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• Adriana Metta Anna Maajenburg, Utrecht
• Aart van Weelden, (GL) Buren
• Adriana Cornelia van Akkeren, Halsteren, N-Br, NL
• Andries Lobs, Brielle, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1930)
• Anna Jacoba Gen, Amsterdam
• Anna Amalia Bronsgeest, Den Haag
• Albert Boezelman, Junne († 1985)
• Adrianus Christiaan Diepgrond, Amsterdam († 1934)
• Anna Bastiaannet, Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1973)
• Adriana (Jo) van de Nobelen, Standdaarbuiten, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1986)

• Anna van Veen (88), Rotterdam
• Annechien Smit (0), Steenwijk
• Anna Pieternella von Geusau (0), Blokzijl
• Anna Maria van Lieshout (36), Tilburg (Tilburg) (Noord Brabant)
• Arij Bothof (77), Dordrecht, 3311, Nederland
• Baby boy de Kock (0)
• Anna Maria Kok (10), Enkhuizen
• Bernardus van Voorthuijsen (34), Rhenen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Angelina De Jong (30), Eindhout, België
• Aaltien Slagter (49), Dalen, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1905 » Lillian Hellman, American playwright and screenwriter († 1984)
• 1906 » Bob King, American high jumper and obstetrician († 1965)
• 1907 » Jimmy Driftwood, American singer-songwriter and banjo player († 1998)
• 1908 » Billy Werber, American baseball player († 2009)
• 1908 » Gus Schilling, American actor († 1957)
• 1909 » Errol Flynn, Australian-American actor († 1959)
• 1910 » Josephine Johnson, American author and poet († 1990)
• 1911 » Gail Patrick, American actress († 1980)
• 1912 » Anthony Buckeridge, English author († 2004)
• 1912 » Jack Torrance, American shot putter and football player († 1969)

• 1869 » Hijikata Toshizō, Japanese commander (b. 1835)
• 1870 » Jules de Goncourt, French historian and author (b. 1830)
• 1872 » Élie Frédéric Forey, French general (b. 1804)
• 1875 » Joseph Meek, American police officer and politician (b. 1810)
• 1888 » Johannes Zukertort, Polish-English chess player (b. 1842)
• 1906 » John Clayton Adams, English painter (b. 1840)
• 1909 » Friedrich Martens, Estonian-Russian historian, lawyer, and diplomat (b. 1845)
• 1925 » Josef Breuer, Austrian physician and psychologist (b. 1842)
• 1929 » Emmanouil Benakis, Greek merchant and politician, 35th Mayor of Athens (b. 1843)
• 1945 » Bruno Frank, German author, poet, and playwright (b. 1878)

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 8 » Harvard University votes to establish the Harvard Business School.
• June 27 » A group of Vietnamese tirailleurs conducts a failed attempt to poison the entire French army's garrison in the Hanoi Citadel with the aim to make way for Hoàng Hoa Thám's rebel army to capture Hanoi.
• September 17 » The Wright Flyer flown by Orville Wright, with Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge as passenger, crashes, killing Selfridge, who becomes the first airplane fatality.
• October 13 » Margaret Travers Symons bursts into the UK parliament and became the first woman to speak there.
• November 22 » The Congress of Manastir establishes the Albanian alphabet.
• December 2 » Puyi becomes Emperor of China at the age of two.

The temperature on June 20, 1908 was between 11.0 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 14.1 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.