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• Anna Bertha Loef, TIEL, GD, NL († 1998)
• Aaltje Nijkamp, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alida van Duijvenbode, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Agatha Schilder, Hoogwoud, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1992)
• Aaltjen Wilgenhof, Eefde († 1990)
• Aaltje Janna den Ouden, Rotterdam
• André Viellard, Morvillars, 90072, France († 1981)
• Andreas Schelvis, Wijk aan Zee, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1967)
• Anna Agatha Schilder, Hoogwoud, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 1992)
• Andreas Hermanus Veelenturf, Zwammerdam († 1990)

• Arie de Langen (63), Harmelen
• Aaltjen Berends (79), Terwolde (Gem. Voorst)
• Adriana Cornelia de Ruijter (45), Maastricht
• "Hippolyte" Jean Baptiste de Joussineau de Tourdonnet (64), Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
• Anthonie Koppers (81), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adeline Campbell (54), North Carolina, Verenigde Staten
• Anna van der Jagt, (42), Uithoorn
• Antje Kok (40), Westwoud, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Verheugt (83), Den Haag,-
• Adrianus Mauriks (0), Sint-Michielsgestel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1903 » Paul Waner, American baseball player and manager († 1965)
• 1904 » Fifi D'Orsay, Canadian-American vaudevillian, actress, and singer († 1983)
• 1905 » Frits Philips, Dutch businessman († 2005)
• 1907 » August Eigruber, Austrian-German politician († 1947)
• 1907 » Joseph-Armand Bombardier, Canadian inventor and businessman, founded Bombardier Inc. († 1964)
• 1908 » Ellis Marsalis, Sr., American businessman and activist († 2004)
• 1908 » Ray Ventura, French jazz bandleader († 1979)
• 1910 » Berton Roueché, American journalist and author († 1994)
• 1911 » Guy Burgess, English-Russian spy († 1963)
• 1913 » Les Tremayne, English actor († 2003)

• 1888 » Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski, Polish physicist and chemist (b. 1845)
• 1899 » Emilio Jacinto, Filipino journalist and activist (b. 1875)
• 1904 » Maximilian Kronberger, German poet and author (b. 1888)
• 1904 » Samuel Smiles, Scottish-English author (b. 1812)
• 1914 » George William Hill, American astronomer and mathematician (b. 1838)
• 1915 » Nelson W. Aldrich, American businessman and politician (b. 1841)
• 1925 » Stefan Nerezov, Bulgarian general (b. 1867)
• 1928 » Henry Birks, Canadian businessman, founded Henry Birks and Sons (b. 1840)
• 1928 » Roman Steinberg, Estonian wrestler (b. 1900)
• 1930 » José Carlos Mariátegui, Peruvian journalist, philosopher, and activist (b. 1894)

• 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.
• May 10 » Mother's Day is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia.
• June 18 » Japanese immigration to Brazil begins when 781 people arrive in Santos aboard the ship Kasato-Maru.
• September 17 » The Wright Flyer flown by Orville Wright, with Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge as passenger, crashes, killing Selfridge, who becomes the first airplane fatality.
• October 6 » The Bosnian crisis erupts when Austria-Hungary formally annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina.
• 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.

The temperature on April 16, 1908 was between 3.5 °C and 14.5 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 11.6 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.