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• Adrianus Johannes Verhoeff, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Eikelenboom, Schipluiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Vanheer, Rijkel, België († 1996)
• Adriaan (Arie) Menses, Rotterdam, Netherlands († 1984)
• Hoogendoorn, Rotterdam († 1913)
• Anna Maria Gertruda Ramakers, Thorn († 2003)
• Adrianus van den Heuvel, Schijndel
• Adrianus Franciscus (2) den Edel, Gouda
• * Maaike Regina den Hartog († 2002)
• Adrianus Petrus Wilhelmus van den Hout, Breda

• "Hendrica" Hendrina Hendrina (77), Escharen, NL
• Berend Luesink (73), Doetinchem (Stad)
• Christoffer van Weringh (1), Stroobos, gem. Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland
• Catharina Diepeveen (40), Ede
• Antonia van den Berg (56), Heesch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bouwe van der Woude (72), Dokkum, Nederland
• Bouwe Foekes van der Woude (72), Dokkum, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Vijgeboom (71), Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Petronella Mathilda Santegoets (0), Goirle
• Bernardus de Smet (51), Sas van Gent

• 1909 » John Fante, American author and screenwriter († 1983)
• 1910 » George Musso, American football player and police officer († 2000)
• 1911 » Emil Cioran, Romanian-French philosopher and academic († 1995)
• 1911 » Melvin Calvin, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1997)
• 1912 » Alois Brunner, Austrian-German SS officer (d. 2001 or 2010)
• 1912 » Sonja Henie, Norwegian-American figure skater and actress († 1969)
• 1914 » María Félix, Yaqui/Basque-Mexican actress († 2002)
• 1915 » Ivan Supek, Croatian physicist, philosopher and writer († 2007)
• 1917 » Lloyd Bott, Australian public servant († 2004)
• 1917 » Winifred Asprey, American mathematician and computer scientist († 2007)

• 1894 » Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, Indian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1838)
• 1906 » Auguste Deter, German woman, first person diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease (b. 1850)
• 1919 » Loránd Eötvös, Hungarian physicist, academic, and politician, Hungarian Minister of Education (b. 1848)
• 1920 » Charles Griffes, American pianist and composer (b. 1884)
• 1931 » Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Swedish poet Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
• 1936 » Božena Benešová, Czech poet and novelist (b. 1873)
• 1936 » Róbert Bárány, Austrian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1876)
• 1941 » Marcel Prévost, French novelist and playwright (b. 1862)
• 1942 » Kostas Skarvelis, Greek guitarist and composer (b. 1880)
• 1947 » Olaf Frydenlund, Norwegian target shooter (b. 1862)

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.
• February 21 » Ioannina is incorporated into the Greek state after the Balkan Wars.
• June 24 » Greece and Serbia annul their alliance with Bulgaria.
• August 16 » Tōhoku Imperial University of Japan (modern day Tohoku University) becomes the first university in Japan to admit female students.
• November 5 » King Otto of Bavaria is deposed by his cousin, Prince Regent Ludwig, who assumes the title Ludwig III.
• December 1 » Ford Motor Company introduces the first moving assembly line.
• December 14 » Haruna, the fourth and last Kongō-class ship, launches, eventually becoming one of the Japanese workhorses during World War I and World War II.

The temperature on April 8, 1913 was between 0.5 °C and 9.1 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.