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• Adrianus Albertus van Grootheest, Bennekom († 1955)
• Adeline Cornelia de Man, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Hollander den, Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Nederland
• Aimé René Daschot, Westkapelle († 1909)
• Greven, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• - van der Helm, Naarden († 1908)
• Adrianus Kuit, Amsterdam († 1966)
• - Kuyten, Deurne, Netherlands († 1908)
• Adriana Kamerman, Veen († 1908)
• Arendina Benjamins, Hollandscheveld († 1910)

• Bliek (0)
• Adriana Knuijt (79), Heinkenszand
• Albertus van der Kolk (65), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adriana van Wijngaarden (81), Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adelaïde Jeanne Calkoen (80), Utrecht,Gemeente Utrecht,Utrecht,Netherlands
• - van der Helm (0), Naarden
• Adrianus van Opijnen (3), Koudekerk aan den Rijn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan van den Driest (70), Middelburg, ZL
• Adriaan van den Driest (70), Middelburg
• Adolphe Jean Mathieu Charles Lintermans (65), Paris,75001,Île-de-France, Friesland, Nederland

• 1906 » Peter Carl Goldmark, Hungarian-American engineer († 1977)
• 1909 » Arvo Askola, Finnish runner († 1975)
• 1909 » Joseph P. Lash, American activist and author († 1987)
• 1909 » Walenty Kłyszejko, Estonian–Polish basketball player and coach († 1987)
• 1910 » Russell Lynes, American photographer, historian, and author († 1991)
• 1910 » Taisto Mäki, Finnish runner († 1979)
• 1912 » George Emmett, English cricketer and coach († 1976)
• 1913 » Marc Platt, American actor, singer, and dancer († 2014)
• 1914 » Adolph Green, American playwright and composer († 2002)
• 1914 » Bill Erwin, American actor († 2010)

• 1881 » Jenny von Westphalen, German author (b. 1814)
• 1885 » Allen Wright, Principal chief of the Choctaw Nation (1866-1870); proposed the name "Oklahoma", from Choctaw words okra and umma, meaning "Territory of the Red People." (b. 1826)
• 1888 » Namık Kemal, Turkish journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1840)
• 1892 » Jay Gould, American businessman and financier (b. 1836)
• 1899 » Gregorio del Pilar, Filipino general and politician, 1st Governor of Bulacan (b. 1875)
• 1918 » Edmond Rostand, French poet and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1924 » Kazimieras Būga, Lithuanian linguist and philologist (b. 1879)
• 1927 » Paul Heinrich von Groth, German scientist who systematically classified minerals and founded the journal Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie (b. 1843)
• 1931 » Vincent d'Indy, French composer and educator (b. 1851)
• 1936 » John Ringling, American businessman, co-founded Ringling Brothers Circus (b. 1866)

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 28 » Members of the Portuguese Republican Party fail in their attempted coup d'état against the administrative dictatorship of Prime Minister João Franco.
• 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.
• June 18 » Japanese immigration to Brazil begins when 781 people arrive in Santos aboard the ship Kasato-Maru.
• July 1 » SOS is adopted as the international distress signal.
• November 3 » William Howard Taft is elected the 27th President of the United States.
• November 25 » A fire breaks out on SSSardinia as it leaves Malta's Grand Harbour, resulting in the ship's grounding and the deaths of at least 118 people.

The temperature on December 2, 1908 was between 0.1 °C and 5.9 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.