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• Adriana Petronella Koolen, Oost en West Souburg
• Alan Keith Guest († 1944)
• Adelaida Maria Vernimmen, Niel, 2845, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Adrie Lute, Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adrianus Laurentius Oomen, Gilze en Rijen († 1998)
• Albert HOMMES, Ter Apel (Vlagtwedde) Groningen Netherlands († 1992)
• Aaltje Kuit, Zijpe († 1982)
• Adriana Buijs, Bergen op Zoom († 1981)
• Aaltje RIEMER, Alphen aan de Rijn († 1986)
• Adrianus Leonardus van der Helm, Zoetermeer

• Arendje Molles Eijer (82), Schoterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus van Dongen (68), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonia Baas (81), Rotterdam
• Anna Geuze (86), Siddeburen, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana de Coole (75), Nijmegen (GD) Nederland
• * Teuntje Versluis (60), Arnhem
• Aaltje Ten Elshof (31)
• Anne Marie Hubertine FREDERIX (55), Wandre, 62063, Liege, Belgique
• Auke Klazes Klazema (40)
• Adriana Johanna Aben (1), Hilvarenbeek (Hilvarenbeek) (Noord-Brabant)

• 1905 » Erika Nõva, Estonian architect and engineer († 1987)
• 1905 » Eugène Bozza, French composer and conductor († 1991)
• 1906 » Bea Benaderet, Turkish-Jewish Irish-American television, radio, and voice actress († 1968)
• 1906 » John Cameron Swayze, American journalist († 1995)
• 1907 » Robert Askin, Australian sergeant and politician, 32nd Premier of New South Wales († 1981)
• 1910 » Đặng Văn Ngữ, Vietnamese physician and academic († 1967)
• 1911 » Max Dupain, Australian photographer († 1992)
• 1913 » Dave Brown, Australian rugby league player († 1974)
• 1913 » Frances Langford, American actress and singer († 2005)
• 1913 » Rosemary Lane, American actress and singer († 1974)

• 1890 » Edmond Hébert, French geologist and academic (b. 1812)
• 1890 » Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau, Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Premier of Quebec (b. 1820)
• 1912 » Charles Brantley Aycock, American lawyer and politician, 50th Governor of North Carolina (b. 1859)
• 1912 » Isaac K. Funk, American minister, lexicographer, and publisher, co-founded Funk & Wagnalls (b. 1839)
• 1919 » Francisco Marto, Portuguese saint (b. 1908)
• 1919 » William Crookes, English chemist and physicist (b. 1832)
• 1923 » John Venn, English mathematician and philosopher, created the Venn diagram (b. 1834)
• 1929 » Karl Benz, German engineer and businessman, founded Mercedes-Benz (b. 1844)
• 1931 » André Michelin, French businessman, co-founded the Michelin Tyre Company (b. 1853)
• 1932 » Wilhelm Ostwald, Latvian-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)

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 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.
• January 28 » Members of the Portuguese Republican Party fail in their attempted coup d'état against the administrative dictatorship of Prime Minister João Franco.
• April 8 » H. H. Asquith of the Liberal Party takes office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, succeeding Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman.
• April 16 » Natural Bridges National Monument is established in Utah.
• June 30 » The Tunguska Event, the largest impact event on Earth in human recorded history, resulting in a massive explosion over Eastern Siberia.
• September 16 » The General Motors Corporation is founded.

The temperature on April 4, 1908 was between 4.8 °C and 9.1 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.