland, Belgian-American chemist and engineer (b. 1863)
• 1946 » Tomoyuki Yamashita, Japanese general (b. 1885)

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.
• April 2 » The Australian Bureau of Statistics conducts the country's first national census.
• June 22 » Mexican Revolution: Government forces bring an end to the Magonista rebellion of 1911 in the Second Battle of Tijuana.
• August 24 » Manuel de Arriaga is elected and sworn-in as the first President of Portugal.
• September 20 » The White Star Line's RMSOlympic collides with the British warship HMSHawke.
• October 24 » Orville Wright remains in the air nine minutes and 45 seconds in a glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.
• December 24 » Lackawanna Cut-Off railway line opens in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

The temperature on February 23, 1911 was between 6.1 °C and 9.5 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 4.0 mm of rain. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.