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• Allert Wilbrink, Uithuizen († 1908)
• Adrianus Wensislaus Wierikx, Oud Gastel († 1987)
• Adrianus Alphonsus Baeijens, Baarle-Nassau († 1988)
• Alberta Klaasje Alink, Assen († 1979)
• Adrianus Alphonsus Baeyens, Baarle Nassau († 1988)
• Albertus Prins, Amsterdam
• Aaltje Huibers, Doornik Bemmel, Gld.NL († 1998)
• Aldert Tonnis Wierenga, Roodeschool, Uithuizermeeden, Groningen, Nederland († 1966)
• Aart Esche, Leuwi Orak
• Albertus Johannes Liebrand, Oeffelt, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, Nederland († 1977)

• Arie van der Lugt (0), Vlaardingen (Vlaardingen), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Berentje Braakhekke (49), Hengelo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antje Koster (42), Midwolda
• Bartholomeus Houweling (88), Leiden
• Archibald Buchanan Cullings (69), Rotterdam, Schenectady Co., New York, Verenigde Staten
• Antoinetta Petronella Maria Fouchier (0), Tilburg
• Berendina Elskamp (30), Epe
• Berendje Braakhekke (49), Hengelo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aart Witjes (59), Houten, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriana van Bragt (0), Made

• 1905 » Armand Mondou, Canadian ice hockey player († 1976)
• 1906 » Catherine Cookson, English author and philanthropist († 1998)
• 1906 » Vernon Watkins, Welsh-American poet and painter († 1967)
• 1907 » John McIntire, American actor († 1991)
• 1908 » João Guimarães Rosa, Brazilian physician and author († 1967)
• 1911 » Marion M. Magruder, American Marine officer, commander of the VMF(N)-533 squadron. († 1997)
• 1912 » E. R. Braithwaite, Guyanese novelist, writer, teacher, and diplomat († 2016)
• 1913 » Elton Britt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1972)
• 1913 » Philip Guston, American painter and academic († 1980)
• 1913 » Willie Mosconi, American pool player († 1993)

• 1894 » Giorgio Costantino Schinas, Maltese architect and civil engineer (b. 1834)
• 1896 » John Berryman, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1825)
• 1905 » Harold Mahony, Scottish-Irish tennis player (b. 1867)
• 1907 » Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz, American educator, co-founded Radcliffe College (b. 1822)
• 1911 » Victor Surridge, English motorcycle racer (b. 1882)
• 1912 » George Bonnor, Australian cricketer (b. 1855)
• 1917 » Karl Allmenröder, German soldier and pilot (b. 1896)
• 1919 » Peter Sturholdt, American boxer (b. 1885)
• 1920 » Adolphe-Basile Routhier, Canadian lawyer and judge (b. 1839)
• 1934 » Francesco Buhagiar, Maltese politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1876)

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. Arie
14. Hendrikus
15. Wilhelmus
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. Helena

• 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 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.
• 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.
• April 16 » Natural Bridges National Monument is established in Utah.
• 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.
• August 8 » Wilbur Wright makes his first flight at a racecourse at Le Mans, France. It is the Wright Brothers' first public flight.
• November 22 » The Congress of Manastir establishes the Albanian alphabet.

The temperature on June 27, 1908 was between 12.5 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.