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• Agatha Puiman, Texel († 1987)
• Aleida Johanna Kottink, Tilligte († 1929)
• Antoon Ronde, Diemen († 1995)
• Anne Hepkema, Tjerkgaast, Doniawerstal, Friesland, Netherlands
• de Haan, Kooten († 1908)
• Antonius Cornelis Maria Reijnen, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1994)
• Aleida Everdina Maria van den Beld, Deventer
• Adrianus Jacobus Kokshoorn, Wassenaar
• Anna Visser, Schoterland, Friesland, Nederland († 1984)
• Aaltje Rump, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland

• Alexander Theophilus Lennon (30), Parish Of Clarendon, Jamaica
• Albert Broens (79), Zuidwolde,, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Carolina Gesina Ninteman- (0), Munsterscheveld, Nederland
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Krook (27), Rotterdam, ZH, Nederland
• Arie Stolk (0), Rotterdam Z.H
• de Haan (0), Kooten
• Adriaan van Gool (36), Oosterhout
• Arie van der Laarse (61), Bloemendaal
• Anna Carolina Gesina Ninteman (0), munsterseveld, Emmen, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Annigje de Ruijter (51), IJsselstein

• 1900 » Andrée Boisson, French Olympic fencer († 1973)
• 1907 » Nikos Engonopoulos, Greek painter and poet († 1985)
• 1908 » Niyazi Berkes, Cypriot-English sociologist and academic († 1988)
• 1911 » Mary Blair, American illustrator and animator († 1978)
• 1912 » Alfredo Pián, Argentinian race car driver († 1990)
• 1912 » Don Byas, American saxophonist and educator († 1972)
• 1912 » Georg Solti, Hungarian-English conductor and director († 1997)
• 1914 » Martin Gardner, American mathematician and author († 2010)
• 1915 » Owen Bradley, American country music record producer († 1998)
• 1917 » Dizzy Gillespie, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader († 1993)

• 1872 » Jacques Babinet, French physicist, mathematician, and astronomer (b. 1794)
• 1873 » Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Norwegian author, poet, and critic (b. 1807)
• 1896 » James Henry Greathead, South African-English engineer (b. 1844)
• 1903 » Jinmaku Kyūgorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 12th Yokozuna (b. 1829)
• 1904 » Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and journalist (b. 1877)
• 1907 » Jules Chevalier, French priest, founded the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (b. 1824)
• 1931 » Arthur Schnitzler, Austrian author and playwright (b. 1862)
• 1938 » Dorothy Hale, American actress (b. 1905)
• 1940 » William G. Conley, American journalist, lawyer, and politician, 18th Governor of West Virginia (b. 1866)
• 1941 » Alexander Greenlaw Hamilton, Australian biologist (b. 1852)

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.
• September 27 » Production of the Model T automobile begins at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit.
• October 1 » Ford Model T automobiles are offered for sale at a price of US$825.
• October 14 » The Chicago Cubs defeat the Detroit Tigers, 2–0, clinching the 1908 World Series; this would be their last until winning the 2016 World Series.
• 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 21, 1908 was between -4.4 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 1.3 °C. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.