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• * Catharina Wilhelmina Lankhaar, Amsterdam
• Adrianus Johannes Möls, 's Gravenhage
• Albertus Moraal, Meppel, Nederland († 1986)
• Aart van Kuilenburg, Kapel Avezaath
• Adrianus Johannes Möls, den Haag
• Alphonsus Hermans, Westerlo
• Albina Edwards († 1980)
• Adriana van Wijngaarden († 1998)
• "Manfred" Gebhard Adalbert Wedigo von Plotho
• Alexander Elder Lyndsay Waters, Musselburgh, Midlothian, Scotland († 1991)

• Andreas Johannes AGTERBERG (70), Utrecht, 5553, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antonia Jongenelen (83), Oudenbosch, NL
• Anna Reinoudina Baelde (7), Rotterdam
• Jantje Brongers (65), Groningen
• Antonnetta van POPPELEN (52), Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana van der Marel (68), Vlaardingen
• Antonia (Adriana) JONGENELEN (83), Oudenbosch,Noord-Brabant,NEDERLAND
• Antonetta van Poppelen (52), Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arie van der Niet (64), Noordwijk
• Amelia Vronica van Appel (39), Amsterdam

• 1903 » Kenneth Clark, English historian and author († 1983)
• 1905 » Alfredo M. Santos, Filipino general († 1990)
• 1905 » Eugenio Pagnini, Italian modern pentathlete († 1993)
• 1905 » Magda Foy, American child actress († 2000)
• 1907 » George Weller, American author, playwright, and journalist († 2002)
• 1908 » Dorothy Round, English tennis player († 1982)
• 1908 » Tim Spencer, American country & western singer-songwriter and actor († 1974)
• 1910 » Lien Gisolf, Dutch high jumper († 1993)
• 1910 » Loren Pope, American journalist and author († 2008)
• 1911 » Bob Steele (broadcaster), American radio personality († 2002)

• 1889 » Robert Hamerling, Austrian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1830)
• 1890 » Johann Voldemar Jannsen, Estonian journalist and poet (b. 1819)
• 1890 » John C. Frémont, American general and politician, 5th Territorial Governor of Arizona (b. 1813)
• 1893 » Young Man Afraid of His Horses, American tribal chief (b. 1836)
• 1896 » August Kekulé, German chemist and academic (b. 1829)
• 1907 » Henrik Sillem, Dutch target shooter and jurist (b. 1866)
• 1911 » Allan McLean, Scottish-Australian politician, 19th Premier of Victoria (b. 1840)
• 1921 » Gabriel Lippmann, Luxembourger physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)
• 1922 » Martin Dies Sr., American journalist and politician (b. 1870)
• 1927 » Mimar Kemaleddin Bey, Turkish architect and academic, designed the Tayyare Apartments (b. 1870)

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.
• February 1 » Lisbon Regicide: King Carlos I of Portugal and Infante Luis Filipe are shot dead in Lisbon.
• April 8 » H. H. Asquith of the Liberal Party takes office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, succeeding Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman.
• May 26 » The first major commercial oil strike in the Middle East was made at Masjed Soleyman in southwest Persia. The rights to the resource were quickly acquired by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company.
• November 22 » The Congress of Manastir establishes the Albanian alphabet.
• November 25 » A fire breaks out on SSSardinia as it leaves Malta's Grand Harbour, resulting in the ship's grounding and the deaths of at least 118 people.
• November 28 » A mine explosion in Marianna, Pennsylvania, kills 154 men, leaving only one survivor.

The temperature on July 13, 1908 was between 12.4 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 3.7 mm of rain. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.