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• Aleida Wilhelmina Hendrika Ankersmit, Didam
• Alice Bafa, Buffalo-N.Y.-U.S.A († 2001)
• Albert Francois Decausemaeckre, Jemappes († 1985)
• Adriana Johanna Maria van Dorst, Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1908)
• Afke de Haan, Franeker
• Pot, Veendam († 1908)
• Adrianus de Ronde, Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Veeneman, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 1960)
• Alberdina Frederiks, Hellendoorn († 1990)
• Adriana Cassee, Bloemendaal (Noord-Holland) († 1940)

• Antonius Johannes Cornelis Schenk (50), Rotterdam
• Arie Vis (11), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria van Ginhoven (74), Meerle, België
• Bastiaan Clasie (78), Rotterdam
• Antonius Johannes Cornelis Teunisz. Schenk (50), Rotterdam
• Arian Buijten (0), Edam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia White Stephens (65), Lauderdale County,Mississippi
• Antje Siebes VAN DER BIJ (14), Smallingerland Friesland Netherlands
• Albertine Wilhelmine Versluys (76), 's Gravenhage (Den Haag, The Hague, La Haye), Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Adriana Moerman (63)

• 1902 » Sammy Fain, American pianist and composer († 1989)
• 1903 » Ruth Graves Wakefield, American chef, created the chocolate chip cookie († 1977)
• 1904 » J. Vernon McGee, American pastor and theologian († 1988)
• 1904 » Patrice Tardif, Canadian farmer and politician († 1989)
• 1904 » Ralph Bellamy, American actor († 1991)
• 1907 » Maurice Cloche, French director, producer, and screenwriter († 1990)
• 1909 » Elmer L. Andersen, American businessman and politician, 30th Governor of Minnesota († 2004)
• 1909 » Ralph E. Winters, Canadian-American film editor († 2004)
• 1910 » George Hees, Canadian football player and politician († 1996)
• 1910 » Red Foley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1968)

• 1866 » Joseph Méry, French poet and author (b. 1798)
• 1889 » Lozen, Chiracaua Apache warrior woman (b. ~1840)
• 1898 » Edward Burne-Jones, English soldier and painter (b. 1833)
• 1904 » Nikolay Bobrikov, Russian soldier and politician, Governor-General of Finland (b. 1839)
• 1936 » Julius Seljamaa, Estonian journalist, politician, and diplomat, Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1883)
• 1939 » Allen Sothoron, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1893)
• 1939 » Eugen Weidmann, German criminal (b. 1908)
• 1940 » Arthur Harden, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1941 » Johan Wagenaar, Dutch organist and composer (b. 1862)
• 1942 » Charles Fitzpatrick, Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Chief Justice of Canada (b. 1853)

• 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 28 » Members of the Portuguese Republican Party fail in their attempted coup d'état against the administrative dictatorship of Prime Minister João Franco.
• February 1 » Lisbon Regicide: King Carlos I of Portugal and Infante Luis Filipe are shot dead in Lisbon.
• 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 23 » The Second Constitution accepted by the Ottomans.
• August 8 » Wilbur Wright makes his first flight at a racecourse at Le Mans, France. It is the Wright Brothers' first public flight.
• December 2 » Puyi becomes Emperor of China at the age of two.

The temperature on June 17, 1908 was between 12.6 °C and 22.6 °C and averaged 16.8 °C. There was 6.8 mm of rain. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.