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• Anna LaGregga († 2001)
• Alfred Victor Hartsinck, Soerakarta, Midden-Java, Nederlands-Indië († 1913)
• Adriana Maria Gelens, Fijnaart,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2000)
• Aaltje Martje ATES, Groningen
• Adrianus van Wonderen, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1997)
• Aartje Kooij, Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Schulten, Bonn († 1976)
• ALOYSIUS CYRILLUS VAN DEN BERGHE, WAASMUNSTER,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE
• Alfred Victor Hartsinck, Surakarta, Jawa Tengah, Indonesia († 1913)
• Andries Karel Pipers, Hasselt, België († 1911)

• Agatha (Aagje) Witte (71), Den Burg-Texel
• Adriana Jacoba Arnold (36), Brouwershaven
• Aart Veldhuizen (82), Renswoude, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltje Vlaar (80), Spanbroek wijk C numero 22
• Aalbertus de Greef (71), Maartensdijk, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Annechien Glas (72), Sappemeer (gem. Midden-Groningen)
• Aagje Witte (71), Den Burg, Texel
• Adrianus Cornelis van Helvoort (80), Hedikhuizen
• Aaltje Lefferts (77), De Wijk, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adrianus van Drimmelen (41), Maassluis

• 1903 » Greta Keller, Austrian-American singer and actress († 1977)
• 1903 » Tunku Abdul Rahman, 1st Prime Minister of Malaysia († 1990)
• 1906 » Chester Carlson, American physicist and lawyer, invented Xerography († 1968)
• 1909 » Elisabeth Murdoch, Australian philanthropist († 2012)
• 1911 » Elizabeth Bishop, American poet and author († 1979)
• 1913 » Betty Field, American actress († 1973)
• 1913 » Danai Stratigopoulou, Greek singer-songwriter († 2009)
• 1914 » Bill Finger, American author and screenwriter, co-created Batman († 1974)
• 1915 » Georges Guétary, Egyptian-French singer, dancer, and actor († 1997)
• 1918 » Freddie Blassie, American wrestler and manager († 2003)

• 1907 » Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom, Dutch chemist and academic (b. 1854)
• 1910 » Hans Jæger, Norwegian philosopher and activist (b. 1854)
• 1914 » Dayrolles Eveleigh-de-Moleyns, 4th Baron Ventry, Irish hereditary peer (b. 1828)
• 1915 » François Langelier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 10th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1838)
• 1921 » George Formby Sr, English actor and singer (b. 1876)
• 1921 » Peter Kropotkin, Russian zoologist, geographer, and philologist (b. 1842)
• 1928 » Theodor Curtius, German chemist (b. 1857)
• 1932 » Yordan Milanov, Bulgarian architect, designed the Sveti Sedmochislenitsi Church (b. 1867)
• 1935 » Eemil Nestor Setälä, Finnish linguist and politician, Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs (b. 1864)
• 1936 » Charles Curtis, American lawyer and politician, 31st Vice President of the United States (b. 1860)

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 3 » A magnitude 7.7 earthquake destroys the city of Almaty in Russian Turkestan.
• April 8 » Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovers superconductivity.
• 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.
• September 18 » Russian Premier Pyotr Stolypin is shot at the Kiev Opera House.
• December 9 » A mine explosion near Briceville, Tennessee, kills 84 miners despite rescue efforts led by the United States Bureau of Mines.
• December 27 » "Jana Gana Mana", the national anthem of India, is first sung in the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress.

The temperature on February 8, 1911 was between -2.5 °C and 4.8 °C and averaged 1.8 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.