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• Anna Elisabeth Oomen, Meijel, Li.NL
• Albert Stenvert, Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland († 1983)
• Adriaan de Ronde, Bruinisse, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adriana Hubertina Rossou, Den Haag († 1974)
• Alexander Tellmann, Belle
• Albertus Gerhardus Lolles Konter, Kerkstraat, Vollenhove († 1920)
• Adrianus Kooijman, Heinenoord († 1989)
• Andreas Lambertus Hartjes, Gendringen, Nederland
• Adriaan de Ronde, Bruinisse Zeeland, Nederland († 1987)
• Adrianus Carolus Vanheste, Lampernisse (W-VL) België († 1908)

• Adriaantje Jongeneel (28), Reeuwijk
• Adriana Sips (73), Zundert
• Adriaan van Beek (69), Sint-Michielsgestel
• Catharina Maria Roos (73), Rotterdam
• Andreas Joh.s Stoeldraaijers (0)
• Agnes van Elferen (63), Huissen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Akke Oosterman (0), Suwald, Tytsjerksteradiel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anthonie Willemsteijn (1), Dordrecht
• Carel Wilhelm van der Kop (76), ‘s-Gravenhage,Gemeente ’s-Gravenhage,South Holland,Netherlands
• Camiel Callens (47), Marke, 8510, Kortrijk, West-Vlaanderen, B

• 1905 » Irving Johnson, American sailor and author († 1991)
• 1905 » Lionel Trilling, American critic, essayist, short story writer, and educator († 1975)
• 1905 » Robert Hankey, 2nd Baron Hankey, British diplomat and public servant († 1996)
• 1906 » Vincent Schaefer, American chemist and meteorologist († 1993)
• 1907 » Howard Taubman, American author and critic († 1996)
• 1907 » John Anderson, American discus thrower († 1948)
• 1909 » Alec Templeton, Welsh composer, pianist and satirist († 1963)
• 1910 » Gloria Stuart, American actress († 2010)
• 1910 » Robert K. Merton, American sociologist and scholar († 2003)
• 1911 » Bruce Hamilton, Australian public servant († 1989)

• 1886 » Poundmaker, Canadian tribal chief (b. 1797)
• 1891 » Hannibal Hamlin, American lawyer and politician, 15th Vice President of the United States (b. 1809)
• 1901 » Johannes Schmidt, German linguist and academic (b. 1843)
• 1902 » Vivekananda, Indian monk and saint (b. 1863)
• 1905 » Élisée Reclus, French geographer and author (b. 1830)
• 1910 » Giovanni Schiaparelli, Italian astronomer and historian (b. 1835)
• 1910 » Melville Fuller, American lawyer and jurist, Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1833)
• 1916 » Alan Seeger, American soldier and poet (b. 1888)
• 1922 » Lothar von Richthofen, German lieutenant and pilot (b. 1894)
• 1926 » Pier Giorgio Frassati, Italian activist and saint (b. 1901)

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 11 » Grand Canyon National Monument is created.
• January 21 » New York City passes the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor.
• March 9 » Inter Milan was founded on Football Club Internazionale, following a schism from A.C. Milan.
• April 8 » H. H. Asquith of the Liberal Party takes office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, succeeding Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman.
• June 30 » The Tunguska Event, the largest impact event on Earth in human recorded history, resulting in a massive explosion over Eastern Siberia.
• July 25 » Ajinomoto is founded. Kikunae Ikeda of the Tokyo Imperial University discovers that a key ingredient in kombu soup stock is monosodium glutamate (MSG), and patents a process for manufacturing it.

The temperature on July 4, 1908 was between 12.3 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.