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• Adrianus Hertoghs, Minderhout (B) († 1986)
• Alfred PLUMMER, Deanston, Perthshire, Scotland
• Aartje Kuikhoven, Harderwijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aloys Joseph Vermeersch, Klerken
• Alexius Camil DECRAEMER (Decramer), Snaaskerke († 1979)
• Zijderveld, Leerbroek (Zederik), Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1908)
• Adrianus Antonius de Rooij, Tongelre, Eindhoven, 3547, Noord Brabant, NL
• Aaltje Stapel, Avereest
• Aartje van ZANTEN, Dordrecht
• Albert HEMELS, Sint Jans Molenbeek († 1966)

• Anna Christina Clara Kramer (25), Utrecht
• Aukje Dowes de Jong (6), Ureterp, Opterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Aukje Douwes de Jong (6), Ureterp
• Cornelia Catharina Groenewegen (0), Hof van Delft
• Alida Frederica Wilhelmina Bloem (12), Haarlem
• Aldegondis Cornelia LEMAIRE (72), Kerkom-bij-Sint-Truiden,Provincie Limburg,Flanders,Belgi
• Alfons Jozef d'Hooghe (2), Temse
• Angélique Hecq (83), Boussu, Hainaut, Belgique
• Cornelia Pijpers (0), Rotterdam
• Charles McCusker (78), Ballynahaye, Clonavaddy, Dungannon, Co. Tyrone, N. Ireland

• 1899 » Eddie Dyer, American baseball player and manager († 1964)
• 1901 » Masanobu Tsuji, Japanese colonel and politician († 1961)
• 1902 » Jayaprakash Narayan, Indian activist and politician († 1979)
• 1905 » Fred Trump, American real estate entrepreneur († 1999)
• 1910 » Cahit Arf, Turkish mathematician and academic († 1997)
• 1911 » Nello Pagani, Italian motorcycle racer and race car driver († 2003)
• 1913 » Joe Simon, American author and illustrator († 2011)
• 1915 » T. Llew Jones, Welsh author and poet († 2009)
• 1916 » Nanaji Deshmukh, Indian educator and activist († 2010)
• 1918 » Fred Bodsworth, Canadian journalist and author († 2012)

• 1889 » James Prescott Joule, English physicist and brewer (b. 1818)
• 1896 » Anton Bruckner, Austrian organist, composer, and educator (b. 1824)
• 1896 » Edward Benson, English archbishop (b. 1829)
• 1897 » Léon Boëllmann, French organist and composer (b. 1862)
• 1904 » Mary Tenney Gray, American editorial writer, club-woman, philanthropist, and suffragette (b. 1833)
• 1908 » Rita Cetina Gutiérrez, Mexican poet, educator, and activist (b. 1846)
• 1932 » William Alden Smith, American lawyer and politician (b. 1859)
• 1935 » Steele Rudd, Australian author (b. 1868)
• 1940 » Vito Volterra, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1860)
• 1941 » Heinrich Gutkin, Estonian businessman and politician (b. 1879)

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 11 » Grand Canyon National Monument is created.
• 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.
• 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).
• November 25 » A fire breaks out on SSSardinia as it leaves Malta's Grand Harbour, resulting in the ship's grounding and the deaths of at least 118 people.
• December 2 » Puyi becomes Emperor of China at the age of two.
• December 28 » The 7.1 M_w  Messina earthquake shakes Southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 75,000 and 200,000.

The temperature on October 11, 1908 was between 7.5 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.