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• Abraham PAASSE, Rotterdam († 2003)
• Albert Wopkes van der Veen, Harkema, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1995)
• Adrianus Cornelis Weggeman, rotterdam (zuid holland)
• Albert Stoffel de Rijke, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1969)
• Adrianus Hendricus Bertuns, Tilburg († 1908)
• Adriana Johanna Aartman, Noordwijkerhout († 1987)
• Adriana Petronella Albertina van der Poel, Tilburg († 1994)
• Adriana SNEPVANGERS, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, NEDERLAND
• Adrianus Henricus Joannes Bertens, Tilburg († 1908)
• Adriana Petronella Albertina van der Poel, Tilburg, Netherlands

• Anna Maria Piepers (55), Heiloo, Nederland
• aaltje de RAAT (78), overschie
• Albert Jan Teters (0), Amersfoort
• van den Berg (0), Nijkerk
• Anke Feddes Berg (86), Harkstede, Slochteren
• Abraham Nicolaas Ketelaar (24), Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Adriaantje de Ruiter (69), Ridderkerk
• Aletta Stigter (88), Rietveld
• Alpheus C. Montanye (72), Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
• Alida AARTS (69), Breda (N-B)

• 1903 » Chick Hafey, American baseball player and manager († 1973)
• 1903 » Jorge Basadre, Peruvian historian († 1980)
• 1904 » Ted Mack, American radio and television host († 1976)
• 1907 » Joseph Kearns, American actor († 1962)
• 1908 » Jacques Herbrand, French mathematician and philosopher († 1931)
• 1908 » Jean Effel, French painter, caricaturist, illustrator and journalist († 1982)
• 1909 » Sigmund Rascher, German physician († 1945)
• 1909 » Zoran Mušič, Slovene painter and illustrator († 2005)
• 1911 » Charles Mathiesen, Norwegian speed skater († 1994)
• 1912 » R. F. Delderfield, English author and playwright († 1972)

• 1886 » Randolph Caldecott, English-American painter and illustrator (b. 1846)
• 1894 » Hans von Bülow, German pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1830)
• 1896 » Ambroise Thomas, French composer and academic (b. 1811)
• 1912 » Gerhard Armauer Hansen, Norwegian physician (b. 1841)
• 1915 » Émile Waldteufel, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1837)
• 1916 » Richard Dedekind, German mathematician, philosopher, and academic (b. 1831)
• 1929 » Lillie Langtry, English singer and actress (b. 1853)
• 1931 » Samad bey Mehmandarov, Azerbaijani-Russian general and politician, 3rd Azerbaijani Minister of Defense (b. 1855)
• 1935 » Auguste Escoffier, French chef and author (b. 1846)
• 1942 » Eugene Esmonde, Irish-English lieutenant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1909)

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 15 » The Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority becomes the first Greek-letter organization founded and established by African American college women.
• January 28 » Members of the Portuguese Republican Party fail in their attempted coup d'état against the administrative dictatorship of Prime Minister João Franco.
• April 14 » Hauser Dam, a steel dam on the Missouri River in Montana, U.S., fails, sending a surge of water 25 to 30 feet (7.6 to 9.1m) high downstream.
• August 17 » Fantasmagorie, the first animated cartoon, created by Émile Cohl, is shown in Paris, France.
• September 17 » The Wright Flyer flown by Orville Wright, with Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge as passenger, crashes, killing Selfridge, who becomes the first airplane fatality.
• September 27 » Production of the Model T automobile begins at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit.

The temperature on February 12, 1908 was between 4.1 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.