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• Allen Groeneveld († 1960)
• Aaltje van Eck, Opijnen (Neerijnen)
• Antje Rintjes van der Schaaf, Utingeradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 2003)
• Andreas Gerardus Stolwijk, Oudewater Utr († 1966)
• Adriana Wilhelmina Breukhoven, Rotterdam
• Anna Margaretha De Hooge († 1956)
• Aleida Hendrika Hardieck, Lonneker, Overijssel, Nederland († 2003)
• Adriana Wilhelmina Breukhoven, Charlois
• Anna Barbara Slangen, Kerkrade (L
• Ala Belle Johnson, Stillwater, Oklahoma († 1990)

• Adriana Dirkzwager (69), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aretus Henryson Armstrong (92), Randolph, Columbia, Wisconsin, United States
• Alphonsus Leo de BACKER (0), Zandvliet, Antwerpen, Belgie
• Abraham Cornelis Doornik (60), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Elisabeth Doornbos (67), Loosduinen, Nederland
• Auguste Henri Dupont (60), Chenevelles, Vienne, France
• Archer Burwell Harrison (62), Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia
• Antonie de Haan (0)
• Amelia Kew (79), Greendale, Nsw, Australia
• Anne Marie Nobel (45), Lekkerkerk

• 1903 » Harold Gatty, Australian pilot and navigator († 1957)
• 1904 » Erika Morini, Austrian violinist († 1995)
• 1904 » Jeane Dixon, American astrologer and psychic († 1997)
• 1906 » Kathleen Kenyon, English archaeologist and academic († 1978)
• 1907 » Volmari Iso-Hollo, Finnish athlete († 1969)
• 1908 » George Dolenz, Italian-American actor († 1963)
• 1909 » Lucienne Bloch, Swiss-American sculptor, painter, and photographer († 1995)
• 1909 » Stephen Cole Kleene, American mathematician and computer scientist († 1994)
• 1910 » Jack Lovelock, New Zealand runner and journalist († 1949)
• 1911 » Jean-Pierre Aumont, French actor and screenwriter († 2001)

• 1883 » Charles Tompson, Australian poet and public servant (b. 1806)
• 1885 » Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Norwegian author and scholar (b. 1812)
• 1888 » Henri Herz, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1803)
• 1899 » Ezra Otis Kendall, American professor, astronomer and mathematician (b. 1818)
• 1904 » Karl Alfred von Zittel, German paleontologist and geologist (b. 1839)
• 1910 » Léon Walras, French-Swiss economist and academic (b. 1834)
• 1917 » Isobel Lilian Gloag, English painter (b. 1865)
• 1922 » Ernest Shackleton, Anglo-Irish sailor and explorer (b. 1874)
• 1933 » Calvin Coolidge, American lawyer and politician, 30th President of the United States (b. 1872)
• 1942 » Tina Modotti, Italian photographer, model, actress, and activist (b. 1896)

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.
• January 30 » Indian pacifist and leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is released from prison by Jan C. Smuts after being tried and sentenced to two months in jail earlier in the month.
• March 9 » Inter Milan was founded on Football Club Internazionale, following a schism from A.C. Milan.
• April 16 » Natural Bridges National Monument is established in Utah.
• 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 28 » A mine explosion in Marianna, Pennsylvania, kills 154 men, leaving only one survivor.

The temperature on January 5, 1908 was between -12.0 °C and 0.3 °C and averaged -7.3 °C. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (78%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.