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• Adriana Gerarda Wilhelmina de Vogel, Boskoop, Nederland († 1965)
• Adrianus van Tuil, Walsum (D)
• Alphonsius Simons, Woensdrecht, N-Br, Nederland
• Adrianus van Opstal, Princenhage
• Albertus Dijkshoorn, Schiebroek (Rotterdam), Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1989)
• Adrianus Ludovicus Antonius Cornelis Schoenmakers, Tilburg
• Adolf Jozephus Wibier, Avereest († 1972)
• (Stillborn), Surhuizum (Achtkarspelen) Friesland Netherlands († 1908)
• Anna Geertruida Zentveld, Egmond-Binnen, Egmond, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1908)
• Adriana Marrigje NOOMEN, Stolwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Anthony Bartholomeus de Beer (74), 's-Graveland
• Anna Antonia Soullié (33), Den Haag
• Aaltje van der Veen (0), Blokzijl
• Anna Maria Hendrica Been (71), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria de Lange (66), Lichtenthal (bij Baden-Baden)
• Andries Jippes Haalstra (74), Wouterswoude, gem. Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje Oenes' Smit (69), Enkhuizen
• Anna Barbara Josepha Frijns, Frins (89), Ubach over Worms, Limburg, Nl
• Andries Jippes Haalstra (74), Wouterswoude
• Aalbert Haring (69), Weesperkarspel

• 1906 » Tribhuvan of Nepal († 1955)
• 1907 » Dercy Gonçalves, Brazilian actress and singer († 2008)
• 1907 » James Meade, English economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1995)
• 1909 » David Lewis, Russian-Canadian lawyer and politician († 1981)
• 1909 » Georges Rouquier, French actor, director, and screenwriter († 1989)
• 1910 » Bill King, English commander and author († 2012)
• 1910 » Gordon B. Hinckley, American religious leader, 15th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints († 2008)
• 1910 » Jean Anouilh, French playwright and screenwriter († 1987)
• 1910 » Lawson Little, American golfer († 1968)
• 1910 » Milt Hinton, American bassist and photographer († 2000)

• 1881 » Matthias Jakob Schleiden, German botanist and academic (b. 1804)
• 1891 » Samuel Newitt Wood, American lawyer and politician (b. 1825)
• 1891 » Wilhelm Eduard Weber, German physicist and academic (b. 1804)
• 1893 » Theophilus Shepstone, English-South African politician (b. 1817)
• 1893 » William Fox, English-New Zealand lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1812)
• 1914 » Bhaktivinoda Thakur, Indian guru and philosopher (b. 1838)
• 1945 » Giuseppina Tuissi, Italian journalist and activist (b. 1923)
• 1953 » Albert Gleizes, French painter (b. 1881)
• 1954 » Salih Omurtak, Turkish general (b. 1889)
• 1956 » Reinhold Glière, Russian composer and educator (b. 1875)

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 24 » The first Boy Scout troop is organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell.
• April 14 » Hauser Dam, a steel dam on the Missouri River in Montana, U.S., fails, sending a surge of water 25 to 30 feet (7.6 to 9.1m) high downstream.
• April 20 » Opening day of competition in the New South Wales Rugby League.
• June 18 » Japanese immigration to Brazil begins when 781 people arrive in Santos aboard the ship Kasato-Maru.
• June 18 » The University of the Philippines is established.
• December 2 » Puyi becomes Emperor of China at the age of two.

The temperature on June 23, 1908 was between 13.2 °C and 22.9 °C and averaged 18.3 °C. There was 11.3 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.