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• Abigaël Geilman, Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Alphonsus Dom. Corn. Wijnen, Riethoven (gemeente Bergeijk)
• Aldegonda Maria Bergmans, Lommel, Limburg, België
• Andrew Roghaar Zondervon, Ogden, Weber, Utah, Verenigde Staten († 1916)
• Adriana Heinsdijk, Goes, Zuiud-Beveland, Zeeland, Nederland († 1993)
• Anna Katharina van Hulst, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1912)
• Angela Mariman, Stekene,, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgique († 1924)
• Anna Maria de Boer, Grootebroek († 1953)
• Albert Peter Braak, Illinois, US († 1981)
• Anna Maria de Boer, Grootebroek, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1953)

• Arie van Antwerpen (0), Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Carolus Fellendans (83), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Antonie HOONHOUT (15), Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltje Nijhof (2), Kolham, Slochteren, Groningen, Nederland
• Barbera Steenkamp (31)
• Augustinus Brandt (71), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Vonk (45), Steenwijk, Steenwijkerland, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antonia Paqui (83), Capelle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adelaïde Margaretha Moïze de Chateleuse (18), Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Annie Tamson EGAN (43), Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, Verenigde Staten

• 1904 » Simone Beck, French chef and author († 1991)
• 1905 » Marie-Louise Dubreil-Jacotin, French mathematician († 1972)
• 1906 » Anton Karas, Austrian zither player and composer († 1985)
• 1906 » Satchel Paige, American baseball player and coach († 1982)
• 1906 » William Feller, Croatian-American mathematician and academic († 1970)
• 1907 » Robert A. Heinlein, American science fiction writer and screenwriter († 1988)
• 1908 » Revilo P. Oliver, American author and academic († 1994)
• 1909 » Gottfried von Cramm, German tennis player († 1976)
• 1910 » Doris McCarthy, Canadian painter and author († 2010)
• 1911 » Gian Carlo Menotti, Italian-American composer († 2007)

• 1890 » Henri Nestlé, German businessman, founded Nestlé (b. 1814)
• 1901 » Johanna Spyri, Swiss author (b. 1827)
• 1913 » Edward Burd Grubb Jr., American general and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Spain (b. 1841)
• 1922 » Cathal Brugha, Irish revolutionary and politician, active in the Easter Rising, Irish War of Independence; first Ceann Comhairle and first President of Dáil Éireann (b. 1874)
• 1925 » Clarence Hudson White, American photographer and educator (b. 1871)
• 1927 » Gösta Mittag-Leffler, Swedish mathematician and academic (b. 1846)
• 1930 » Arthur Conan Doyle, British writer (b. 1859)
• 1932 » Alexander Grin, Russian author (b. 1880)
• 1932 » Henry Eyster Jacobs, American theologian and educator (b. 1844)
• 1939 » Deacon White, American baseball player and manager (b. 1847)

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.
• March 4 » The Collinwood school fire, Collinwood near Cleveland, Ohio, kills 174 people.
• April 1 » The Territorial Force (renamed Territorial Army in 1920) is formed as a volunteer reserve component of the British Army.
• 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.
• October 1 » Ford Model T automobiles are offered for sale at a price of US$825.
• November 3 » William Howard Taft is elected the 27th President of the United States.
• November 22 » The Congress of Manastir establishes the Albanian alphabet.

The temperature on July 7, 1908 was between 7.8 °C and 20.4 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.