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• Aaltje Zoeten, Barneveld (GE), Glind († 1910)
• Adriaan Mattheus de BLAEIJ, Zaamslag, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aaltje Bijsterbosch, Heerde († 1973)
• Andreas Vrijheer Bánffy van Losoncz († 1990)
• Aleida Johanna Klein Goldewijk († 1991)
• Alice E Stratmeyer, Tea, Lincoln County, South Dakota († 2005)
• Adriana Maria van Veen, Avereest, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Dijk van, Loon op Zand († 1909)
• Alfred Walter Scott († 1997)
• Angèle Marie Meersschaut, Munte

• Albertus Exalto (33), Hardinxveld
• Albert Tiemens (49), Emmen, Nederland
• Anna Maria Stoffelen (59), Gennep
• Adriana Verhage (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, NL
• Albertus Wildeboer (80), (DR) Meppel
• Anna Strijbosch (66), Deurne, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Lucia Wichers (76), Vuile Riete
• Aaltje (Eissinga, Eijsinga) Eisinga (56), Winschoten, Groningen, Nederland
• Auke Atzes van der Meer (68), Terhorne
• Albert Tiemens (49), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1900 » Margaret Mitchell, American journalist and author († 1949)
• 1904 » Cedric Belfrage, English-American journalist and author, co-founded the National Guardian († 1990)
• 1908 » Martha Gellhorn, American journalist and author († 1998)
• 1910 » James McCormack, American general († 1975)
• 1911 » Al Brosch, American golfer († 1975)
• 1911 » Robert Jackson, Australian public servant and diplomat († 1991)
• 1912 » June Havoc, American actress, singer and dancer († 2010)
• 1912 » Stylianos Pattakos, Greek general and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Greece († 2016)
• 1913 » Lou Ambers, American boxer († 1995)
• 1914 » Norman Lloyd, American actor, director, and producer

• 1873 » Manuel Bretón de los Herreros, Spanish poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1796)
• 1887 » Doc Holliday, American dentist and poker player (b. 1851)
• 1890 » César Franck, Belgian organist and composer (b. 1822)
• 1895 » Robert Battey, American surgeon and academic (b. 1828)
• 1901 » James Agnew, Irish-Australian politician, 16th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1815)
• 1905 » Victor Borisov-Musatov, Russian painter (b. 1870)
• 1917 » Colin Blythe, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1879)
• 1921 » Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Slovak poet and playwright (b. 1849)
• 1934 » Carlos Chagas, Brazilian physician and bacteriologist (b. 1879)
• 1944 » Walter Nowotny, Austrian-German soldier and pilot (b. 1920)

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 24 » The first Boy Scout troop is organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell.
• 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.
• March 9 » Inter Milan was founded on Football Club Internazionale, following a schism from A.C. Milan.
• April 20 » Opening day of competition in the New South Wales Rugby League.
• August 17 » Fantasmagorie, the first animated cartoon, created by Émile Cohl, is shown in Paris, France.
• September 27 » Production of the Model T automobile begins at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit.

The temperature on November 8, 1908 was between -8.0 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged -0.8 °C. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.