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• Wilhelmina Adriana van Steenderen, Rotterdam
• Adrianus Cornelis Roosendaal, Halsteren
• Adriana Sara Maas, Sluis, Zeeland, NL
• Andries Jeltesz Kelderhuis, Oosterzee, lemsterland.fr.nld († 1991)
• Aart Ruiter, Putten, Gelderland, Nederland († 1908)
• Albert Remke Scholts, Nieuwe Pekela, Groningen, Netherlands
• Alwine Sophie Rudolphine Maria Schölvinck, Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam,North Holland,Netherlands
• Alexander Willem August Lemmens, Beek (L)
• Agnès Marie Stéphanie HETRU, Gravelines... Hauts de France († 1997)
• Adrianus Hermes, Etten-Leur

• Aaltje Kortholt (24), Groningen, Nederland
• Aaltje Kortholt (24), Groningen
• Anna Friederica Roelfs Klein (92), Wildervank, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Gezina Schomaker (1), Stadskanaal(Gr)-Braamberg
• Aaltje van Wilgenburg (72), Hilversum
• Abraham Rutger Rutgers (57), 's Gravenhage
• Albert Leonard Fraterman (32), Rotterdam
• Adriana van der Gaarde (74), Rotterdam
• Verheyen (0), Weert
• Anna Gertrudis Willems (73), Sevenum,Li.NL

• 1906 » Igor Moiseyev, Russian choreographer († 2007)
• 1906 » Leo Halle, Dutch footballer († 1992)
• 1907 » Carlo Cavagnoli, Italian boxer († 1991)
• 1907 » Jānis Mendriks, Latvian Catholic priest († 1953)
• 1909 » Teofilo Spasojević, Serbian footballer († 1970)
• 1909 » Todor Skalovski, Macedonian composer and conductor († 2004)
• 1910 » Albert Rosellini, American lawyer and politician, 15th Governor of Washington († 2011)
• 1910 » Hideo Shinojima, Japanese footballer († 1975)
• 1910 » Károly Takács, Hungarian shooter († 1976)
• 1910 » Rosa Kellner, German athlete († 1984)

• 1891 » Calixa Lavallée, Canadian-American lieutenant and composer (b. 1842)
• 1901 » Elisha Gray, American engineer, co-founded Western Electric (b. 1835)
• 1914 » Theodor Kittelsen, Norwegian painter and illustrator (b. 1857)
• 1918 » Jan Drozdowski, Polish pianist and music teacher (b. 1857)
• 1919 » Ahmed Muhtar Pasha, Ottoman general and politician, 277th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1839)
• 1919 » Gojong of Korea (b. 1852)
• 1924 » Vladimir Lenin, Russian lawyer and politician (b. 1870)
• 1926 » Camillo Golgi, Italian physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1843)
• 1928 » George Washington Goethals, American general and engineer (b. 1858)
• 1931 » Felix Blumenfeld, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1863)

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 15 » The Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority becomes the first Greek-letter organization founded and established by African American college women.
• February 1 » Lisbon Regicide: King Carlos I of Portugal and Infante Luis Filipe are shot dead in Lisbon.
• August 17 » Fantasmagorie, the first animated cartoon, created by Émile Cohl, is shown in Paris, France.
• September 27 » Production of the Model T automobile begins at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit.
• 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.

The temperature on January 21, 1908 was between -3.7 °C and -1.4 °C and averaged -2.4 °C. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.