About the day » Thursday January 16, 1908Calender converter

• A An Lam, Koba (NOI)
• Alida Josina Ossewaarde, Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alice Gertrude Stillions, Washington DC († 1990)
• * Christianus Cornelis Josephus Antonius van Eijck, Tilburg († 1975)
• Aaltje Braakman, Wielen (D) († 1995)
• Albertus Odilon Vandenauweele, Oostende,8400,West-Vlaanderen,België († 1968)
• Alice Bergen, Sint-Truiden, België († 1989)
• Adriana Maria Cornelia MUTSAERTS, Tilburg,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1997)
• Adriaan Koole, Terneuzen, Terneuzen, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Adriana Teuntje Korteland, Rotterdam († 1909)

• Albert Kramer (79), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• (74), Middelburg, Nederland
• Aleida Smeenk (66), Lengel
• Adrianus Hendrikus Halkes (0), Wateringen, Nederland
• Aaltje Feikes Wielinga (65), Ferwerd
• Adrianus Hendrikus Lambregts (0), Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Wielinga (65), ferwerd
• Andries van Dijk (69), Delft,Delft,Zuid-Holland,Nederland
• Allegonda van Loon (83), Oss
• Adriaan LAUREIJSSEN (71), Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1905 » Ernesto Halffter, Spanish composer and conductor († 1989)
• 1906 » Diana Wynyard, English actress († 1964)
• 1906 » Johannes Brenner, Estonian footballer and pilot († 1975)
• 1907 » Alexander Knox, Canadian-English actor and screenwriter († 1995)
• 1907 » Paul Nitze, American banker and politician, 10th United States Secretary of the Navy († 2004)
• 1908 » Ethel Merman, American actress and singer († 1984)
• 1908 » Günther Prien, German captain († 1941)
• 1908 » Sammy Crooks, English footballer († 1981)
• 1909 » Clement Greenberg, American art critic († 1994)
• 1910 » Dizzy Dean, American baseball player and sportscaster († 1974)

• 1886 » Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer and academic (b. 1834)
• 1891 » Léo Delibes, French pianist and composer (b. 1836)
• 1898 » Charles Pelham Villiers, English lawyer and politician (b. 1802)
• 1901 » Arnold Böcklin, Swiss painter and academic (b. 1827)
• 1901 » Hiram Rhodes Revels, American soldier, minister, and politician (b. 1822)
• 1901 » Jules Barbier, French poet and playwright (b. 1825)
• 1906 » Marshall Field, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Marshall Field's (b. 1834)
• 1917 » George Dewey, American admiral (b. 1837)
• 1919 » Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 5th President of Brazil (b. 1848)
• 1933 » Bekir Sami Kunduh, Turkish politician (b. 1867)

• 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 13 » The Rhoads Opera House fire in Boyertown, Pennsylvania kills 171 people.
• January 24 » The first Boy Scout troop is organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell.
• February 1 » Lisbon Regicide: King Carlos I of Portugal and Infante Luis Filipe are shot dead in Lisbon.
• September 16 » The General Motors Corporation is founded.
• October 1 » Ford Model T automobiles are offered for sale at a price of US$825.
• November 28 » A mine explosion in Marianna, Pennsylvania, kills 154 men, leaving only one survivor.

The temperature on January 16, 1908 was between -1.2 °C and 6.3 °C and averaged 3.2 °C. There was 9.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.