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• Anje (Annie) Bolt, Bedum, Groningen, Nederland († 1987)
• ADRIANUS PLAISIER, Ridderkerk
• Geert Bols, Hollandscheveld († 1909)
• van Maurik, Utrecht
• Anna Maria Romsée, Groot-Gelmen, België († 1918)
• Anna Maria Catharina Jacobs, Lanaken (B) († 1980)
• Albert Gritter (Grutter), Losser, Nederland († 1914)
• Albertje Buter
• Romkje Martens, IJsbrechtum († 1999)
• Aart van Dijk, Tiel

• Alexis Louis RICHARD (65), Wasmes, Henegouwen, België
• Aaltjen van den Bosch (78), Millingen, Dalfsen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antonius Antonij Meesters (81), Roosendaal en Nispen (NL)
• Antonius Meesters (81), Roosendaal
• Adriaan van Dun (82), Tilburg
• Anna Maria Deberling (75)
• Agnes Jurriens Mulder (85), Wildervank
• Antje SCHIPPER (15), Holwierde
• Edzo Tonkes Tonkens (86), Meeden
• alexis louis RICHARD (65), Wasmes (Belgium)

• 1904 » K. L. Saigal, Indian singer and actor († 1947)
• 1905 » Attila József, Hungarian poet and educator († 1937)
• 1906 » Dale Messick, American author and illustrator († 2005)
• 1907 » Paul Douglas, American actor († 1959)
• 1908 » Dan Maskell, English tennis player and sportscaster († 1992)
• 1908 » Jane Bolin, American lawyer and judge († 2007)
• 1908 » Leo Rosten, Polish-American author and academic († 1997)
• 1908 » Masaru Ibuka, Japanese businessman, co-founded Sony († 1997)
• 1910 » António de Spínola, Portuguese general and politician, 14th President of Portugal († 1996)
• 1912 » John Levy, American bassist and businessman († 2012)

• 1890 » David de Jahacob Lopez Cardozo, Dutch Talmudist (b. 1808)
• 1894 » Constantin Lipsius, German architect and theorist (b. 1832)
• 1895 » Julius Lothar Meyer, German chemist (b. 1830)
• 1902 » Wade Hampton III, American general and politician, 77th Governor of South Carolina (b. 1818)
• 1903 » Gemma Galgani, Italian mystic and saint (b. 1878)
• 1906 » Francis Pharcellus Church, American journalist and publisher, co-founded Armed Forces Journal and The Galaxy Magazine (b. 1839)
• 1906 » James Anthony Bailey, American businessman, co-founded Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (b. 1847)
• 1908 » Henry Bird, English chess player and author (b. 1829)
• 1916 » Richard Harding Davis, American journalist and author (b. 1864)
• 1918 » Otto Wagner, Austrian architect and urban planner (b. 1841)

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.
• April 8 » H. H. Asquith of the Liberal Party takes office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, succeeding Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman.
• May 10 » Mother's Day is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia.
• 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).
• November 28 » A mine explosion in Marianna, Pennsylvania, kills 154 men, leaving only one survivor.
• 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 April 11, 1908 was between 1.9 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.