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• Alberta Henrietta Kingma, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2002)
• Albert Jan Geerlings, hengelo (o)
• Alfons Petrus Antonius Michielsen, Baarle-Nassau († 1982)
• Alfred Nieuborg, Elsene
• "Erna" Theda Jenny Marie zu Innhausen und Knyphausen, Haus Bodelschwingh, Dortmund, Allemagne
• Abraham Loois, Capelle aan de IJssel
• Allegonda Johanna Maria Tunnissen, Oeffelt († 1997)
• van Holstein († 1985)
• Adrianus Heijmans, Nuland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1912)
• ALPHONSINA CLARA SMET, SINT-NIKLAAS,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE († 1912)

• Bernhard Peter DORHOUT MEES (10), Norderney Lower Saxony Germany
• Anna Maria Hubertina Kneepkens (38), Weert
• Agatha Wilhelmina DE BOER (0), Heemstede,North Holland,Netherlands
• Catharina Prins (19), Musselkanaal gem.Onstwedde
• Arie Jacob Gelderland (34), Oostvoorne gem Westvoorne,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Anna Catharina Stohr (47), Kerkrade (L) Overl Akte
• Aaltje Wagenvoord (0), Oldebroek
• Arien (Arie) GREEUW (74), Heiloo, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Lodewijk Christiaan Esser (4), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bernardus Van der Haegen (79), Aaigem, Oost-Vlaanderen, België

• 1902 » Leni Riefenstahl, German actress, film director and propagandist († 2003)
• 1902 » Thomas Pelly, American lawyer and politician († 1973)
• 1903 » Jerry Iger, American cartoonist, co-founded Eisner & Iger († 1990)
• 1904 » Deng Xiaoping, Chinese soldier and politician, 1st Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China († 1997)
• 1908 » Erwin Thiesies, German rugby player and coach († 1993)
• 1908 » Henri Cartier-Bresson, French photographer and painter († 2004)
• 1909 » Julius J. Epstein, American screenwriter and producer († 2000)
• 1909 » Mel Hein, American football player and coach († 1992)
• 1913 » Bruno Pontecorvo, Italian physicist and academic († 1993)
• 1913 » Leonard Pagliero, English businessman and pilot († 2008)

• 1888 » Ágoston Trefort, Hungarian jurist and politician, Hungarian Minister of Education (b. 1817)
• 1891 » Jan Neruda, Czech journalist, author, and poet (b. 1834)
• 1903 » Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1830)
• 1904 » Kate Chopin, American novelist and poet (b. 1850)
• 1909 » Henry Radcliffe Crocker, English dermatologist and author (b. 1846)
• 1914 » Giacomo Radini-Tedeschi, Italian bishop and academic (b. 1859)
• 1918 » Korbinian Brodmann, German neurologist and academic (b. 1868)
• 1920 » Anders Zorn, Swedish artist (b. 1860)
• 1922 » Michael Collins, Irish rebel, counter-intelligence and military tactician, and politician; 2nd Irish Minister of Finance (b. 1890)
• 1926 » Charles William Eliot, American academic (b. 1834)

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 16 » Natural Bridges National Monument is established in Utah.
• May 10 » Mother's Day is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia.
• June 18 » The University of the Philippines is established.
• September 17 » The Wright Flyer flown by Orville Wright, with Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge as passenger, crashes, killing Selfridge, who becomes the first airplane fatality.
• October 13 » Margaret Travers Symons bursts into the UK parliament and became the first woman to speak there.
• November 7 » Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are reportedly killed in San Vicente Canton, Bolivia.

The temperature on August 22, 1908 was between 11.6 °C and 22.2 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.