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• (4) Johannes Jan de Goede, Enkhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 1991)
• Adriaan Cornelis Adriaensen, Baarle-Hertog, België († 1974)
• Adriana Massop, Laagnieuwkoop († 1908)
• Adriaan Cornelis de Poorte, Oost en West Souburg, Zeeland, NL
• Adriana de Rooij, Hillegom, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• , Boom († 1991)
• Albertje Kinds, Beilen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Alfred G Kettler, Fulton, Whiteside County, Illinois († 1959)
• Alline Belle Greene, Hapeville (Fulton), Georgia, Verenigde Staten († 1954)
• Aaltje (Ellis) #Goudkuil, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 1976)

• Aart van Hell (86), Putten
• Anna Catharina Claes (57), Overpelt, Limburg, België
• Adriana van de Wiel, Vlijmen
• Anna Franziska "Annie Frances" "Fannie" Brinkmann (43), Texas Bend, Mississippi County, Missouri, Verenigde Staten
• Albert Meines Haanstra (71), Doniawerstal
• Adriana de Ruwe (70), Kamerik, Utrecht, NL
• Anthonie Winterman (54), Deventer
• Antoine Alexis Malézet (96), Monthurel, 02 Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France
• Adriana de Ruwe (70), Kamerik, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antonia (Antoinette) Laurant (Laurent) (70), Den Haag, 2500, Nederland

• 1904 » Bruce Cabot, American actor († 1972)
• 1907 » Augoustinos Kantiotes, Greek bishop († 2010)
• 1907 » Miran Bux, Pakistani cricketer († 1991)
• 1908 » Lionel Hampton, American vibraphone player, pianist, bandleader, and actor († 2002)
• 1910 » Fatin Rüştü Zorlu, Turkish diplomat and politician († 1961)
• 1913 » Mimis Fotopoulos, Greek actor and poet († 1986)
• 1913 » Roger Rochard, French runner († 1993)
• 1913 » Willi Hennig, German biologist and entomologist († 1976)
• 1914 » Betty Lou Gerson, American actress († 1999)
• 1915 » Joseph Wolpe, South African psychotherapist and physician († 1997)

• 1886 » Charles-François-Frédéric, marquis de Montholon-Sémonville, French general and diplomat, French ambassador to the United States (b. 1814)
• 1887 » Muhammad Sharif Pasha, Greek-Egyptian politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1826)
• 1899 » Joseph Wolf, German ornithologist and illustrator (b. 1820)
• 1902 » Joaquim de Sousa Andrade, Brazilian poet and educator (b. 1833)
• 1912 » Bram Stoker, Anglo-Irish novelist and critic, created Count Dracula (b. 1847)
• 1918 » Karl Ferdinand Braun, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1850)
• 1927 » Enrique Simonet, Spanish painter and educator (b. 1866)
• 1929 » Prince Henry of Prussia (b. 1862)
• 1931 » Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon, 5th Baronet, Scottish-English fencer and businessman (b. 1862)
• 1932 » Giuseppe Peano, Italian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1858)

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 11 » Grand Canyon National Monument is created.
• January 15 » The Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority becomes the first Greek-letter organization founded and established by African American college women.
• January 21 » New York City passes the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor.
• August 8 » Wilbur Wright makes his first flight at a racecourse at Le Mans, France. It is the Wright Brothers' first public flight.
• October 13 » Margaret Travers Symons bursts into the UK parliament and became the first woman to speak there.
• December 2 » Puyi becomes Emperor of China at the age of two.

The temperature on April 20, 1908 was between -1.8 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 2.0 °C. There was 5.6 mm of rain. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.