About the day » Monday July 20, 1908Calender converter

• Adriaen Charles COSTERMANS, Antwerpen († 1973)
• Louisa De Groote, Aalst († 1983)
• Aleida Antonia Abbenhuis, Lengel, Nederland († 1908)
• Ale Maring, Winsum († 2001)
• Alphonsus Hendricus Josephus Maas, Lage Mierde († 1987)
• Adriana de Jong, Polsbroek († 1947)
• Adriaen Charles Costermans, Antwerpen († 1973)
• Albert van Essen *, Steenwijkerwold († 1986)
• Aaltje Uchtman, Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands († 1986)
• Abram Johannes Stuivenberg, Den Helder,1781,Noord-Holland,Nederland

• Arnoldus van de Bild (van de Bilt) (60), Utrecht
• Adrianus Arbach (0), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Christina Cornelia van de Mortel (0), Strijp, Eindhoven
• Barendina Femma van Vugt (87), Driebergen
• Charles WELBORN (28)
• Barendina Femina Vugt van (87), Driebergen, Utr, Nederland
• Anna Pieternella Valckenier von Geusau (0), Blokzijl
• Barbara Hubertina Sijben (20), Weert
• Barendina Femina van VUGHT (87), Driebergen-Rijsenburg,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Bernardus van der Waard (81), Schiedam

• 1902 » Leonidas Berry, American gastroenterologist († 1995)
• 1905 » Joseph Levis, American foil fencer († 2005)
• 1909 » Eric Rowan, South African cricketer († 1993)
• 1910 » Vilém Tauský, Czech-English conductor and composer († 2004)
• 1911 » Baqa Jilani, Indian cricketer († 1941)
• 1911 » José Zabala-Santos, Filipino author and illustrator († 1985)
• 1912 » George Johnston, Australian journalist and author († 1970)
• 1914 » Charilaos Florakis, Greek politician († 2005)
• 1914 » Dobri Dobrev, Bulgarian philanthropist († 2018)
• 1914 » Ersilio Tonini, Italian cardinal († 2013)

• 1897 » Jean Ingelow, English poet and author (b. 1820)
• 1901 » William Cosmo Monkhouse, English poet and critic (b. 1840)
• 1903 » Leo XIII, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1810)
• 1908 » Demetrius Vikelas, Greek businessman and author (b. 1835)
• 1908 » Karl Bernhard Zoeppritz, German geophysicist and seismologist (b. 1881)
• 1910 » Anderson Dawson, Australian politician, 14th Premier of Queensland (b. 1863)
• 1922 » Andrey Markov, Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1856)
• 1923 » Pancho Villa, Mexican general and politician, Governor of Chihuahua (b. 1878)
• 1926 » Felix Dzerzhinsky, Russian educator and politician (b. 1877)
• 1927 » Ferdinand I, king of Romania (b. 1865)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Hendrika
8. Adriana
9. Catharina
10. Jacoba
11. Petronella
12. Aaltje
13. Grietje
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 August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• 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 5.7 million citizens.
• March 4 » The Collinwood school fire, Collinwood near Cleveland, Ohio, kills 174 people.
• June 27 » A group of Vietnamese tirailleurs conducts a failed attempt to poison the entire French army's garrison in the Hanoi Citadel with the aim to make way for Hoàng Hoa Thám's rebel army to capture Hanoi.
• July 23 » The Second Constitution accepted by the Ottomans.
• July 26 » United States Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation).
• October 13 » Margaret Travers Symons bursts into the UK parliament and became the first woman to speak there.
• November 7 » Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are reportedly killed in San Vicente Canton, Bolivia.

The temperature on July 20, 1908 was between 13.5 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.