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• de Boer, Boornbergum († 1908)
• Albert Jonkers, Weststellingwerf
• Anna Catharina SCHUIJT, Zijpe, Schagen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Angela Juliana Gieringer, Missouri
• Abraham Delfos, Heerlen
• Aaltje Huijsman, Wormerveer
• Alfonsus Josephus Maria Dobbelaar, Stoppeldijk, 4581 BE, Nederland († 1991)
• Antoinette Francisca Cornelia Notten, Woensel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1985)
• Antonia Leonarda van den Berkmortel, Deurne, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2004)
• Anje Oosterhuis, Slochteren, Groningen, Netherlands († 1993)

• Aaltjen Kleinlegtenborg (87), Weesp, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Zijlmans (87), Raamsdonkveer
• Anna Elisabetha Vandenboren (87), Kortessem (B)
• Aafje BOOMKAMP (88), Assendelft
• Anna Kaelbli (0), Hodschag, Yugoslavia
• Alphonse d'Ornano (59)
• Adriana Johanna Roovers (8), Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltjen Aalpol (0), Zutphen,Gemeente Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus Robertus Vendrig (16), Montfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Sluiter, Theodora Johanna (0), 's-Hertogenbosch

• 1903 » Maurice Abravanel, Greek-American pianist and conductor († 1993)
• 1910 » Wright Morris, American author and photographer († 1998)
• 1910 » Yiannis Papaioannou, Greek composer and educator († 1989)
• 1912 » Danny Thomas, American actor, comedian, producer and humanitarian († 1991)
• 1912 » Jacques Ellul, French philosopher and critic († 1994)
• 1913 » Edward Gierek, Polish lawyer and politician († 2001)
• 1913 » Loretta Young, American actress († 2000)
• 1914 » Godfrey Edward Arnold, Austrian-American physician and academic († 1989)
• 1915 » Don Edwards, American soldier, lawyer, and politician († 2015)
• 1915 » John C. Lilly, American psychoanalyst, physician, and philosopher († 2001)

• 1885 » Bharatendu Harishchandra, Indian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1850)
• 1896 » Thomas W. Knox, American journalist and author (b. 1835)
• 1902 » Lars Hertervig, Norwegian painter (b. 1830)
• 1913 » Frederick Hitch, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1856)
• 1917 » Hendrick Peter Godfried Quack, Dutch economist and historian (b. 1834)
• 1918 » Georg Cantor, German mathematician and philosopher (b. 1845)
• 1919 » Theodore Roosevelt, American colonel and politician, 26th President of the United States (b. 1858)
• 1921 » Devil Anse Hatfield, American guerrilla leader (b. 1839)
• 1922 » Jakob Rosanes, Ukrainian-German mathematician and chess player (b. 1842)
• 1928 » Alvin Kraenzlein, American hurdler and long jumper (b. 1876)

• 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 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.
• June 27 » A group of Vietnamese tirailleurs conducts a failed attempt to poison the entire French army's garrison in the Hanoi Citadel with the aim to make way for Hoàng Hoa Thám's rebel army to capture Hanoi.
• 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.
• October 6 » The Bosnian crisis erupts when Austria-Hungary formally annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The temperature on January 6, 1908 was between -11.4 °C and 5.1 °C and averaged -2.6 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.