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• Alida Helena van Iterson, Geldermalsen (West Betuwe) (GL) († 1937)
• Aart Knevel, Nunspeet († 1968)
• Aaltje Smit, Weststellingwerf, Munnekeburen
• Alberdina Geertuida Koning, Twekkelo (Lonneker, Overijssel)
• Aagje Johanna Maria Buitelaar, 's-Gravenzande, Nederland († 1909)
• Albertus Antonius Smits, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aafke van der Heide, Groningen, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1997)
• Albertina Hannina Zeven, 's-Gravenhage († 1995)
• Albertus Antonius Smits, Rotterdam
• Albert Henry Day, Glascote, Warwickshire, England († 1966)

• Antje de Jonge (96), Eese (Steenwijkerwold)
• Antje Frederiks van Dijk (64), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana Snoeren (81), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nl
• Anna Felicitas Coekaerts (65), O.L.V.Tielt
• Berendina Tieslink (62), Hulsen, gemeente Hellendoorn
• Anna Maria Ploum (62), Kerkrade (L
• Adrianus Riethoff (0), 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonia de Reuver (0), Utrecht
• Arjen de Jong (3)
• Albertus van den Poll (74), Bergentheim

• 1904 » Armando Castellazzi, Italian footballer and coach († 1968)
• 1905 » Andy Devine, American actor († 1977)
• 1907 » Helen MacInnes, Scottish-American librarian and author († 1985)
• 1909 » Anni Blomqvist, Finnish author († 1990)
• 1909 » Erastus Corning 2nd, American soldier and politician, 72nd Mayor of Albany († 1983)
• 1909 » Shura Cherkassky, Ukrainian-American pianist and educator († 1995)
• 1910 » Henry Plumer McIlhenny, American art collector and philanthropist († 1986)
• 1911 » Vaughn Monroe, American singer, trumpet player, and bandleader († 1973)
• 1912 » Fernando Belaúnde Terry, Peruvian architect and politician, 85th President of Peru († 2002)
• 1912 » Peter Walker, English race car driver († 1984)

• 1884 » Bernard Petitjean, French Roman Catholic missionary to Japan (b. 1829)
• 1894 » Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., American physician, author, and poet (b. 1809)
• 1903 » Rudolf Lipschitz, German mathematician and academic (b. 1832)
• 1904 » Isabella Bird, English historian and explorer (b. 1831)
• 1906 » Honoré Beaugrand, Canadian journalist and politician, 18th Mayor of Montreal (b. 1848)
• 1911 » John Hughlings Jackson, English neurologist and physician (b. 1835)
• 1919 » Alfred Deakin, Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1856)
• 1925 » Christy Mathewson, American baseball player and manager (b. 1880)
• 1926 » Emil Kraepelin, German psychologist and academic (b. 1856)
• 1933 » Alexander Peacock, Australian politician, 20th Premier of Victoria (b. 1861)

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 21 » New York City passes the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor.
• March 9 » Inter Milan was founded on Football Club Internazionale, following a schism from A.C. Milan.
• May 10 » Mother's Day is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia.
• 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 7 » Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are reportedly killed in San Vicente Canton, Bolivia.

The temperature on October 7, 1908 was between 3.8 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.