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• Alberdina WIERSEMA, Ulrum, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Petronella Hoogers, Sevenum, Limburg, Nederland († 1910)
• Anna Margreta Harreveld, van, Groningen
• Anna de Vries, Leeuwarden
• Anna Maria Swart, Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Achiel De Vliegher, Stekene († 1993)
• Albert Tjaden, Ackley, Hardin County, Iowa († 1983)
• Abraham Kok, De Lier, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anne de Moet, Den Haag
• , BRUGGE(BELGIQUE occi) († 1970)

• Cynthia Stokes Cooper (79), Woodruff, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States
• Catharina Cornelia HAALEBOS (69), Leiden, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Dirk Schuit (Schuijt) (78), Middelburg, Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aaltjen Panhuis (87), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Catharina Bastiana van der Steen (69), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Maria Wouters (1), Tilburg
• Cornelis Swart (26), Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Pietronella Huijsman (54), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelia Van Kuik (72), Heusden, Noord Brabant, NL
• Ardina de Jager (39), Uden

• 1904 » Sharkey Bonano, American singer, trumpet player, and bandleader († 1972)
• 1905 » J. William Fulbright, American lawyer and politician († 1995)
• 1906 » Antal Doráti, Hungarian-American conductor and composer († 1988)
• 1906 » Hugh Gaitskell, British politician and leader of the Labour Party († 1963)
• 1906 » Rafaela Aparicio, Spanish actress († 1996)
• 1906 » Victor Vasarely, Hungarian-French painter († 1997)
• 1908 » Joseph Krumgold, American author and screenwriter († 1980)
• 1909 » Robert Helpmann, Australian dancer, actor, and choreographer († 1986)
• 1910 » Abraham A. Ribicoff, American lawyer and politician, 4th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services († 1998)
• 1912 » Lev Kopelev, Ukrainian-German author and academic († 1997)

• 1876 » Charles Goodyear, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1804)
• 1882 » Dante Gabriel Rossetti, English poet and painter (b. 1828)
• 1889 » Michel Eugène Chevreul, French chemist and academic (b. 1786)
• 1909 » Helena Modjeska, Polish-American actress (b. 1840)
• 1915 » Raymond Whittindale, English rugby player (b. 1883)
• 1917 » James Hope Moulton, English philologist and scholar (b. 1863)
• 1922 » Hans Fruhstorfer, German entomologist and explorer (b. 1866)
• 1926 » Zip the Pinhead, American freak show performer (b. 1857)
• 1936 » Ferdinand Tönnies, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1855)
• 1940 » Mrs Patrick Campbell, English actress (b. 1865)

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.
• April 1 » The Territorial Force (renamed Territorial Army in 1920) is formed as a volunteer reserve component of the British Army.
• April 11 » SMSBlücher, the last armored cruiser to be built by the Imperial German Navy, is launched.
• June 30 » The Tunguska Event, the largest impact event on Earth in human recorded history, resulting in a massive explosion over Eastern Siberia.
• November 7 » Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are reportedly killed in San Vicente Canton, Bolivia.
• November 22 » The Congress of Manastir establishes the Albanian alphabet.
• December 28 » The 7.1 M_w  Messina earthquake shakes Southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 75,000 and 200,000.

The temperature on April 9, 1908 was between 0.1 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.