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• Anna Maria Elizabeth Luttmer, Eelde († 1995)
• Adriana Maria Cornelia Romme, Gilze en Rijen († 1909)
• Anna Gezina Geertruida Bruins, Erica, Drenthe, Nederland († 1991)
• Adrianus Petrus Bruijgoms, Chaam († 1970)
• Adrianus Antonius Kieboom, Raamsdonk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1956)
• Aaltje ZEILSTRA, Lemmer (Friesland, The Netherlands)
• Alberdina Siepel, Alteveer, Onstwedde, Groningen, Nederland
• Andreas Cornelius Caarls, Rotterdam, Niederlande († 1908)
• Wiepkje Slottje, Rotterdam († 1994)
• Adrianus van Egmond, Leiden

• Adriana Elisabeth van Dijk (39), Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltje Weinreich (6), Avereest
• * Maria Agnes Tissen (47)
• Adriana Elisabeth van Dijk, Utrecht
• Aaron LEVI-VALENSIN (91), Alger, Algérie
• Aaron Peck Nixon (91), Franklin, Marion Co., IN
• adrianus bree(d)tveld(t) (4), rotterdam
• Aagje Grin (82), Wieringerwaard, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• AAGJE GRIN (82), Wieringerwaard
• Antonie de Ruiter (84), Wilnis

• 1904 » Paul Cadmus, American painter and illustrator († 1999)
• 1905 » Erico Verissimo, Brazilian author and translator († 1975)
• 1905 » Mohammad Hidayatullah, 11th Chief Justice of India, and politician, 6th Vice President of India († 1992)
• 1905 » Simo Häyhä, Finnish soldier and sniper († 2002)
• 1906 » Fernando Lopes-Graça, Portuguese composer and conductor († 1994)
• 1906 » Russell C. Newhouse, American pilot and engineer († 1998)
• 1908 » Willard Libby, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1980)
• 1910 » Eknath Easwaran, Indian-American educator and author († 1999)
• 1910 » Sy Oliver, American singer-songwriter and trumpet player († 1988)
• 1912 » Edward Short, Baron Glenamara, English captain and politician, Lord President of the Council († 2012)

• 1904 » William Shiels, Irish-Australian politician, 16th Premier of Victoria (b. 1848)
• 1907 » William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Irish-Scottish physicist and engineer (b. 1824)
• 1909 » Leopold II of Belgium (b. 1835)
• 1917 » Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, English physician and activist (b. 1836)
• 1927 » Rajendra Lahiri, Indian activist (b. 1892)
• 1928 » Frank Rinehart, American photographer (b. 1861)
• 1929 » Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa, Portuguese general and politician, 10th President of Portugal (b. 1863)
• 1930 » Peter Warlock, Welsh composer and critic (b. 1894)
• 1932 » Charles Winckler, Danish discus thrower, shot putter, and tug of war competitor (b. 1867)
• 1933 » 13th Dalai Lama (b. 1876)

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.
• March 4 » The Collinwood school fire, Collinwood near Cleveland, Ohio, kills 174 people.
• August 8 » Wilbur Wright makes his first flight at a racecourse at Le Mans, France. It is the Wright Brothers' first public flight.
• September 16 » The General Motors Corporation is founded.
• September 27 » Production of the Model T automobile begins at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit.
• October 6 » The Bosnian crisis erupts when Austria-Hungary formally annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina.
• November 22 » The Congress of Manastir establishes the Albanian alphabet.

The temperature on December 17, 1908 was between 1.9 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.