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• Albertus Hendrikus van Zal, te Weesperkarspel († 1931)
• Adrianus Jacob Hollestein, Rotterdam († 1908)
• Agnes Emma Wagner, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada († 1976)
• Aart van der Pol, Eemnes († 1956)
• Adriana Cornelia van Tilburg, Roosendaal († 1993)
• Adolf Jozef van Hurck, Philippine, Zeeland, Nederland († 2002)
• Albertus Everardus Weijtenburg, Leusden († 1964)
• Aalt Dirks van der Pol, Eemnes († 1956)
• Albertus Everardus Weijtenburg, Leusden,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltje van der Laan, Wildervank

• Andrina Symons Lemstra (28), Schoterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje den Herder (64), Harderwijk, Nederland
• (74), Gent, Belgium
• Anna Maria Larue (55), Venlo
• Alberdina Maria Visscher (48)
• Ada Gillespie (2), Arizona, United States of America
• Anna HARREMANSE (53), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje den Herder (64), Harderwijk
• Arendje Arkenbout (29), Nijmegen
• Andreas Adrianus Nouwens (0), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe, Noord Brabant

• 1903 » Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton, Scottish soldier, pilot, and politician († 1973)
• 1904 » Pretty Boy Floyd, American gangster († 1934)
• 1905 » Arne Beurling, Swedish-American mathematician and academic († 1986)
• 1905 » Paul Ariste, Estonian linguist and academic († 1990)
• 1906 » George Adamson, Indian-English author and activist († 1989)
• 1907 » James A. Michener, American author and philanthropist († 1997)
• 1909 » André Cayatte, French lawyer and director († 1989)
• 1909 » Simone Weil, French mystic and philosopher († 1943)
• 1911 » Jehan Alain, French organist and composer († 1940)
• 1912 » Jacques Soustelle, French anthropologist and politician († 1990)

• 1866 » François-Xavier Garneau, Canadian poet, author, and historian (b. 1809)
• 1873 » Isaac Baker Brown, English gynecologist and surgeon (b. 1811)
• 1922 » John Butler Yeats, Irish painter and illustrator (b. 1839)
• 1924 » Woodrow Wilson, American historian, academic, and politician, 28th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1856)
• 1929 » Agner Krarup Erlang, Danish mathematician and engineer (b. 1878)
• 1935 » Hugo Junkers, German engineer, designed the Junkers J 1 (b. 1859)
• 1944 » Yvette Guilbert, French singer and actress (b. 1865)
• 1945 » Roland Freisler, German lawyer and judge (b. 1893)
• 1947 » Marc Mitscher, American admiral and pilot (b. 1887)
• 1952 » Harold L. Ickes, American journalist and politician, 32nd United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1874)

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 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.
• November 3 » William Howard Taft is elected the 27th President of the United States.
• 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.
• 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.
• December 2 » Puyi becomes Emperor of China at the age of two.

The temperature on February 3, 1908 was between -3.6 °C and 1.6 °C and averaged -0.7 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.