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• van Asch, Zoelmond (Beusichem) (Buren) (GL) († 1908)
• Aaldert Braad, Oldemarkt
• Andries Veendorp, Ee, gem. Oostdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• "Louis" Marie Edmond Lauras, Nottonville, Eure-et-Loir, France († 1942)
• Agatha Catharina Selder, den haag
• Alice Maria Landuyt, Maldegem, Belgie († 1996)
• Adriana van der Pas, Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1979)
• Agnes Paula Covers, Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje van Lenning, Winschoten († 2000)
• Agatha Josefine Otte, Mettingen,Duitsland († 1992)

• Berendina Lankhorst (75), Arnhem
• Allen Belmont Kittrell [[K 680 ObNCBu]]1 (48), Pitt County, North Carolina
• Adrianus van den Bogaart (0), Son en Breugel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Abigail Adams Cranch (91), Maple, St Louis, Missouri, Verenigde Staten
• Albertus van Balkom (42), Schaijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arendje Koster (85), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arendje Termijn (85), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Arnoldus Arnoldussen (65), Brink en Order (Apeldoorn) (GL)
• Anna Maria Baars (0), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Amandus Julianus CEUNEN (57), Tessenderlo, 3980, Limburg, België

• 1904 » Anna Neagle, English actress, singer, and producer († 1986)
• 1904 » Enolia McMillan, American educator and activist († 2006)
• 1904 » Tommy Douglas, Scottish-Canadian minister and politician, 7th Premier of Saskatchewan († 1986)
• 1907 » Arlene Francis, American actress and television personality († 2001)
• 1908 » Stuart Hamblen, American singer-songwriter, actor, and radio show host († 1989)
• 1909 » Carla Laemmle, American actress and photographer († 2014)
• 1909 » Yasushi Sugiyama, Japanese painter († 1993)
• 1910 » Chen Liting, Chinese director and playwright († 2013)
• 1912 » Ruhi Su, Turkish singer-songwriter († 1985)
• 1913 » Grandpa Jones, American singer-songwriter and banjo player († 1998)

• 1880 » Lydia Maria Child, American journalist, author, and activist (b. 1802)
• 1883 » George Chichester, 3rd Marquess of Donegall (b. 1797)
• 1890 » Richard Francis Burton, English-Italian geographer and explorer (b. 1821)
• 1894 » James Anthony Froude, English historian, novelist, biographer and editor (b. 1818)
• 1900 » Naim Frashëri, Albanian poet and translator (b. 1846)
• 1908 » Vaiben Louis Solomon, Australian politician, 21st Premier of South Australia (b. 1853)
• 1910 » David B. Hill, American lawyer and politician, 29th Governor of New York (b. 1843)
• 1926 » Eugene V. Debs, American union leader and politician (b. 1855)
• 1928 » Jack Peddie, Scottish footballer (b. 1876)
• 1935 » Arthur Henderson, Scottish-English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1863)

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 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.
• February 1 » Lisbon Regicide: King Carlos I of Portugal and Infante Luis Filipe are shot dead in Lisbon.
• 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.
• 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 20, 1908 was between -3.4 °C and 7.5 °C and averaged 1.9 °C. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.