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• Albertus van de Haar, Veenendaal, Utrecht, Nederland
• Ambrosio Zavanella
• Albert John Kragt, Doornspijk, Elburg, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1933)
• Alfons Jozef Maria Van Geertsom, Beveren Waas, België († 1985)
• Alida Jacoba van Wagensveld, Woudenberg († 1989)
• Adrianus Johannes Heemskerk, Noordwijk
• Adriana Cornelia Verschure, Waspik († 1908)
• Hendrik Metselaar, Hollandscheveld († 1918)
• Albertus van de Haar, Veenendaal, Nederland
• Alida Teuntje Simon, Rotterdam

• Ale Tiekstra (2), Bergum, gem. Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anne Derks Kroeske (7), Haulerwijk
• Anne Kroeske (7), Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Clara Broeders (33), Gilze en Rijen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Houtman (31), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Potharst (70), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Arts (87), Mook
• Alida van der Wereld (79), Alkemade
• (Stillborn) WOLTJER (0), Winschoten Groningen Netherlands
• Adriaantje de Jong (1), Rotterdam

• 1904 » David Robinson, English businessman and philanthropist († 1987)
• 1905 » Rae Johnstone, Australian jockey († 1964)
• 1906 » Bud Freeman, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader († 1991)
• 1906 » Samuel Beckett, Irish novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate († 1989)
• 1907 » Harold Stassen, American lawyer and politician, 25th Governor of Minnesota († 2001)
• 1909 » Eudora Welty, American short story writer and novelist († 2001)
• 1911 » Ico Hitrec, Croatian footballer and manager († 1946)
• 1911 » Jean-Louis Lévesque, Canadian businessman and philanthropist († 1994)
• 1911 » Nino Sanzogno, Italian conductor and composer († 1983)
• 1913 » Dave Albritton, American high jumper and coach († 1994)

• 1890 » Samuel J. Randall, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 33rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1828)
• 1899 » James Service, Scottish-Australian politician, 12th Premier of Victoria (b. 1823)
• 1909 » Whitley Stokes, Anglo-Irish lawyer and scholar (b. 1830)
• 1910 » William Quiller Orchardson, Scottish-English painter and educator (b. 1835)
• 1911 » George Washington Glick, American lawyer and politician, 9th Governor of Kansas (b. 1827)
• 1911 » John McLane, Scottish-American politician, 50th Governor of New Hampshire (b. 1852)
• 1912 » Takuboku Ishikawa, Japanese poet and author (b. 1886)
• 1917 » Diamond Jim Brady, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1856)
• 1918 » Lavr Kornilov, Russian general (b. 1870)
• 1927 » Georg Voigt, German politician, Mayor of Frankfurt (b. 1866)

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 15 » The Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority becomes the first Greek-letter organization founded and established by African American college women.
• March 9 » Inter Milan was founded on Football Club Internazionale, following a schism from A.C. Milan.
• April 8 » Harvard University votes to establish the Harvard Business School.
• June 18 » The University of the Philippines is established.
• 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.

The temperature on April 13, 1908 was between 0.1 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.