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• Adrianus Hendricus van Mierlo, Geldrop, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Jager, Emmen
• Alida Heildina Lienesch, Alkmaar
• Alida Schuurman († 1992)
• Adrianus Duijts, Sint-Michielsgestel († 1910)
• Aleida Johanna Brunink, de Pollen († 1969)
• Aaltje Abercrombie, Steenwijkerwold, Steenwijkerland, Overijssel, Nederland († 1942)
• Adrianus Plomp, Rotterdam († 1981)
• Adriën Verloigne, Brugge († 1998)
• Alice Buescher († 1937)

• Agatha Groot (1), Wijdenes
• Adrien VANDERHAEGHEN (71), Ophain-Bois-Seigneur-Isaac, 25078, Brabant Wallon, Belgique
• August Samuël Schäffer (47), Zürich,Bezirk Zürich,Zürich,Suisse
• Andrew Thomas Surber Jr (57), Spencer, McCook, South Dakota, Verenigde Staten
• Albert L HIll (12), Sayre, Beckham, Oklahoma, United States
• Christiaan van Wanrooij (63), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Cornelis Jacobus Spierenburg (76), Utrecht
• Ada Margaretha Bakker Korff (78), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alice Smet (1), Temse
• "kind van" Blinkhoff (0), Velsen

• 1906 » Harold Adamson, American lyricist († 1980)
• 1906 » Jules Ladoumègue, French runner († 1973)
• 1907 » Amedeo Nazzari, Italian actor († 1979)
• 1907 » Lucien Laurent, French footballer and coach († 2005)
• 1907 » Rumer Godden, English author and poet († 1998)
• 1908 » Olivier Messiaen, French composer and ornithologist († 1992)
• 1909 » Hermes Pan, American dancer and choreographer († 1990)
• 1910 » Ambrosio Padilla, Filipino basketball player and politician († 1996)
• 1910 » Dan Blocker, American television actor, played Eric "Hoss" Cartwright on Bonanza († 1972)
• 1911 » Chet Huntley, American journalist († 1974)

• 1896 » Alfred Nobel, Swedish chemist and engineer, invented Dynamite and founded the Nobel Prize (b. 1833)
• 1909 » Red Cloud, American tribal chief (b. 1822)
• 1911 » Joseph Dalton Hooker, English botanist and explorer (b. 1817)
• 1917 » Mackenzie Bowell, English-Canadian journalist and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1823)
• 1920 » Horace Elgin Dodge, American businessman, co-founded Dodge (b. 1868)
• 1922 » Clement Lindley Wragge, English meteorologist and author (b. 1852)
• 1926 » Nikola Pašić, Serbian politician, 46th Prime Minister of Serbia (b. 1845)
• 1928 » Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Scottish architect and painter (b. 1868)
• 1929 » Harry Crosby, American publisher and poet (b. 1898)
• 1932 » Joseph Carruthers, Australian politician, 16th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1857)

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 13 » The Rhoads Opera House fire in Boyertown, Pennsylvania kills 171 people.
• February 1 » Lisbon Regicide: King Carlos I of Portugal and Infante Luis Filipe are shot dead in Lisbon.
• March 9 » Inter Milan was founded on Football Club Internazionale, following a schism from A.C. Milan.
• April 8 » H. H. Asquith of the Liberal Party takes office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, succeeding Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman.
• September 16 » The General Motors Corporation is founded.
• November 22 » The Congress of Manastir establishes the Albanian alphabet.

The temperature on December 10, 1908 was between 2.9 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 4.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.