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• Adrianus Cornelis Weggeman, Rotterdam, Nederland († 1964)
• Abraham PAASSE, Rotterdam († 2003)
• Adrianus Henricus Joannes Bertens, Tilburg († 1908)
• Adriana Johanna Aartman, Noordwijkerhout († 1987)
• Aaltje de Goede, Odoorn
• Albert Stoffel Rijke, de, Rotterdam Zhl. NL († 1969)
• Adrianus Snepvangers, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1908)
• Adrianus Snepvangers, Bergen op Zoom († 1908)
• Alice Louise McClary, Mayfield, Fulton County, New York († 2002)
• Albert Karsens, Bunne ( Vries ) († 1977)

• Aaltje de Raad (78), Overschie, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Aspers (62), Leudal (Haelen) (Limburg)
• Andries Feenstra (71), Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Aletta Stigter (88), Rietveld
• Aleida Helena Lutters (3), Sch√ºttorf, Bad Bentheim, Niedersachsen, Duitsland
• Anke Berg (86), Harkstede, Slochteren, Groningen, Nederland
• Alpheus C. Montanye (72), Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
• Alida AARTS (69), Breda (N-B)
• Geertje Streurman (77), Groningen
• Alouisius Dirix (42), Gelinden, België

• 1903 » Chick Hafey, American baseball player and manager († 1973)
• 1903 » Jorge Basadre, Peruvian historian († 1980)
• 1904 » Ted Mack, American radio and television host († 1976)
• 1907 » Joseph Kearns, American actor († 1962)
• 1908 » Jacques Herbrand, French mathematician and philosopher († 1931)
• 1908 » Jean Effel, French painter, caricaturist, illustrator and journalist († 1982)
• 1909 » Sigmund Rascher, German physician († 1945)
• 1909 » Zoran Mušič, Slovene painter and illustrator († 2005)
• 1911 » Charles Mathiesen, Norwegian speed skater († 1994)
• 1912 » R. F. Delderfield, English author and playwright († 1972)

• 1886 » Randolph Caldecott, English-American painter and illustrator (b. 1846)
• 1894 » Hans von Bülow, German pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1830)
• 1896 » Ambroise Thomas, French composer and academic (b. 1811)
• 1912 » Gerhard Armauer Hansen, Norwegian physician (b. 1841)
• 1915 » Émile Waldteufel, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1837)
• 1916 » Richard Dedekind, German mathematician, philosopher, and academic (b. 1831)
• 1929 » Lillie Langtry, English singer and actress (b. 1853)
• 1931 » Samad bey Mehmandarov, Azerbaijani-Russian general and politician, 3rd Azerbaijani Minister of Defense (b. 1855)
• 1935 » Auguste Escoffier, French chef and author (b. 1846)
• 1942 » Eugene Esmonde, Irish-English lieutenant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1909)

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.
• 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.
• 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.
• October 14 » The Chicago Cubs defeat the Detroit Tigers, 2–0, clinching the 1908 World Series; this would be their last until winning the 2016 World Series.
• December 2 » Puyi becomes Emperor of China at the age of two.

The temperature on February 12, 1908 was between 4.1 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.