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• Vegers († 1908)
• Adriana Theodora van de Griendt, Oudheusden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1977)
• Anna Elisabeth Hekel, amsterdam, Nederland
• Martijntje Verhaar, Nieuw-Lekkerland
• Albert Arend Zwolsman, Kampen († 1909)
• Albertina Duinker, Rotterdam († 1992)
• Albert Ros, Capelle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Arend 1 Jansz Zwolsman, Kampen († 1909)
• Anna Verspeek, Bergeijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Klein Swormink, Diepenveen

• Albert Koopman (0), Radewijk (Hardenberg)
• Arie Zondervan (67), Amersfoort
• Albertus Johannes Gerardus BOSMAN (42), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Abraham Adrianus van der Ree (72), Leiden, Netherlands
• Andreas Vereijken (37), Veghel, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• Anthony Stip (71), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arend Jan Grootaarts (7), Nijmegen, Nederland
• Aagje VAN DEN BERG (74), Castricum,North Holland,Netherlands
• Antje Renses Kampstra (80), Ternaard, gem. Westdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anthonij Stip (71), Rotterdam

• 1899 » Duke Ellington, American pianist, composer, and bandleader († 1974)
• 1899 » Mary Petty, American illustrator († 1976)
• 1900 » Amelia Best, Australian politician, one of the first women elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly († 1979)
• 1900 » Concha de Albornoz, Spanish feminist and intellectual, exiled during the Spanish Civil War († 1972)
• 1901 » Hirohito, Japanese emperor († 1989)
• 1907 » Fred Zinnemann, Austrian-American director and producer († 1997)
• 1908 » Jack Williamson, American author and academic († 2006)
• 1909 » Tom Ewell, American actor († 1994)
• 1912 » Richard Carlson, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 1977)
• 1915 » Henry H. Barschall, German-American physicist and academic († 1997)

• 1903 » Paul Du Chaillu, French-American anthropologist and zoologist (b. 1835)
• 1905 » Ignacio Cervantes, Cuban pianist and composer (b. 1847)
• 1916 » Jørgen Pedersen Gram, Danish mathematician and academic (b. 1850)
• 1920 » William H. Seward Jr., American general and banker (b. 1839)
• 1921 » Arthur Mold, English cricketer (b. 1863)
• 1933 » Constantine P. Cavafy, Greek poet and journalist (b. 1863)
• 1937 » William Gillette, American actor and playwright (b. 1853)
• 1944 » Bernardino Machado, Portuguese academic and politician, 3rd President of Portugal (b. 1851)
• 1945 » Matthias Kleinheisterkamp, German SS officer (b. 1893)
• 1947 » Irving Fisher, American economist and statistician (b. 1867)

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 13 » The Rhoads Opera House fire in Boyertown, Pennsylvania kills 171 people.
• 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.
• March 4 » The Collinwood school fire, Collinwood near Cleveland, Ohio, kills 174 people.
• July 1 » SOS is adopted as the international distress signal.
• November 28 » A mine explosion in Marianna, Pennsylvania, kills 154 men, leaving only one survivor.

The temperature on April 29, 1908 was between 2.7 °C and 13.3 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.