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• Albertus Cornelis van de Braak, Ede, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albertus Weltevrede, Almelo, Stad
• Adriana Hartensveld, Sommelsdijk, ZH, Nederland († 2000)
• Alice Inge Stroeker ****, Mobile, Alabama, Verenigde Staten († 1973)
• Alida Johanna Jansen, Utrecht
• Anna Catharina Elisabeth van Kerkhoff, Ooij, Gelderland, Nederland († 1953)
• Albertus Cornelis van de Braak, Ede
• Anna Gertruda van Hoek, Stratum
• Adrianus de Bruijn, Teteringen († 2000)
• Aaltje Jurjens Nauta, Koudum, Hemelumer Oldeferd, Friesland, Nederland († 1999)

• Annechien Post (80), Sappemeer, Groningen, Nederland
• "Charlotte" Marie Louise de Bernes de La Haye (58), Valence, Drôme, France
• Antoinetta Frederika Engelen van Pijlsweert (65), Nijmegen,Gemeente Nijmegen,Gelderland,Netherlands
• Anna Maria Louise Griese (44), Rotterdam, The Netherlands
• Adriana Engelbert, Alem, Maren en Kessel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje de Boer (0), Kollum, gem. Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland
• Albert AIKEMA (24), Leens
• Agatha Johanna Hendrika Stuivenberg (29), Rotterdam
• Annie Maria Blair (72), Campsie,New South Wales,Australia
• Ann Murphy (68), Ferndean Albany Drive Lanark Lanarkshire

• 1905 » J. Howard Marshall, American lawyer and businessman († 1995)
• 1906 » Wilfred Jackson, American animator and composer († 1988)
• 1907 » Ismail Nasiruddin of Terengganu, fourth Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia († 1979)
• 1907 » Jean Daetwyler, Swiss composer and musician († 1994)
• 1907 » Maurice Couve de Murville, French soldier and politician, Prime Minister of France († 1999)
• 1909 » Martin Lings, English author and scholar († 2005)
• 1910 » Doris Haddock, American political activist († 2010)
• 1912 » Frederick Ashworth, American admiral († 2005)
• 1913 » Norman Dello Joio, American organist and composer († 2008)
• 1913 » Ray Stehr, Australian rugby league player and coach († 1983)

• 1877 » Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist and journalist (b. 1796)
• 1881 » James Collinson, English painter (b. 1825)
• 1883 » Friedrich von Flotow, German composer (b. 1812)
• 1895 » Lord Randolph Churchill, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1849)
• 1920 » Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1884)
• 1939 » Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician, created Muesli (b. 1867)
• 1943 » John Burns, English trade union leader and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (b. 1858)
• 1960 » Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor (b. 1886)
• 1961 » Alfred Carlton Gilbert, American pole vaulter and businessman, founded the A. C. Gilbert Company (b. 1884)
• 1962 » André Lhote, French sculptor and painter (b. 1885)

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.
• June 18 » Japanese immigration to Brazil begins when 781 people arrive in Santos aboard the ship Kasato-Maru.
• June 30 » The Tunguska Event, the largest impact event on Earth in human recorded history, resulting in a massive explosion over Eastern Siberia.
• September 27 » Production of the Model T automobile begins at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit.
• November 3 » William Howard Taft is elected the 27th President of the United States.
• 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 January 24, 1908 was between -5.6 °C and -2.4 °C and averaged -4.2 °C. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.