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• Adriaan Johan Philip Gonggrijp, Rotterdam, Nederland († 1997)
• * Marie Volmer, Amersfoort († 1983)
• Aaltje den Besten, Nunspeet
• Alfons LAUWERYSEN, Merksplas, Belgie († 1995)
• Anthoinette Maaike van der Nat, Rotterdam
• Adriana IJSKES, Leiden († 1972)
• Adelmar Costa Carvalho, Olinda, Pernambuco, Brasil († 1990)
• Anna Maria Quak, Amsterdam
• Adriana Wilhelmina Hartgrink HARTGERINK, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1954)
• Aletta Geertruida Maria Cieremans, Paesens, Oostdongeradeel († 2000)

• Adriaan Dekkers (75)
• Aaltien Murris (0), Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Maria Musters (74), Woensdrecht
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• Auke van der Kuip (59), gem. Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Alphonsus Nicolaes De Backer (60), Sint-Niklaas
• Anna Maria Hubertina Collijn (63), Wittem (Mechelen)
• Aagje Willemina Westmaas (2), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Dalemans (77), Woensdrecht
• Anthonia Maria Anna van Bers (82), Utrecht

• 1900 » Karna Maria Birmingham, Australian artist, illustrator and print maker († 1987)
• 1901 » Ilona Fehér, Hungarian-Israeli violinist and educator († 1988)
• 1903 » Nikolai Voznesensky, Soviet economic planner, member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union († 1950)
• 1905 » Alex Wilson, Canadian sprinter and coach († 1994)
• 1910 » Alicia Markova, English ballerina and choreographer († 2004)
• 1911 » Calvin Griffith, Canadian-American businessman († 1999)
• 1911 » Walter Alston, American baseball player and manager († 1984)
• 1912 » Minoru Yamasaki, American architect, designed the World Trade Center († 1986)
• 1913 » Mary Martin, American actress and singer († 1990)
• 1916 » Wan Li, Chinese educator and politician, 4th Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China († 2015)

• 1884 » William Swainson, English-New Zealand lawyer and politician, Attorney-General of the Crown Colony of New Zealand (b. 1809)
• 1913 » Juhan Liiv, Estonian poet and author (b. 1864)
• 1914 » Alfred Thayer Mahan, American captain and historian (b. 1840)
• 1916 » Charles de Foucauld, French priest and martyr (b. 1858)
• 1923 » Virginie Loveling, Belgian author and poet (b. 1836)
• 1928 » José Eustasio Rivera, Colombian-American lawyer and poet (b. 1888)
• 1933 » Pekka Halonen, Finnish painter (b. 1865)
• 1934 » Sergey Kirov, Russian engineer and politician (b. 1886)
• 1935 » Bernhard Schmidt, Estonian-German optician, invented the Schmidt camera (b. 1879)
• 1943 » Damrong Rajanubhab, Thai historian and educator (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.
• June 18 » The University of the Philippines is established.
• September 27 » Production of the Model T automobile begins at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit.
• October 1 » Ford Model T automobiles are offered for sale at a price of US$825.
• October 13 » Margaret Travers Symons bursts into the UK parliament and became the first woman to speak there.
• 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.
• November 28 » A mine explosion in Marianna, Pennsylvania, kills 154 men, leaving only one survivor.

The temperature on December 1, 1908 was between 5.6 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.