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• Adolph Joseph Dekeyrel, Klerken
• Lameijer, Westerlee († 1908)
• Adrianus Johannes van Oirschot, Boxtel
• Anna Maria Jacoba Maandag, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje van Gans, Lippenhuizen
• Anna Geertruida van Iperen, Soerabaja, Oost-Java, Nederlands Oost-Indië († 1982)
• * Nijs Brandt, Molenaarsgraaf († 1993)
• Aaltje Knecht, Mantinge, Westerbork
• Albert Lameijer, Westerlee († 1908)
• Annij van Vuuren, nunspeet († 1941)

• Berendientje Kamies (0), Vlagtwedde, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha Kampen (63), Tinnen, Haren (Ems)
• Anna Maria Deimann (66), Lauderbeetse, GRO, Nederland
• Adrianus Meijburg (61), Rotterdam
• Aebe de Jong (77), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Deiman- (66), Lauderbeetse, Nederland
• Anna Katharina (Hanna) van Hulten (84), Drunen
• Anna Theresa Dekien (85), Klerken
• Anna Maria Deiman (66), Het Schot, gemeente Vlagtwedde, Groningen, The Netherlands
• Anna Maria, Maria Deiman (66), Lauderbeetse, Nederland

• 1905 » Harriet E. MacGibbon, American actress († 1987)
• 1905 » John Hoyt, American actor († 1991)
• 1907 » Mrs. Miller, American novelty singer († 1997)
• 1907 » Ragnar Nurkse, Estonian-American economist and academic († 1959)
• 1908 » Joshua Logan, American director and screenwriter († 1988)
• 1908 » Mehmet Ali Aybar, Turkish lawyer and politician († 1995)
• 1909 » Tony Malinosky, American baseball player and soldier († 2011)
• 1911 » Brian O'Nolan, Irish author and playwright († 1966)
• 1911 » Pierre Dansereau, Canadian ecologist and academic († 2011)
• 1912 » Fritz Fischer, German physician († 2003)

• 1885 » Thomas C. Durant, American railroad tycoon (b. 1820)
• 1895 » Ralph Tollemache, English priest (b. 1826)
• 1913 » Hans von Bartels, German painter and educator (b. 1856)
• 1914 » Albert Solomon, Australian politician, 23rd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1876)
• 1918 » Roland Garros, French soldier and pilot (b. 1888)
• 1921 » John Storey, Australian politician, 20th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1869)
• 1927 » Sam Warner, Polish-American director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded Warner Bros. (b. 1887)
• 1929 » Varghese Payyappilly Palakkappilly, Indian priest, founded the Sisters of the Destitute (b. 1876)
• 1930 » Christopher Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson, Indian-English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Air (b. 1875)
• 1933 » Renée Adorée, French-American actress (b. 1898)

• 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.
• April 14 » Hauser Dam, a steel dam on the Missouri River in Montana, U.S., fails, sending a surge of water 25 to 30 feet (7.6 to 9.1m) high downstream.
• June 18 » Japanese immigration to Brazil begins when 781 people arrive in Santos aboard the ship Kasato-Maru.
• August 17 » Fantasmagorie, the first animated cartoon, created by Émile Cohl, is shown in Paris, France.
• September 16 » The General Motors Corporation is founded.
• October 14 » The Chicago Cubs defeat the Detroit Tigers, 2–0, clinching the 1908 World Series; this would be their last until winning the 2016 World Series.

The temperature on October 5, 1908 was between 5.6 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (58%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.