About the day » Monday July 13, 1908Calender converter

• Alida Maria Tabbers, 's-Gravenhage († 1952)
• Albertus Petrus Marie van Solt, Amsterdam († 1981)
• Amy Campbell Guyer, South Woodbury Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania († 1974)
• Alphonsus Hermans, Westerlo
• Andre August Ernest Antoine HERMANT, Antwerpen, Provincie Antwerpen, Flanders, Belgie († 1978)
• Albina Edwards († 1980)
• "Manfred" Gebhard Adalbert Wedigo von Plotho
• Agnes Bernardine Stevens, Saint Gillesen Belgie
• Aart~Jbzn Romeijn, Broek op L'dijk
• Adriana Maatje Quakkelaar, Poortvliet, Zeeland, Nederland († 1908)

• Aaltje Veerdig (75), Wieringen
• Antonetta van Poppelen (52), Oss
• Arnoldus Broekman (76), Reek
• ?? Zeelenberg (0), Rotterdam
• Andreas Johannes AGTERBERG (70), Utrecht, 5553, Utrecht, Nederland
• Arnoldus Broekman (76), Reek
• Baukjen Deelstra (20), Idaarderadeel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Jantje Brongers (65), Groningen
• Andreas von Bergen (76), Büren, Zwitserland
• BERTHA E.M. NIEBUHR (0)

• 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.
• January 13 » The Rhoads Opera House fire in Boyertown, Pennsylvania kills 171 people.
• July 23 » The Second Constitution accepted by the Ottomans.
• 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.
• 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 22 » The Congress of Manastir establishes the Albanian alphabet.
• 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 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.