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• Barten, Vleuten
• Alphonse Lagacé
• Anna Catharina JANSSENS, Lommel († 1990)
• (Stillborn) BOUWMAN, Haren Groningen Netherlands († 1908)
• Aafke Dijkstra, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Visser († 1989)
• Jasken, Wittenberg, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany († 1908)
• Adrianus Knijff, Harmelen, Woerden, Utrecht, Nederland († 1909)
• Adeleida Schaap, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1999)
• Aart GIETHOORN, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1988)

• antonius wilhelmus gaal van (0), oss
• Antonius Adrianus Hubertus van Dorenmalen (0), Woensel
• Anna Catharina Nuijten (0), Bergen op Zoom,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Philipina Vroemen (0), Geleen, Sittard-Geleen
• Aagje Hoeke (0), De Werken, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Ada Petronella Rosaria van Oss (1), Bergharen, Gelderland, The Netherlands
• Anthonetta van Boxtel (76), Oudheusden en Elshout
• (Stillborn) BOUWMAN (0), Haren Groningen Netherlands
• Anna Elisabeth Ubags (61), 's Hertogenbosch
• Adrianus Hendrikus Blans (19), Utrecht

• 1905 » Judith Auer, German World War II resistance fighter († 1944)
• 1905 » Leon Jaworski, American lawyer, co-founded Fulbright & Jaworski († 1982)
• 1907 » Lewis F. Powell, Jr., American lawyer and jurist († 1998)
• 1908 » Paul Bénichou, French historian, author, and critic († 2001)
• 1908 » Robert Lecourt, French lawyer, judge, and politician, Lord Chancellor of France († 2004)
• 1908 » Tatsuo Shimabuku, Japanese martial artist, founded Isshin-ryū († 1975)
• 1909 » Ferdinand Porsche, Austrian engineer and businessman († 1998)
• 1910 » Arturo M. Tolentino, Filipino diplomat and politician († 2004)
• 1910 » Margaret Lindsay, American actress († 1981)
• 1911 » William Golding, British novelist, playwright, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate († 1993)

• 1881 » James A. Garfield, American general, lawyer, and politician, and the 20th President of the United States (b. 1831)
• 1893 » Alexander Tilloch Galt, English-Canadian politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Finance (b. 1817)
• 1902 » Masaoka Shiki, Japanese poet, author, and critic (b. 1867)
• 1905 » Thomas John Barnardo, Irish-English philanthropist (b. 1845)
• 1906 » Maria Georgina Grey, English educator, founded the Girls' Day School Trust (b. 1816)
• 1924 » Alick Bannerman, Australian cricketer and coach (b. 1854)
• 1927 » Michael Ancher, Danish painter (b. 1849)
• 1935 » Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Russian scientist and engineer (b. 1857)
• 1936 » Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, Indian singer and musicologist (b. 1860)
• 1942 » Condé Montrose Nast, American publisher, founded Condé Nast Publications (b. 1873)

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 11 » SMSBlücher, the last armored cruiser to be built by the Imperial German Navy, is launched.
• 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.
• May 10 » Mother's Day is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia.
• June 18 » Japanese immigration to Brazil begins when 781 people arrive in Santos aboard the ship Kasato-Maru.
• 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.
• August 17 » Fantasmagorie, the first animated cartoon, created by Émile Cohl, is shown in Paris, France.

The temperature on September 19, 1908 was between 12.5 °C and 21.0 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.