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• Adrianus Schrijvers, Baarle-Nassau
• Adriana Maria van den Nieuwendijk, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1986)
• Abraham van der Star, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• Tjeerd Zoethout, Hindeloopen
• Alberdina la Graauw, 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Quirina Maria Groenewegen, Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1908)
• Anna Dina Brökling, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Geertruida van den Bosch, Harmelen († 1908)
• Albert Zoet, Onstwedde († 1908)
• Andreas Franciscus Verbaant, Hoogeloon, Hapert en Casteren († 1934)

• Adriana Hoeijenbos (5), Ameide, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Brozius (74), Alkemade
• Adrianus Pennings (53), Oss
• . Jongen (0), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Albert Nanning van Klaveren (67), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Pinkster (0), Oude Pekela (Groningen)
• Adrianus van Eijk (78), Waddinxveen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana (Jaantje) Brozius (74)
• Amelia Delmaar (15), Buitenzorg, Ned.-Indie
• Alexander MORRISON (69), Chalmers Hospital, Banff

• 1903 » Berthold Goldschmidt, German pianist and composer († 1996)
• 1904 » Anthony Galla-Rini, American accordion player and composer († 2006)
• 1904 » Cary Grant, English-American actor († 1986)
• 1905 » Joseph Bonanno, Italian-American mob boss († 2002)
• 1907 » János Ferencsik, Hungarian conductor († 1984)
• 1908 » Jacob Bronowski, Polish-English mathematician, historian, and television host († 1974)
• 1910 » Kenneth E. Boulding, English economist and academic († 1993)
• 1911 » Danny Kaye, American actor, singer, and dancer († 1987)
• 1911 » José María Arguedas, Peruvian anthropologist, author, and poet († 1969)
• 1913 » Carroll Cloar, American artist († 1993)

• 1873 » Edward Bulwer-Lytton, English author, poet, playwright, and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1803)
• 1878 » Antoine César Becquerel, French physicist and academic (b. 1788)
• 1886 » Baldassare Verazzi, Italian painter (b. 1819)
• 1892 » Anton Anderledy, Swiss religious leader, 23rd Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1819)
• 1896 » Charles Floquet, French lawyer and politician, 55th Prime Minister of France (b. 1828)
• 1923 » Wallace Reid, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1891)
• 1936 » Hermanus Brockmann, Dutch rower (b. 1871)
• 1936 » Rudyard Kipling, English author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1940 » Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer, Polish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1865)
• 1951 » Amy Carmichael, Irish missionary and humanitarian (b. 1867)

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.
• January 15 » The Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority becomes the first Greek-letter organization founded and established by African American college women.
• January 21 » New York City passes the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor.
• January 30 » Indian pacifist and leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is released from prison by Jan C. Smuts after being tried and sentenced to two months in jail earlier in the month.
• May 10 » Mother's Day is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia.
• July 23 » The Second Constitution accepted by the Ottomans.
• November 28 » A mine explosion in Marianna, Pennsylvania, kills 154 men, leaving only one survivor.

The temperature on January 18, 1908 was between -0.4 °C and 5.9 °C and averaged 3.5 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.