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• Anna Buitenhuis († 1984)
• Bregje Hoog, Blaricum(NH) († 2011)
• Aleida van Drongelen, Hof van Delft
• Camil Joseph Albert Croughs, Vliermaal, België († 1917)
• Bernard van de Wouw, Heerlen († 1989)
• Albert Edmond JANSSENS, Tielt Vlaams Brabant († 2002)
• Anna Luttik, Hattem († 1942)
• Aleida van Drongelen, Delft, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 2001)
• Adriana Klomp († 1985)
• Antoinette Elisabeth Renckens, Zepperen, België († 1992)

• Annetje van der Knoop (90), Delft
• Adriana Maria Hendrika Preijers (39), Gilze en Rijen
• Anna Maria Juckers (67), Leeuwarden
• Annetje Claasdr Knoop van der (90), Delft
• Anne Zijlstra (40), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Anje Hijbels (47), Bierum, Delfzijl, Groningen, Netherlands
• Amelia Van Thorre (73), Staden, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Ariaantje Henneman (78), de Rijp
• Alice Mary Littleboy (67), Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire
• Arend BOLHUIS (34), Leens, Groningen, Nederland

• 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)
• 1920 » Douglass Wallop, American author and playwright († 1985)
• 1921 » Alan Hale, Jr., American actor († 1990)
• 1921 » Sahir Ludhianvi, Indian poet and songwriter († 1980)
• 1922 » Ralph H. Baer, German-American video game designer, created the Magnavox Odyssey († 2014)

• 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)
• 1941 » Sherwood Anderson, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1876)
• 1942 » José Raúl Capablanca, Cuban chess player and theoretician (b. 1888)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacob
10. Albert
11. Adrianus
12. Jacobus
13. Wilhelmus
14. Gerardus
15. Dirk
16. Marinus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Hendrika
8. Catharina
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Aaltje
13. Geertruida
14. Grietje
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 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 6.4 million citizens.
• February 21 » World War I: In France, the Battle of Verdun begins.
• February 27 » Ocean liner SS Maloja strikes a mine near Dover and sinks with the loss of 155 lives.
• April 9 » World War I: The Battle of Verdun: German forces launch their third offensive of the battle.
• June 5 » World War I: The Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire breaks out.
• August 25 » The United States National Park Service is created.
• November 7 » Woodrow Wilson is reelected as President of the United States.

The temperature on March 8, 1916 was between -1.6 °C and 3.4 °C and averaged 0.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.