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• Adelade Jeanette Quigg, Spring City, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
• Aafje de Winter, Limmen († 1908)
• Adriaan de Best, Hoorn († 1995)
• Adriana Maria Dolle, Zoeterwoude († 1990)
• Adriana Poot, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1987)
• Alberta Barendina (Bep) Haantjes, Amsterdam († 1980)
• Adrianus Franciscus VAN GESTEL, Tilburg,North-Brabant,Netherlands († 1913)
• Albert Ernst Henning, Altenessen (D)
• Adriaan de Best, Den Hoorn († 1995)
• Andries van Ameringen, Rotterdam († 1934)

• Berend DILLING (71), Borger, Drenthe, Nederland
• Arnoldus Kluijtmans, Schijndel
• Aaltje Gils (47)
• Caroline Oulette (90), Detroit, Wayne Co., MI
• Anna Margaretha Pos (80), Amsterdam
• Charles BRUIL, Doetinchem, Nederland, Gelderland, Stad
• Adriana Helena de Wit (62), Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Maria Stieger (86), Robertson, New South Wales, Australia
• Alban de Quadt-Wykradt-Isny (57)
• Berent Dilling (71), Bronger

• 1902 » Skip James, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1969)
• 1903 » Felice Bonetto, Italian race car driver († 1953)
• 1903 » Marcia Davenport, American author and critic († 1996)
• 1906 » Robert Klark Graham, American eugenicist and businessman, founded Repository for Germinal Choice († 1997)
• 1908 » Branch McCracken, American basketball player and coach († 1970)
• 1908 » Luis Kutner, American lawyer, author, and activist († 1993)
• 1910 » Robert Cummings, American actor, singer, and director († 1990)
• 1910 » Ted Hicks, Australian public servant and diplomat, Australian High Commissioner to New Zealand († 1984)
• 1912 » Ingolf Dahl, German-American pianist, composer, and conductor († 1970)
• 1915 » Jim McDonald, American football player and coach († 1997)

• 1870 » Charles Dickens, English novelist and critic (b. 1812)
• 1875 » Gérard Paul Deshayes, French geologist and conchologist (b. 1795)
• 1889 » Mike Burke, American baseball player (b. 1854)
• 1892 » William Grant Stairs, Canadian-English captain and explorer (b. 1863)
• 1901 » Adolf Bötticher, German historian and author (b. 1842)
• 1923 » Princess Helena of the United Kingdom (b. 1846)
• 1927 » Victoria Woodhull, American activist for women's rights (b. 1838)
• 1929 » Louis Bennison, American stage and silent film actor (b. 1884)
• 1929 » Margaret Lawrence, American stage actress (b. 1889)
• 1942 » František Erben, Czech gymnast (b. 1874)

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.
• April 11 » SMSBlücher, the last armored cruiser to be built by the Imperial German Navy, is launched.
• April 16 » Natural Bridges National Monument is established in Utah.
• August 17 » Fantasmagorie, the first animated cartoon, created by Émile Cohl, is shown in Paris, France.
• October 6 » The Bosnian crisis erupts when Austria-Hungary formally annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina.
• December 2 » Puyi becomes Emperor of China at the age of two.
• December 28 » The 7.1 M_w  Messina earthquake shakes Southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 75,000 and 200,000.

The temperature on June 9, 1908 was between 8.5 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.