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• Anke Arendina Dijkhuis, Winschoten († 1993)
• Alie de Lange, Nieuw Leusden († 1988)
• Aaltje Arina van Bochove, Goudswaard († 2003)
• Anke Arendina Dijkhuizen, Winschoten († 1980)
• Ada Mae Hair, Casey, Kentucky, United States († 2000)
• Aalbert van de Haar, Amerongen, Utrechtse Heuvelrug, Utr, NL
• Annette Johanna VOGES, Meulaboh Sumatra, Indonesia († 1980)
• Adrianus Marie Wijnen, Rotterdam
• Alida Cornelia Agatha Grootscholten, Kwintsheul († 1995)
• Aris van Beek, Ederveen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1947)

• Anna Christina van den Hombergh (57), Grathem
• Adriana Jonge, de (75), Poortvliet gem. Tholen Zld. NL
• Abraham Engels (0), amsterdam, Nederland
• Aaltje Visser (81), Weststellingwerf
• Antoinette* Van Cauter (81), Denderbelle
• Antonius van den Bruele Brule (76), Breda (Breda) (Noord-Brabant)
• Abigail Bartlett (95), North River, Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Adriaan Jongmans (83), Oudenbosch
• Age Jongbloed (81), Ferwerderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje Verweij (1), Linschoten, Nederland

• 1902 » Louise Beavers, American actress and singer († 1962)
• 1907 » Konstantinos Karamanlis, Greek lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Greece († 1998)
• 1909 » Beatrice Shilling, English motorcycle racer and engineer († 1990)
• 1909 » Paula Strasberg, American actress and acting coach († 1966)
• 1910 » Claire Trevor, American actress († 2000)
• 1911 » Alan Hovhaness, Armenian-American pianist and composer († 2000)
• 1912 » Meldrim Thomson, Jr., American publisher and politician, 73rd Governor of New Hampshire († 2001)
• 1912 » Preston Smith, American businessman and politician, 40th Governor of Texas († 2003)
• 1914 » Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich, Belarusian-Russian physicist and astronomer († 1987)
• 1918 » Eileen Herlie, Scottish-American actress († 2008)

• 1887 » Henry Ward Beecher, American minister and activist (b. 1813)
• 1887 » James Buchanan Eads, American engineer, designed the Eads Bridge (b. 1820)
• 1889 » John Ericsson, Swedish-American engineer, designed the USS Monitor (b. 1803)
• 1917 » Ferdinand von Zeppelin, German general and businessman, founded the Zeppelin Company (b. 1838)
• 1923 » Johannes Diderik van der Waals, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1837)
• 1923 » Krišjānis Barons, Latvian linguist and author (b. 1835)
• 1930 » Edward Terry Sanford, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, United States Assistant Attorney General (b. 1865)
• 1930 » William Howard Taft, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, 27th President of the United States (b. 1857)
• 1935 » Hachikō, Japanese dog (b. 1923)
• 1937 » Howie Morenz, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1902)

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.
• July 1 » Germany despatches the gunship SMSPanther to Morocco, sparking the Agadir Crisis.
• August 29 » Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California.
• September 18 » Russian Premier Pyotr Stolypin is shot at the Kiev Opera House.
• September 25 » An explosion of badly degraded propellant charges on board the French battleship Liberté detonates the forward ammunition magazines and destroys the ship.
• December 29 » Sun Yat-sen becomes the provisional President of the Republic of China; he formally takes office on January 1, 1912.

The temperature on March 8, 1911 was between -1.1 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 3.0 °C. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.