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• Alberdina Jacobs Wiersema, Ulrum
• Anna Ocke, Hoofdplaat, Sluis, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Adriana Francisca Johanna van Overbeek, 's Hertogenbosch,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1933)
• Alberdina Jacobs WIERSEMA, Ulrum Groningen Netherlands
• Anna Maria Swart, Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes van Loon, Waspik
• Agatha Catharina Bruin, Warmenhuizen († 1908)
• Albartus Hendrik van Druten, Tiel († 1908)
• Jan Jan Sanderse, Koudekerke
• Albert Tjaden, Ackley, Hardin County, Iowa († 1983)

• Cornelis van der Veer (74), Alkemade
• Antonia Maria Wouters (1), Tilburg
• Albertje Jans de Vries (56), Ferwerd
• Cornelis Swart (26), Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltjen Panhuis (87), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Catharina Bastiana Van der Steen (69), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anne SELMES (18), Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
• Adriana Pietronella Huijsman (54), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anthonius Weijman (0), Utrecht
• Cornelis van der Veer (75), Alkemade, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1904 » Sharkey Bonano, American singer, trumpet player, and bandleader († 1972)
• 1905 » J. William Fulbright, American lawyer and politician († 1995)
• 1906 » Antal Doráti, Hungarian-American conductor and composer († 1988)
• 1906 » Hugh Gaitskell, British politician and leader of the Labour Party († 1963)
• 1906 » Rafaela Aparicio, Spanish actress († 1996)
• 1906 » Victor Vasarely, Hungarian-French painter († 1997)
• 1908 » Joseph Krumgold, American author and screenwriter († 1980)
• 1909 » Robert Helpmann, Australian dancer, actor, and choreographer († 1986)
• 1910 » Abraham A. Ribicoff, American lawyer and politician, 4th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services († 1998)
• 1912 » Lev Kopelev, Ukrainian-German author and academic († 1997)

• 1876 » Charles Goodyear, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1804)
• 1882 » Dante Gabriel Rossetti, English poet and painter (b. 1828)
• 1889 » Michel Eugène Chevreul, French chemist and academic (b. 1786)
• 1909 » Helena Modjeska, Polish-American actress (b. 1840)
• 1915 » Raymond Whittindale, English rugby player (b. 1883)
• 1917 » James Hope Moulton, English philologist and scholar (b. 1863)
• 1922 » Hans Fruhstorfer, German entomologist and explorer (b. 1866)
• 1926 » Zip the Pinhead, American freak show performer (b. 1857)
• 1936 » Ferdinand Tönnies, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1855)
• 1940 » Mrs Patrick Campbell, English actress (b. 1865)

• 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.
• April 8 » H. H. Asquith of the Liberal Party takes office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, succeeding Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman.
• April 11 » SMSBlücher, the last armored cruiser to be built by the Imperial German Navy, is launched.
• August 8 » Wilbur Wright makes his first flight at a racecourse at Le Mans, France. It is the Wright Brothers' first public flight.
• November 3 » William Howard Taft is elected the 27th President of the United States.
• November 25 » A fire breaks out on SSSardinia as it leaves Malta's Grand Harbour, resulting in the ship's grounding and the deaths of at least 118 people.

The temperature on April 9, 1908 was between 0.1 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.