About the day » Monday September 14, 1908Calender converter

• Albert Ellen, Weststelingwerf
• Anna Cornelia de Volder, Borgerhout 2140, Antwerpen, Belgie († 1908)
• Abraham Vroegop, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• * Maria Bernardina Prinsenberg, Rotterdam
• Adriaan Christiaan Wisse, Sint Philipsland († 1994)
• Albertine Laflash († 1935)
• Adrianus Franciscus Maria Antonius Teurlings, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1959)
• Ada Antonia Francisca Donato, Boa Esperança do Sul, São Paulo, Brasil
• Abraham Moolenaar, Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Poldervaart, Oudenhoorn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1997)

• Augustinus Amandus Lacroix (69), Brugge
• Abraham Boot (61), Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Charles Joseph Hendrycks (83), Klerken
• Abraham Boot (61), Leiden
• Bastiaan Maria Kool van Kasteel (78), Brummen
• Auke Hendriks de Graaf (76), Velsen-Noord, Nederland
• Burwell Thomas Ledbetter (6)
• Benjamin Scheirer (72)
• Augustinus Brands (60), Woensel
• Catharina Petronella Schneijdenberg (0), Standdaarbuiten

• 1903 » Mart Raud, Estonian poet and author († 1980)
• 1904 » Frank Amyot, Canadian sprint canoeist († 1962)
• 1904 » Richard Mohaupt, German composer and Kapellmeister († 1957)
• 1907 » Yuri Ivask, Russian-American poet and critic († 1986)
• 1909 » Peter Scott, English ornithologist, painter, and sailor († 1989)
• 1910 » Jack Hawkins, English actor and producer († 1973)
• 1910 » Lehman Engel, American composer and conductor († 1982)
• 1910 » Rolf Liebermann, Swiss-French composer and manager († 1999)
• 1910 » Yiannis Latsis, Greek businessman († 2003)
• 1911 » William H. Armstrong, American author and educator († 1999)

• 1879 » Bernhard von Cotta, German geologist and author (b. 1808)
• 1891 » Johannes Bosboom, Dutch painter (b. 1817)
• 1898 » William Seward Burroughs I, American businessman, founded the Burroughs Corporation (b. 1857)
• 1901 » William McKinley, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 25th President of the United States (b. 1843)
• 1905 » Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, Italian-French explorer (b. 1852)
• 1916 » José Echegaray, Spanish engineer, mathematician, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1832)
• 1927 » Isadora Duncan, American-Russian dancer and choreographer (b. 1877)
• 1931 » Tom Roberts, English-Australian painter and educator (b. 1856)
• 1936 » Irving Thalberg, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1899)
• 1936 » Ossip Gabrilowitsch, Russian-American pianist and conductor (b. 1878)

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.
• April 8 » Harvard University votes to establish the Harvard Business School.
• April 20 » Opening day of competition in the New South Wales Rugby League.
• August 8 » Wilbur Wright makes his first flight at a racecourse at Le Mans, France. It is the Wright Brothers' first public flight.
• October 14 » The Chicago Cubs defeat the Detroit Tigers, 2–0, clinching the 1908 World Series; this would be their last until winning the 2016 World Series.
• November 22 » The Congress of Manastir establishes the Albanian alphabet.
• 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 September 14, 1908 was between 7.5 °C and 14.7 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.