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• Anna M. Ph. Plugers, Rukkelingen-Loon, België († 1973)
• (Stillbirth) DE BOER, Groningen
• Alida Mieremet, Leiden
• Adriana Roos, Zegwaart, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1995)
• Adriana de Koekkoek, Hillegom, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1989)
• ter Veen, Vlagtwedde, Westerwolde, Groningen, Nederland († 1908)
• Akke Reidinga, Sint Annaparochie, gem. Het Bildt, Friesland, Nederland († 1990)
• Heinen, Bunschoten, Utrecht, Nederland († 1908)
• Aagje Rinnerts Bangma, Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1968)
• Aaltje van 't Hul, Westereinde, Oldebroek, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1966)

• Antje Groen (78), Oude Niedorp, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Benjamin Franklin Freeze (77), Mannsville, Johnston, Oklahoma, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana Jacoba Albers (0), Rucphen
• Arie van Schagen (0), Heerhugowaard
• Catharina Christina Pleijster (88), Oegstgeest, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Botje Johannesdr. Deelstra (19), Franeker, Friesland, Nederland
• Arie den Tuinder (65), Oud-Beijerland
• Auguste Frederic Manche (71), Kampen
• Dangremond (0), Rijssen
• Antje Kies (20), Zutphen

• 1904 » Lin Huiyin, Chinese architect and poet († 1955)
• 1907 » Dicky Wells, American jazz trombonist († 1985)
• 1907 » Fairfield Porter, American painter and critic († 1975)
• 1909 » Lang Hancock, Australian soldier and businessman († 1992)
• 1910 » Frank Demaree, American baseball player and manager († 1958)
• 1910 » Howlin' Wolf, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1976)
• 1911 » Ralph Kirkpatrick, American harpsichord player and musicologist († 1984)
• 1911 » Terence Rattigan, English playwright and screenwriter († 1977)
• 1912 » Jean Lesage, Canadian lawyer and politician, 11th Premier of Quebec († 1980)
• 1913 » Tikhon Khrennikov, Russian pianist and composer († 2007)

• 1899 » Ernest Chausson, French composer (b. 1855)
• 1901 » Robert Williams Buchanan, Scottish poet, author, and playwright (b. 1841)
• 1902 » Jacint Verdaguer, Catalan priest and poet (b. 1845)
• 1906 » Richard Seddon, English-New Zealand politician, 15th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1845)
• 1909 » Edward Everett Hale, American minister, historian, and author (b. 1822)
• 1914 » Ödön Lechner, Hungarian architect (b. 1845)
• 1918 » Arrigo Boito, Italian author, poet, and composer (b. 1842)
• 1923 » Pierre Loti, French soldier and author (b. 1850)
• 1924 » Giacomo Matteotti, Italian lawyer and politician (b. 1885)
• 1926 » Antoni Gaudí, Spanish architect, designed the Park Güell (b. 1852)

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 15 » The Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority becomes the first Greek-letter organization founded and established by African American college women.
• May 26 » The first major commercial oil strike in the Middle East was made at Masjed Soleyman in southwest Persia. The rights to the resource were quickly acquired by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company.
• July 1 » SOS is adopted as the international distress signal.
• August 17 » Fantasmagorie, the first animated cartoon, created by Émile Cohl, is shown in Paris, France.
• September 16 » The General Motors Corporation is founded.
• November 3 » William Howard Taft is elected the 27th President of the United States.

The temperature on June 10, 1908 was between 9.6 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 4.5 mm of rain. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.