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• Anna Johanna Jacoba Rodenburg, Tietjerksteradeel (Frl) († 2011)
• Alfons Jacob Schepers, Merksplas, Antwerpen, België († 1980)
• Alfons Poussenier, Lier, Antwerpen, Belgium († 1989)
• Aaltje Adriana Maria van der Wees, Delft
• Afien Vaarmeijer, Sloten, Noord-Holland, Nederland, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2014)
• André STEENHAUT († 1977)
• Aalieda Maria van Soestbergen, Recklinghausen (D)
• Albert ROUCOURT, Waanrode († 1964)
• Anthonius Joseph Alphonse Hamerlinck, Terneuzen, Terneuzen, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Abraham From, Dörpen, Lower Saxony, Germany († 1982)

• Anna van Ommen (0), Gemeente Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Annigjen Peek (72), IJsselstein, Utrecht, NL
• Anna Hubertina Maria van *Van Nuijs (30), Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
• Aaltje Tilma (40), Paris Township, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Albert Louis van OS (0), Dordrecht
• Antonius Jacobus Bilders (77), Amersfoort
• Aaltje (Alice) Tillema (40), Grand Rapids (Michigan), Verenigde Staten
• aaltje ottens (59), rolde
• Alida Kleve (71), Groningen (Groningen)
• Anne Anthoons Bakker (71), Sloten, Nederland

• 1907 » Paul Sauvé, Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th Premier of Quebec († 1960)
• 1909 » Clyde Barrow, American criminal († 1934)
• 1909 » Richard Wurmbrand, Romanian Pastor and Evangelist († 2001)
• 1910 » Richard Conte, American actor, singer, and director († 1975)
• 1911 » Joseph Barbera, American animator, director, and producer, co-founded Hanna-Barbera († 2006)
• 1912 » Dorothy Height, African-American educator and activist († 2010)
• 1915 » Eugène Martin, French racing driver († 2006)
• 1916 » Donald Hamilton, Swedish-American soldier and author († 2006)
• 1916 » Harry B. Whittington, English palaeontologist and academic († 2010)
• 1917 » John Kendrew, English biochemist and crystallographer, Nobel Prize laureate († 1997)

• 1882 » Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American poet and educator (b. 1807)
• 1887 » Ivan Kramskoi, Russian painter and critic (b. 1837)
• 1888 » Vsevolod Garshin, Russian author (b. 1855)
• 1905 » Jules Verne, French novelist, poet, and playwright (b. 1828)
• 1909 » John Millington Synge, Irish playwright and poet (b. 1871)
• 1915 » Karol Olszewski, Polish chemist, mathematician, and physicist (b. 1846)
• 1915 » Margaret Lindsay Huggins, Anglo-Irish astronomer (b. 1848)
• 1916 » Enrique Granados, Spanish pianist and composer (b. 1867)
• 1926 » Phan Châu Trinh, Vietnamese activist (b. 1872)
• 1940 » Édouard Branly, French physicist and academic (b. 1844)

• 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.
• February 21 » Ioannina is incorporated into the Greek state after the Balkan Wars.
• March 4 » First Balkan War: The Greek army engages the Turks at Bizani, resulting in victory two days later.
• March 21 » Over 360 are killed and 20,000 homes destroyed in the Great Dayton Flood in Dayton, Ohio.
• October 9 » The steamship SSVolturno catches fire in the mid-Atlantic.
• December 1 » The Buenos Aires Metro, the first underground railway system in the Southern Hemisphere and in Latin America, begins operation.
• December 23 » The Federal Reserve Act is signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson, creating the Federal Reserve System.

The temperature on March 24, 1913 was between 2.9 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.