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• Adriana Josephina de Bondt († 1980)
• Albertus Gerrit Schilder, Harderwijk
• Adrianus, Dominicus Anthonissen, Brecht († 1937)
• Adriana Nuijs, Rotterdam († 1919)
• Adriana Catharina Geenen, Rotterdam, Nederland
• Adrianus Heijstek, Werkendam († 1909)
• Aaltje Kronshorst, Delft, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Anne C. Boomgaarden, Wahpeton, Richland, ND († 1991)
• Adriana Joanna van den Broek, Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1944)
• Adriana Nuijs, Rotterdam († 1919)

• Antonie Baks (0), Woudrichem, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• anthonie IJZERMAN (0), nieuw-beijerland
• Anna Kamphuis (70), Woldendorp, Groningen, Nederland
• Ake (Jitzes) van der Vinne (75), Gemeente Borger-Odoorn, Drenthe, The Netherlands
• Bernardus Berens- (77), Bemmel, Nederland
• Anton Franciscus Reiche (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonie Welten (76), Asten
• Anna Maria Wiegand (69), Rotterdam
• Adriana Rooij van (43)
• Anna Citroen (34)

• 1904 » Constance Bennett, American actress, singer, and producer († 1965)
• 1904 » Karl Guthe Jansky, American physicist and radio engineer († 1950).
• 1904 » Saúl Calandra, Argentine football player († 1973).
• 1905 » Joseph Kosma, Hungarian-French pianist and composer († 1969)
• 1906 » Aurelio Baldor, Cuban mathematician and lawyer († 1978).
• 1906 » Kees van Baaren, Dutch composer and educator († 1970)
• 1907 » Günther Treptow, German tenor († 1981).
• 1907 » Jimmie Foxx, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1967)
• 1908 » John Gould, American journalist and author († 2003).
• 1908 » José Escobar Saliente, Spanish cartoonist († 1994).

• 1883 » George Coulthard, Australian cricketer and footballer (b. 1856)
• 1885 » Lewis Majendie, English politician (b. 1835)
• 1891 » Ernst von Fleischl-Marxow, Austrian physiologist and physician (b. 1846)
• 1902 » Herman Adolfovich Trautschold, German geologist and paleontologist (b. 1817)
• 1906 » Paul Cézanne, French painter (b. 1839)
• 1914 » Konishiki Yasokichi I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 17th Yokozuna (b. 1866)
• 1917 » Bob Fitzsimmons, English-American boxer (b. 1863)
• 1917 » Charles Pardey Lukis, founder of the Indian Journal of Medical Research and later Director-General of the Indian Medical Service (b. 1857)
• 1927 » Borisav Stanković, Serbian author (b. 1876)
• 1928 » Andrew Fisher, Scottish-Australian lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1862)

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.
• April 20 » Opening day of competition in the New South Wales Rugby League.
• July 1 » SOS is adopted as the international distress signal.
• August 8 » Wilbur Wright makes his first flight at a racecourse at Le Mans, France. It is the Wright Brothers' first public flight.
• October 1 » Ford Model T automobiles are offered for sale at a price of US$825.
• November 22 » The Congress of Manastir establishes the Albanian alphabet.

The temperature on October 22, 1908 was between -2.0 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.