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• Abraham (Bram) Bos, Berkel en Rodenrijs († 1985)
• Aaltje Scholten, Epe
• Aletta Bakhuizen, Zaltbommel
• Adriana Boelhouwer, Bergambacht († 1989)
• Agatha Maria Goes, Willeskop
• Albert Baak, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Baak, 's-Gravenhage
• ?? Nahuijsen, (UT) Utrecht († 1908)
• Anna Maria Dorstijn, Amsterdam
• Agatha Maria Kool, Mijdrecht

• Andrew Purcell (90), Shenandoah, Page, Iowa, United States
• Adriana, Elisabeth de Ridder (79), Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Everdina Maria Paûl (20), Zevenhuizen, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Marie Heinders (51), Beesel, Nederland
• Albert van Schaik (85), Waarder, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Hermans (54), Weert
• Anna Elisabeth Bex (73), Merkelbeek, schinnen
• Aagje van Beek (78), Zuidland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• ANNA ELISABETH BEX (73), Merkelbeek
• Alice Louise Maria Henriëtte Le Bailly de Tilleghem (59)

• 1905 » Clyde Kluckhohn, American anthropologist and theorist († 1960)
• 1906 » Albert Hofmann, Swiss chemist and academic, discoverer of LSD († 2008)
• 1907 » Abraham Joshua Heschel, Polish-American rabbi, theologian, and philosopher († 1972)
• 1907 » Pierre Mendès France, French lawyer and politician, 142nd Prime Minister of France († 1982)
• 1908 » Lionel Stander, American actor and activist († 1994)
• 1910 » Arthur Lambourn, New Zealand rugby player († 1999)
• 1910 » Shane Paltridge, Australian soldier and politician († 1966)
• 1911 » Nora Heysen, Australian painter († 2003)
• 1911 » Tommy Duncan, American singer-songwriter († 1967)
• 1911 » Zenkō Suzuki, Japanese politician, 70th Prime Minister of Japan († 2004)

• 1882 » Theodor Schwann, German physiologist and biologist (b. 1810)
• 1891 » Georges-Eugène Haussmann, French urban planner (b. 1809)
• 1902 » Johnny Briggs, English cricketer and rugby player (b. 1862)
• 1904 » William Sawyer, Canadian merchant and politician (b. 1815)
• 1914 » Carl Jacobsen, Danish brewer and philanthropist (b. 1842)
• 1920 » Steinar Schjøtt, Norwegian philologist and lexicographer (b. 1844)
• 1923 » Constantine I of Greece (b. 1868)
• 1928 » Thomas Hardy, English novelist and poet (b. 1840)
• 1931 » James Milton Carroll, American pastor, historian, and author (b. 1852)
• 1937 » Nuri Conker, Turkish colonel and politician (b. 1882)

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 24 » The first Boy Scout troop is organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell.
• January 30 » Indian pacifist and leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is released from prison by Jan C. Smuts after being tried and sentenced to two months in jail earlier in the month.
• 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 1 » SOS is adopted as the international distress signal.
• 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 January 11, 1908 was between -8.4 °C and -1.1 °C and averaged -4.8 °C. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.