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• Alida de Beer, Assendelft NH NL
• Adrianus Kalshoven, Bodegraven († 1991)
• Albert Brunnekreeft, Kerspel Goor († 1986)
• Albert Winkel, Veenoord, Drenthe, Netherlands († 1970)
• Aaltje Lok, Wanneperveen
• Alys Margaret Varbel, Newton, Jasper, Iowa, United States († 1967)
• Adriana Martha Katharina van Heusden, Vlaardingen
• Aloijsius Johannes Maria Antonius Hamers, Tilburg († 1978)
• Aaltje Formijn, Deil West Betuwe (GL) († 1998)
• Alphons Maria Josef Hubertus Louis IMKAMP, Roermond, Limburg, Netherlands († 1911)

• Antoon de Zwart (0), Rotterdam
• Age Fokkes (Arthur) van der Heide (Vander Hyde) (57), Grand Rapids, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Age van der Heide (57), Grand Rapids (Michigan)
• Berend Eikelboom (83), Wijhe
• Schuilenburg (0), Delft
• Alphonse Ceunen (52)
• Alida Jacoba Kolff (82), Rotterdam
• Antje De Jong (55), Krommenie
• Berend Knol (75), Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana van der Veer (76), Tilburg

• 1907 » August Eigruber, Austrian-German politician († 1947)
• 1907 » Joseph-Armand Bombardier, Canadian inventor and businessman, founded Bombardier Inc. († 1964)
• 1908 » Ellis Marsalis, Sr., American businessman and activist († 2004)
• 1908 » Ray Ventura, French jazz bandleader († 1979)
• 1910 » Berton Roueché, American journalist and author († 1994)
• 1911 » Guy Burgess, English-Russian spy († 1963)
• 1913 » Les Tremayne, English actor († 2003)
• 1914 » John Hodiak, American actor († 1955)
• 1915 » Robert Speck, Canadian politician, 1st Mayor of Mississauga († 1972)
• 1916 » Behçet Necatigil, Turkish author, poet, and translator († 1979)

• 1888 » Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski, Polish physicist and chemist (b. 1845)
• 1899 » Emilio Jacinto, Filipino journalist and activist (b. 1875)
• 1904 » Maximilian Kronberger, German poet and author (b. 1888)
• 1904 » Samuel Smiles, Scottish-English author (b. 1812)
• 1914 » George William Hill, American astronomer and mathematician (b. 1838)
• 1915 » Nelson W. Aldrich, American businessman and politician (b. 1841)
• 1925 » Stefan Nerezov, Bulgarian general (b. 1867)
• 1928 » Henry Birks, Canadian businessman, founded Henry Birks and Sons (b. 1840)
• 1928 » Roman Steinberg, Estonian wrestler (b. 1900)
• 1930 » José Carlos Mariátegui, Peruvian journalist, philosopher, and activist (b. 1894)

• 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.
• May 9 » The works of Gabriele D'Annunzio are placed in the Index of Forbidden Books by the Vatican.
• June 22 » George V and Mary of Teck are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
• June 22 » Mexican Revolution: Government forces bring an end to the Magonista rebellion of 1911 in the Second Battle of Tijuana.
• July 24 » Hiram Bingham III re-discovers Machu Picchu, "the Lost City of the Incas".
• September 23 » Pilot Earle Ovington makes the first official airmail delivery in America under the authority of the United States Post Office Department

The temperature on April 16, 1911 was between 4.3 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (52%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.