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• Agatha Geertruida Moes, IJsselstein
• Alida Gerarda Maria van LEEUWEN, Rijsenburg, Utrecht, Nederland († 1960)
• Anetta Presburg, Rotterdam († 1942)
• Anna Daas, Zevenbergen († 1973)
• (l.l.) Post, Hillegersberg († 1908)
• Anna Stephanie Van Keer, Erembodegem
• Albert Jan Rikkers, Apeldoorn
• Aartjen Willemina Franken, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1995)
• Adriana Hermina Jacoba Maria Hoefsloot, Assen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Albertus LUIMES, Zelhem († 1913)

• Catharina Arnoldussen (82), Heteren, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Catherine Villeret (59), Lingé, 36096, France
• Christina Smit (59), Loosduinen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cecile Marion (67), Forget, Saskatchewan, Canada
• Anthonie Schimmel, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Cornelia Van De Heuvel (80), Terneuzen
• Catharina Scholten (73), Budel
• Bernard Schuten (0), Vlagtwedde
• Bernard Schuten (0), Vlagtwedde
• Aaltje Zwolle (0), Verlaat (Steenwijkerwold)

• 1904 » Uno Lamm, Swedish electrical engineer and inventor († 1989)
• 1905 » Bodo von Borries, German physicist and academic, co-invented the electron microscope († 1956)
• 1905 » Tom Driberg, British politician († 1976)
• 1907 » Hergé, Belgian author and illustrator († 1983)
• 1907 » Laurence Olivier, English actor, director, and producer († 1989)
• 1908 » Horton Smith, American golfer and captain († 1963)
• 1909 » Margaret Mee, English illustrator and educator († 1988)
• 1912 » Herbert C. Brown, English-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2004)
• 1913 » Dominique Rolin, Belgian author († 2012)
• 1913 » Rafael Gil, Spanish director and screenwriter († 1986)

• 1868 » Julius Plücker, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1801)
• 1885 » Victor Hugo, French novelist, poet, and playwright (b. 1802)
• 1901 » Gaetano Bresci, Italian-American anarchist, assassin of Umberto I of Italy (b. 1869)
• 1910 » Jules Renard, French author and playwright (b. 1864)
• 1932 » Augusta, Lady Gregory, Anglo-Irish activist, landlord, and playwright, co-founded the Abbey Theatre (b. 1852)
• 1933 » Tsengeltiin Jigjidjav, Mongolian politician, 10th Prime Minister of Mongolia (b. 1894)
• 1938 » William Glackens, American painter and illustrator (b. 1870)
• 1939 » Ernst Toller, German playwright and author (b. 1893)
• 1939 » Jiří Mahen, Czech author and playwright (b. 1882)
• 1954 » Chief Bender, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1884)

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.
• 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.
• June 30 » The Tunguska Event, the largest impact event on Earth in human recorded history, resulting in a massive explosion over Eastern Siberia.
• July 1 » SOS is adopted as the international distress signal.
• July 26 » United States Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation).
• November 3 » William Howard Taft is elected the 27th President of the United States.

The temperature on May 22, 1908 was between 7.1 °C and 13.2 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.