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• Annaatje Aafje Borst, Alkmaar († 1975)
• Alida Kievith, Langbroek, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Brower, Perry Twsp (Plymouth), Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 1969)
• Adriana Rosalie Berhitoe, Koetaradja, Sumatra († 2003)
• Aaltje Gorter, Veendam gemeente Veendam Groningen († 1961)
• Albertus Johannes Lulf, Coevorden, Nederland († 1984)
• Abraham Halberstadt, Amsterdam (NL) († 1909)
• Anna, Maria Dremmen, Bocholtz (L)
• Abel Jozef VINCKE, Geluwe († 1989)
• Abraham Mulder, 's-Gravenhage († 1947)

• Anna Joana Erke (48), Santa Catarina, Brasil
• "Geertje" Idzes Sipma. (71), Marssum (Menaldumadeel), Friesland, Nederland
• Albertus Sibon (0), Borger-Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aaltjen Maatman (63), Laren
• adrianus TIMMERS (0), Uden
• Adriana van INGEN (64), Utrecht, 5553, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriana Goos (2), Princenhage, Gemeente Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana van INGEN (64), Utrecht (Utrecht, The Netherlands)
• (Baroness) Susanna Anna Johanna Wijnanda Mackaij (71)
• Anetta Wilhelmina de Ceuninck van Capelle (48), Ambon, Maluku, Indonesië

• 1903 » Frank P. Ramsey, English economist, mathematician, and philosopher († 1930)
• 1903 » Morley Callaghan, Canadian author and playwright († 1990)
• 1906 » Constance Stokes, Australian painter († 1991)
• 1907 » Robert Young, American actor († 1998)
• 1907 » Sheldon Leonard, American actor, director, and producer († 1997)
• 1908 » John Mills, English soldier and actor († 2005)
• 1908 » Rómulo Betancourt, Venezuelan politician, 56th President of Venezuela († 1981)
• 1910 » George Hunt, English international footballer, forward († 1996)
• 1914 » Renato Dulbecco, Italian-American virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2012)
• 1915 » Gus Lesnevich, American boxer († 1964)

• 1888 » Anna Kingsford, English physician and activist (b. 1846)
• 1890 » Carl Bloch, Danish painter and academic (b. 1834)
• 1890 » John Jacob Astor III, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1822)
• 1897 » Charles Blondin, French tightrope walker and acrobat (b. 1824)
• 1898 » Heungseon Daewongun, Korean king (b. 1820)
• 1903 » Hugo Wolf, Austrian composer (b. 1860)
• 1904 » Leslie Stephen, English historian, author, and critic (b. 1832)
• 1913 » Ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss linguist and author (b. 1857)
• 1913 » Francisco I. Madero, Mexican president and author (b. 1873)
• 1923 » Théophile Delcassé, French politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1852)

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.
• May 10 » Mother's Day is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia.
• May 26 » The first major commercial oil strike in the Middle East was made at Masjed Soleyman in southwest Persia. The rights to the resource were quickly acquired by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company.
• June 30 » The Tunguska Event, the largest impact event on Earth in human recorded history, resulting in a massive explosion over Eastern Siberia.
• July 26 » United States Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation).
• 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.

The temperature on February 22, 1908 was between 4.5 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 5.6 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.