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• Aloysius Emmanuel Tinnemans, Stramproy
• Albert Meppelink, Sleen († 1910)
• Aafje Geertruida Smiers, Anna Paulowna, Anna Paulowna, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1974)
• Bogaerts, Steensel
• Vos, Odenkirchen, stad Reydt, Duitsland († 1994)
• Aaltje Visser († 1987)
• Aaltje Kornelis WAGENAAR, Garijp (Tytsjerksteradiel) Friesland Netherlands († 1987)
• Alida Heitman, Bloemendaal, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aleida Johanna Christina Koeslag († 2007)
• Anastasia Kozielski, Bottrop, Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany († 1982)

• Bernard Brahm (68)
• Aaltje Stam (72), Hoogeveen, Het Haagje
• Antje Janssen Doeden (2), Ìowa
• Christina Schimmelpenninck (77), ‘s-Gravenhage,Gemeente ’s-Gravenhage,South Holland,Netherlands
• Betje Zeehandelaar (73), Amsterdam
• Arnoldus van Malenstein (66), Eemnes, Utrecht, Nederland
• Andrew Ted Garthe (27), Flagstaff, Coconino, Arizona
• Antje Jacobs Rijpstra (68), Huizum, Leeuwarderadeel
• Arnoldus Brocx (62), Hatert
• Arnoldus Brocx (62), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1906 » Ernst Ruska, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1988)
• 1906 » Lew Grade, Baron Grade, Ukrainian-English film producer († 1998)
• 1907 » Cab Calloway, American singer-songwriter and bandleader († 1994)
• 1907 » Glenn McCarthy, American businessman, founded the Shamrock Hotel († 1988)
• 1907 » Mike Mazurki, Ukrainian-American wrestler and actor († 1990)
• 1908 » Ernest L. Massad, American general († 1993)
• 1908 » Jo-Jo Moore, American baseball player († 2001)
• 1908 » Quentin Crisp, English author and illustrator († 1999)
• 1909 » Zora Arkus-Duntov, Belgian-American engineer († 1996)
• 1911 » Louise Bourgeois, French-American sculptor and painter († 2010)

• 1880 » Fridolin Anderwert, Swiss lawyer and politician, President of the Swiss National Council (b. 1828)
• 1916 » Albert Chmielowski, Polish saint, founded the Albertine Brothers (b. 1845)
• 1921 » Vladimir Korolenko, Russian journalist, author, and activist (b. 1853)
• 1925 » Karl Abraham, German psychoanalyst and author (b. 1877)
• 1926 » Emperor Taishō of Japan (b. 1879)
• 1928 » Miles Burke, American boxer (b. 1885)
• 1930 » Jakob Mändmets, Estonian journalist and author (b. 1871)
• 1933 » Francesc Macià, Catalan colonel and politician, 122nd President of Catalonia (b. 1859)
• 1935 » Paul Bourget, French author and critic (b. 1852)
• 1938 » Karel Čapek, Czech author and playwright (b. 1890)

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 11 » Grand Canyon National Monument is created.
• June 27 » A group of Vietnamese tirailleurs conducts a failed attempt to poison the entire French army's garrison in the Hanoi Citadel with the aim to make way for Hoàng Hoa Thám's rebel army to capture Hanoi.
• July 1 » SOS is adopted as the international distress signal.
• July 25 » Ajinomoto is founded. Kikunae Ikeda of the Tokyo Imperial University discovers that a key ingredient in kombu soup stock is monosodium glutamate (MSG), and patents a process for manufacturing it.
• November 7 » Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are reportedly killed in San Vicente Canton, Bolivia.
• November 22 » The Congress of Manastir establishes the Albanian alphabet.

The temperature on December 25, 1908 was between -3.5 °C and 1.3 °C and averaged -1.6 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.