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• Albertus Bernardus Bijl, Lithoijen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1963)
• Andries Brand, Dubbeldam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Adrianus Johannes de Roij, Breda († 1979)
• Alida Maria van der Lelie, Leiden
• Agatha Apeldoorn, Sint Maartensbrug († 1995)
• Alfred B HANFELD, Dyersville, Delaware, Iowa, United States († 1950)
• Anna Maria Elisabeth van de Vijver, Herne (D)
• Adrianus Embertus van Aalbeek, Veghel (Veghel) (Noord Brabant) († 1910)
• Aagje Rol, Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Verbruggen, Sterkrade, Limburg, Netherlands

• ?? Vrauwdeunt (0), Rotterdam
• Adriana van Gaalen (57), Stratum
• Stadens (0), Musselkanaal, Groningen, Nederland
• Aaltje Oosterloo (49), Groningen
• Adriana van Gaalen (57), Stratum, Eindhoven, Nederland
• Anna Maria Ramaekers (62), Wellen, België
• Antonij Stens (74), Voorst
• Arnoldina Maria Francisca MANDIGERS, Stratum, Eindhoven, 3547, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Verhoeven (74), Ridderkerk
• Antje Tjerks van der Veen (81), ,, Ureterp, Opsterland, Friesland, Netherlands

• 1904 » Cooney Weiland, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 1985)
• 1905 » Joel McCrea, American actor († 1990)
• 1905 » Louis Rosier, French race car driver († 1956)
• 1905 » Sajjad Zaheer, Indian author and poet († 1973)
• 1906 » Endre Kabos, Hungarian fencer († 1944)
• 1906 » Fred Lawrence Whipple, American astronomer and academic († 2004)
• 1910 » John Hackett, Australian-English general and academic († 1997)
• 1911 » Marie Osborne Yeats, American actress and costume designer († 2010)
• 1911 » Roy Rogers, American singer, guitarist, and actor († 1998)
• 1912 » W. Allen Wallis, American economist and statistician († 1998)

• 1879 » James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist and mathematician (b. 1831)
• 1923 » Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, French author and poet (b. 1880)
• 1928 » Vlasios Tsirogiannis, Greek general (b. 1872)
• 1930 » Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)
• 1930 » Luigi Facta, Italian politician, journalist and Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1861)
• 1931 » Konrad Stäheli, Swiss target shooter (b. 1866)
• 1933 » Texas Guinan, American actress and businesswoman (b. 1884)
• 1933 » Walther von Dyck, German mathematician and academic (b. 1856)
• 1938 » Thomas Dewing, American painter and educator (b. 1851)
• 1939 » Mary W. Bacheler, American physician and Baptist medical missionary (b. 1860)

• 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.
• July 1 » SOS is adopted as the international distress signal.
• October 13 » Margaret Travers Symons bursts into the UK parliament and became the first woman to speak there.
• November 3 » William Howard Taft is elected the 27th President of the United States.
• November 28 » A mine explosion in Marianna, Pennsylvania, kills 154 men, leaving only one survivor.

The temperature on November 5, 1908 was between 0.2 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.