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• * Hendrika Johanna van Roij, 's Hertogenbosch († 1990)
• Aiko Blok, Odoorn († 1940)
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Schilders, Oss († 1969)
• Albertus Burggraaf, Weesp (NH NL)
• Adrianus ter Horst, Ljouwert, Friesland, Nederland († 1980)
• Ana Schmöller, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1980)
• Ann Mary (Annie) Joy, Ballykissane, Killorglin, Co. Kerry, Ireland († 2003)
• Alda Siqueira, Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil († 1993)
• Adriana Borst, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Hendrikus Steevens, Dinteloord, Gemeente Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1974)

• Benjamin Smith Blanchard (83), Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States
• Bernard Baumann (86), Anholt, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Antonius van Griensven (69), Boekel
• Antje Petronella van Soldt (1), den haag
• Aleida Kroeg (Kraeg) (32), Heer
• Alida Agnetha Brongers (77), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Albert de Mos (0), Scheveningen
• Anthony Wayne Lynch (87)
• Antonius van den Hof, Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nl
• Baligje \ Balligje van Lit (71), Buurmalsen, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1904 » Minoru Genda, Japanese general, pilot, and politician († 1989)
• 1904 » Wendell Meredith Stanley, American biochemist and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1971)
• 1908 » Orlando Cole, American cellist and educator († 2010)
• 1908 » William Keepers Maxwell, Jr., American editor, novelist, short story writer, and essayist († 2000)
• 1909 » Paul Callaway, American organist and conductor († 1995)
• 1910 » Gloria Blondell, American actress († 1986)
• 1910 » Mae Clarke, American actress († 1992)
• 1911 » E. F. Schumacher, German economist and statistician († 1977)
• 1912 » Ted Drake, English footballer and manager († 1995)
• 1913 » Menachem Begin, Belarusian-Israeli politician, Prime Minister of Israel, Nobel Prize laureate († 1992)

• 1888 » John Pemberton, American pharmacist and chemist, invented Coca-Cola (b. 1831)
• 1893 » Jean-Martin Charcot, French neurologist and academic (b. 1825)
• 1899 » Robert Bunsen, German chemist and academic (b. 1811)
• 1900 » José Maria de Eça de Queirós, Portuguese journalist and author (b. 1845)
• 1904 » Prentiss Ingraham, American soldier and author (b. 1843)
• 1911 » Patrick Francis Moran, Irish-Australian cardinal (b. 1830)
• 1914 » Carl Theodor Schulz, German-Norwegian gardener (b. 1835)
• 1916 » George Scott, English footballer (b. 1885)
• 1920 » Henry Daglish, Australian politician, 6th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1866)
• 1921 » Peter I of Serbia (b. 1844)

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 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.
• June 18 » The University of the Philippines is established.
• June 27 » A group of Vietnamese tirailleurs conducts a failed attempt to poison the entire French army's garrison in the Hanoi Citadel with the aim to make way for Hoàng Hoa Thám's rebel army to capture Hanoi.
• July 23 » The Second Constitution accepted by the Ottomans.
• September 16 » The General Motors Corporation is founded.
• October 6 » The Bosnian crisis erupts when Austria-Hungary formally annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The temperature on August 16, 1908 was between 7.7 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 12.3 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.