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• Aagje Tupuszis, Rotterdam
• Adriana Maria Antonia MAAS, Loon op Zand,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Abel WILLEMSEN, Garrelsweer (Loppersum) Groningen Netherlands
• Anna Adriana Vogelenzang, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1911)
• van Erven, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alberta Maria Bernardina Kaptein, Oldenzaal († 1973)
• Alberta Antonia Maria Bonke, Amsterdam († 1980)
• Alberta Antonia Maria Boncke, Amsterdam († 1980)
• Aaltje Huizinga, Den Burg (Texel, NH) († 1990)
• Anna Catharina Dorothea Hubertina Baetsen, Baexem († 1996)

• Arie Pieter Timmer (0), Hoogblokland
• adrianus hendrikus geurts (0), culemborg
• Aime Louis Francois Van Neste (50), Budel Noord-Brabant Nederland
• Cornelia Karssing (65), Oldebroek, Nederland
• Adriaantje van Splunder (82), Ouddorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Charles Louis Van Bouchaute (78), Terneuzen, gem.Terneuzen, ZL.NL
• Alida Dobber (87), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Abel Abels (57), ‘s Gravenhage
• Aleida van der Sluis (0), Alphen aan den Rijn
• Abelone Villadsen (62), Langtind-Hanning Sogn,DK

• 1898 » Enzo Ferrari, Italian race car driver and businessman, founded Ferrari († 1988)
• 1898 » Luis Muñoz Marín, Puerto Rican poet and politician, 1st Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico († 1980)
• 1899 » Arthur Bryant, English historian and journalist († 1985)
• 1903 » Nikolai Podgorny, Ukrainian engineer and politician († 1983)
• 1905 » Queenie Leonard, English actress († 2002)
• 1906 » Hans Asperger, Austrian pediatrician and academic († 1980)
• 1909 » Wallace Stegner, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist († 1993)
• 1914 » Pee Wee King, American singer-songwriter and fiddler († 2000)
• 1915 » Phyllis Calvert, English actress († 2002)
• 1916 » Jean Drapeau, Canadian lawyer and politician, 37th Mayor of Montreal († 1999)

• 1893 » Serranus Clinton Hastings, American lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Justice of California (b. 1814)
• 1902 » Charles Lewis Tiffany, American businessman, founded Tiffany & Co. (b. 1812)
• 1906 » John Batterson Stetson, American businessman, founded the John B. Stetson Company (b. 1830)
• 1910 » Lucy Stanton, American activist (b. 1831)
• 1911 » Billy Murdoch, Australian cricketer (b. 1854)
• 1915 » Frank James, American soldier and criminal (b. 1843)
• 1923 » Alois Rašín, Czech economist and politician (b. 1867)
• 1931 » Louis Wolheim, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1880)
• 1931 » Milan Šufflay, Croatian historian, author, and politician (b. 1879)
• 1933 » James J. Corbett, American boxer and actor (b. 1866)

• 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 21 » New York City passes the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor.
• 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.
• August 17 » Fantasmagorie, the first animated cartoon, created by Émile Cohl, is shown in Paris, France.
• September 27 » Production of the Model T automobile begins at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit.
• November 3 » William Howard Taft is elected the 27th President of the United States.
• December 28 » The 7.1 M_w  Messina earthquake shakes Southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 75,000 and 200,000.

The temperature on February 18, 1908 was between 3.4 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.