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• Anthonie Hage, Rotterdam
• Abraham Jacob Bijleveld, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Maaike COLLÉE, Leerdam († 2006)
• Adriana Petronella Maria van Mosseveld, Dongen
• Adriana Elisabeth Verhoeven, Baardwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonie Mooiweer, Vollenhove
• Adrianus Gijsbertus SPRONK, utrecht († 1980)
• Albertus Bruins, Coevorden († 2003)
• Alida van de Hoeven, 's Gravenzande, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Prins († 1991)

• Adriaan Huisman (0), Wormerveer
• Albert Omer CASTELEYN (0), Oostnieuwkerke
• Arie van Hemert (0), Gameren
• ANTONIA OOSTENDORP (74), PUTTEN
• Aart van Eijk (66), Rockanje
• Angeline MOORE (81), White, Tennessee, Verenigde Staten
• Antonio Venâncio de Carvalho (70)
• Antje Boersma (84), Castricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Hermina Koehler (27), Highland, Madison County, ILL
• Andreas Moons (85), Alphen aan de Rijn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 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)
• 1921 » Barney Danson, Canadian colonel and politician, 21st Canadian Minister of National Defence († 2011)
• 1921 » Nexhmije Hoxha, Albanian politician († 2020)

• 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. Jacobus
11. Jacob
12. Wilhelmus
13. Gerardus
14. Antonius
15. Dirk
16. Hendrikus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Grietje
13. Aaltje
14. Geertruida
15. Neeltje
16. Trijntje

• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
• January 5 » First Balkan War: The Battle of Lemnos begins; Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it did not venture for the rest of the war.
• February 9 » A group of meteors is visible across much of the eastern seaboard of North and South America, leading astronomers to conclude the source had been a small, short-lived natural satellite of the Earth.
• February 21 » Ioannina is incorporated into the Greek state after the Balkan Wars.
• June 4 » Emily Davison, a suffragette, runs out in front of King George V's horse at The Derby. She is trampled, never regains consciousness, and dies four days later.
• July 31 » The Balkan States sign an armistice in Bucharest.
• August 28 » Queen Wilhelmina opens the Peace Palace in The Hague.

The temperature on February 8, 1913 was between 2.7 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.