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• Aldegonda Maria Bergmans, Lommel († 1991)
• Anna de Jonge, Zaamslag (Terneuzen), Zeeland, Nederland († 2004)
• Adrianus Ewout Johannes Bezooijen van, Willemstad, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1987)
• Adriana Nobel, Nieuw-Beijerland, Hoeksche Waard,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1985)
• Aalbert van Hell, Putten († 2001)
• Adalbert Frederick Hild, Sutton, Lane, Kansas, Verenigde Staten († 1910)
• Anna Helena Langeveld, de Prins Hendrik polder (Texel) († 1985)
• Adriana Meijdam, Asperen (West Betuwe) (GL) († 1978)
• Aafje HENDRIKS, Oude Niedorp (NL/NH) († 1984)
• (2) Eva Johanna Wilhelmina (Annie) Rieder, Gilze en Rijen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland Nederland († 1995)

• Agatha Maria Brinkman (32)
• Alexander Roels (65), Schellebelle Oost Vlaanderen *
• Ann Mutch (94), Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland
• (Ongehuwd) Aaltje Ham (42), Oosterhesselen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Andreas Driessen (88), Didam, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albert de Ree (64), St.nicolaasga
• Adriana Maria Margaritha van der Poel (81), Haarlem (81jr)
• Alexander McDonald (62), Orange NSW
• Adriana van der Souwen (79)
• Alina Livina Alida Maria Pollier (0), Maldegem

• 1904 » Ernest E. Debs, American politician, California State Assembly member, Los Angeles city councilman, and a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors († 2002)
• 1905 » Paul Nizan, French philosopher and author († 1940)
• 1905 » Ulf von Euler, Swedish physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1983)
• 1906 » Oleg Konstantinovich Antonov, Russian engineer, founded the Antonov Aircraft Company († 1984)
• 1906 » Puyi, Chinese emperor († 1967)
• 1908 » Buster Crabbe, American swimmer and actor († 1983)
• 1908 » Manmath Nath Gupta, Indian journalist and author († 2000)
• 1909 » Amedeo Guillet, Italian soldier († 2010)
• 1909 » Hélder Câmara, Brazilian archbishop († 1999)
• 1912 » Russell Drysdale, English-Australian painter († 1981)

• 1878 » Pope Pius IX (b. 1792)
• 1891 » Marie Louise Andrews, American story writer and journalist (b. 1849)
• 1897 » Galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist and engineer (b. 1847)
• 1919 » William Halford, English-American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1841)
• 1920 » Alexander Kolchak, Russian admiral and explorer (b. 1874)
• 1920 » Charles Langelier, Canadian journalist, judge, and politician (b. 1850)
• 1921 » John J. Gardner, American politician (b. 1845)
• 1937 » Elihu Root, American lawyer and politician, 38th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)
• 1938 » Harvey Samuel Firestone, American businessman, founded the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company (b. 1868)
• 1939 » Boris Grigoriev, Russian painter and illustrator (b. 1886)

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 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.
• July 25 » Ajinomoto is founded. Kikunae Ikeda of the Tokyo Imperial University discovers that a key ingredient in kombu soup stock is monosodium glutamate (MSG), and patents a process for manufacturing it.
• 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).
• 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.
• November 3 » William Howard Taft is elected the 27th President of the United States.

The temperature on February 7, 1908 was between 1.2 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.