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• Alida 't JONG, Zwijndrecht (BE) († 1996)
• Aaltje Maria Touw, Den Haag
• (stillborn daughter) POST, Rotterdam (Z.-H.), Neth († 1908)
• Ambrosius VANCRAEYENEST, Anzegem, BE († 1909)
• Alfons Maurice Beutels, Cag. Assent
• Agnes Mclaughlin, Pennsylvania († 1988)
• Albert DESPLANCHES, Havre, 76351, Seine-Maritime, Normandie, France
• Alida Hendrika van Driel, Rotterdam
• Abraham Elizeus Sooijs, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Hendrika van Driel, Rotterdam

• Adrianus BAELEMANS (38), Reusel, 4134, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Schaefer (0), Roermond, Limburg, Nederland
• Albertus Wilhelmus Prinsen (0), Uden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anton Wijntjes (0), Sassenheim
• (stillborn daughter) POST (0), Rotterdam (Z.-H.), Neth
• Adriaan van der Eijk (14), Rotterdam
• Ludovikus Martinus Thans (0), Budel
• arie BARENDREGT (85), rhoon
• Antonij Coolen (84), Helmond, Nederland
• Adriana Meertens (72), Axel (Terneuzen), Zeeland, Nederland

• 1906 » Paul Derringer, American baseball player († 1987)
• 1907 » John Marley, American actor († 1984)
• 1908 » Hjördis Petterson, Swedish actress († 1988)
• 1908 » Kenji Miyamoto, Japanese politician († 2007)
• 1908 » Red Rolfe, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1969)
• 1908 » Wally Prigg, Australian rugby league player († 1980)
• 1909 » Cozy Cole, American drummer († 1981)
• 1909 » Joaquín Satrústegui, Spanish lawyer and politician († 1992)
• 1909 » Leopoldo Panero, Spanish poet († 1962)
• 1910 » Ester Wier, American author († 2000)

• 1868 » Laura Secord, Canadian war heroine (b. 1775)
• 1887 » Gustav Kirchhoff, German physicist and chemist (b. 1824)
• 1889 » Nikolay Chernyshevsky, Russian philosopher and critic (b. 1828)
• 1893 » Patrice de MacMahon, Duke of Magenta, French general and politician, 3rd President of France (b. 1808)
• 1910 » Julia Ward Howe, American poet and songwriter (b. 1819)
• 1918 » Malak Hifni Nasif, Egyptian poet and author (b. 1886)
• 1928 » Frank Dicksee, English painter and illustrator (b. 1853)
• 1931 » Alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist and academic (b. 1884)
• 1937 » J. Bruce Ismay, English businessman (b. 1862)
• 1938 » Karl Kautsky, Czech-German journalist, philosopher, and theoretician (b. 1854)

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 » The University of the Philippines is established.
• 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 6 » The Bosnian crisis erupts when Austria-Hungary formally annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina.
• December 2 » Puyi becomes Emperor of China at the age of two.

The temperature on October 17, 1908 was between 6.2 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.