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• Andries Hendrik van den Berg, Avereest († 1909)
• Andre Jozef De Rycke, Maldegem († 1972)
• Adrianus Jacobus Johannes van Leeuwen, Hof van Delft († 1993)
• Anesia Ribeiro Costa, Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brasil († 1975)
• Alfrtedo Dacal Macias, Nogueira de Ramuin, Galicia, Spain
• Waijers, Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands († 1908)
• Aaltje Hommes, Kolham (Slochteren) († 1908)
• Adriaan Verbaten, Lippe, Duitsland († 1908)
• Alphonsus Truyman, Zwijndrecht († 1937)
• Achiel Petrus Vital Vercauteren, Temse

• Zwetselaar (82)
• Annetje Peters Lans (74), Oldebroek
• Alphonsis Verhoeven (0), Loon op Zand
• Adriana Antonia Dijmphna Maria Daniels (1), Oudenbosch
• Annegien van der Molen (16), Assen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Dirk Adriaan van der Bank (65), Ladybrand, Motheo, Free State, South Africa
• Bonne Jakobs Klein (89), Zuidwolde
• Bonne Jacobs Klein (89), Obergum
• Annechien van der Molen (16)
• Charles John Bryce (76), Den Haag, Nederland

• 1902 » Erik Erikson, German-American psychologist and psychoanalyst († 1994)
• 1906 » Gordon Welchman, English-American mathematician and author († 1985)
• 1906 » Léon Degrelle, Belgian SS officer († 1994)
• 1907 » James Robertson Justice, English actor and educator († 1975)
• 1909 » Elena Nikolaidi, Greek-American soprano and educator († 2002)
• 1910 » David Rose, English-American pianist, composer, and conductor († 1990)
• 1911 » Wilbert Awdry, English author, co-created Thomas the Tank Engine († 1997)
• 1913 » Tom Adair, American songwriter, composer, and screenwriter († 1988)
• 1914 » Saul Steinberg, Romanian-American cartoonist († 1999)
• 1914 » Yuri Andropov, Russian politician († 1984)

• 1858 » Ary Scheffer, Dutch-French painter and academic (b. 1795)
• 1888 » Frederick III, German Emperor (b. 1831)
• 1889 » Mihai Eminescu, Romanian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1850)
• 1890 » Unryū Kyūkichi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 10th Yokozuna (b. 1822)
• 1917 » Kristian Birkeland, Norwegian physicist and academic (b. 1867)
• 1934 » Alfred Bruneau, French cellist and composer (b. 1857)
• 1938 » Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German painter and illustrator (b. 1880)
• 1941 » Evelyn Underhill, English mystic and author (b. 1875)
• 1941 » Otfrid Foerster, German neurologist and physician (b. 1873)
• 1945 » Count Albert von Mensdorff-Pouilly-Dietrichstein, Austrian diplomat

• 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.
• April 16 » Natural Bridges National Monument is established in Utah.
• May 10 » Mother's Day is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia.
• June 30 » The Tunguska Event, the largest impact event on Earth in human recorded history, resulting in a massive explosion over Eastern Siberia.
• July 23 » The Second Constitution accepted by the Ottomans.
• July 25 » Ajinomoto is founded. Kikunae Ikeda of the Tokyo Imperial University discovers that a key ingredient in kombu soup stock is monosodium glutamate (MSG), and patents a process for manufacturing it.

The temperature on June 15, 1908 was between 7.5 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 12.2 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.