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• Alida van Mastrigt
• Aaltje de Gooijer, Hengelo
• Alida Cornelia Hageman, Amsterdam († 1910)
• Albert Mager, Ruinen,Drenthe,Netherlands († 1909)
• Abraham Johannes van der Zeeuw, Leiden
• Albert Jan Schutten, Mallem (Berkelland) († 1916)
• Aafke Auktje Vonck, Heveskes, Delfzijl,, Groningen, Nederland († 1973)
• Anna Catharina Johanna Schoutens, Halsteren, N-Br, NL
• Aartje Dijkgraaf, Epe, Gelderland, Nederland († 1994)
• Albertje Neef, Emmen

• Aafje Groot (53)
• Antonia Willemina Berben (72), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adrianus Pieter Koppenol (83), Schoonhoven
• Marchal (0), Langbroek
• Antonie Veen (56), Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• Auguste Joseph Ghislain Pirlet (40), Dave arrond. Namen
• Albertus Valentinus Zanino (77), groningen
• Kaufeld (0), Leerdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arent Jan Hagens (53), Groenlo
• Arie Breedijk (57), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1902 » Hilda Taba, Estonian architect, author, and educator († 1967)
• 1903 » Danilo Blanuša, Croatian mathematician, physicist, and academic († 1987)
• 1904 » Clarence Nash, American voice actor and singer († 1985)
• 1905 » Gerard Kuiper, Dutch-American astronomer and academic († 1973)
• 1907 » Fred Rose, Polish-Canadian politician and spy († 1983)
• 1909 » Nikola Vaptsarov, Bulgarian poet and author († 1942)
• 1910 » Duncan McNaughton, Canadian high jumper and geologist († 1998)
• 1910 » Louis Prima, American singer-songwriter, trumpet player, and actor († 1978)
• 1912 » Daniel Jones, Welsh captain and composer († 1993)
• 1913 » Kersti Merilaas, Estonian author and poet († 1986)

• 1879 » Jón Sigurðsson, Icelandic scholar and politician, 1st Speaker of the Parliament of Iceland (b. 1811)
• 1891 » Arthur Blyth, English-Australian politician, 9th Premier of South Australia (b. 1823)
• 1894 » Ferdinand de Lesseps, French businessman and diplomat, co-developed the Suez Canal (b. 1805)
• 1899 » Juan Luna, Filipino painter and sculptor (b. 1857)
• 1902 » Thomas Nast, German-American cartoonist (b. 1840)
• 1906 » Élie Ducommun, Swiss journalist and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1833)
• 1913 » Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano, Italian cardinal (b. 1828)
• 1917 » Ludwig Minkus, Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1826)
• 1918 » Frank Wilson, English-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1859)
• 1941 » Attack on Pearl Harbor:

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Adrianus
10. Jacob
11. Jacobus
12. Arie
13. Dirk
14. Hendrikus
15. Wilhelmus
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. Helena

• 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.
• April 16 » Natural Bridges National Monument is established in Utah.
• July 23 » The Second Constitution accepted by the Ottomans.
• 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).
• September 16 » The General Motors Corporation is founded.
• November 3 » William Howard Taft is elected the 27th President of the United States.
• November 28 » A mine explosion in Marianna, Pennsylvania, kills 154 men, leaving only one survivor.

The temperature on December 7, 1908 was between 2.9 °C and 6.0 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.