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• Alida Maria Laurentia Schulkes, Delden stad († 1945)
• Amabile Vandermersch, Ledegem († 1989)
• Ale Douma († 1986)
• An Joanna Elisa Maria Boots, Maasbree († 1998)
• Aaltje Hendrika Scholten, Kampen
• Alberdina Hermina Blom, Dordrecht
• Agatha Theodora Wilhelmina van den Bosch, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Stoffelina Jonas, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1976)
• Abel Antonie van Wijk, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1914)
• Anna Dymphna Maria BERGHMANS, Lommel Belgie († 1997)

• Cornelis DEELEN (8), Stiphout
• Aleida Oostema (50), Bloemendaal
• van Miltenburg (0), Oudewater
• Andreas Thomas Elbers (1), Elst
• Bertha Birk (70)
• Anna Catharina van Tilburg (69), Halsteren, N-Br, NL
• Anthonia van Haarlem (0), Wijk bij Duurstede
• Annie May Landon-Lane (11)
• Angelina Muys (67), Heist-op-den-Berg,, Antwerpen, België
• Anna Elisabeth Hermans (72), Roermond (Roermond) (Limburg)

• 1905 » Era Bell Thompson, American journalist and author († 1986)
• 1907 » Su Yu, Chinese general and politician († 1984)
• 1908 » Billy Gonsalves, American soccer player († 1977)
• 1908 » Rica Erickson, Australian botanist, historian, and author († 2009)
• 1909 » Leo Fender, American businessman, founded Fender Musical Instruments Corporation († 1991)
• 1909 » Richard J. Hughes, American politician, 45th Governor of New Jersey, and Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court († 1992)
• 1910 » Guy Mairesse, French race car driver († 1954)
• 1911 » A. N. Sherwin-White, English historian and author († 1993)
• 1911 » Leonidas Andrianopoulos, Greek footballer († 2011)
• 1912 » Jorge Amado, Brazilian novelist and poet († 2001)

• 1889 » Arthur Böttcher, German pathologist and anatomist (b. 1831)
• 1890 » John Boyle O'Reilly, Irish-born poet, journalist and fiction writer (b. 1844)
• 1896 » Otto Lilienthal, German pilot and engineer (b. 1848)
• 1904 » Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau, French lawyer and politician, 68th Prime Minister of France (b. 1846)
• 1913 » Johannes Linnankoski, Finnish author (b. 1869)
• 1915 » Henry Moseley, English physicist and engineer (b. 1887)
• 1916 » John J. Loud, American inventor (b. 1844)
• 1918 » Erich Löwenhardt, German lieutenant and pilot (b. 1897)
• 1920 » Ádám Politzer, Hungarian-Austrian physician and academic (b. 1835)
• 1929 » Pierre Fatou, French mathematician and astronomer (b. 1878)

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.
• May 10 » Mother's Day is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia.
• 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.
• October 6 » The Bosnian crisis erupts when Austria-Hungary formally annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina.
• October 13 » Margaret Travers Symons bursts into the UK parliament and became the first woman to speak there.
• November 28 » A mine explosion in Marianna, Pennsylvania, kills 154 men, leaving only one survivor.

The temperature on August 10, 1908 was between 10.5 °C and 23.2 °C and averaged 17.6 °C. There was 11.3 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.