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• Hofkens Adriana Johanna, Recklinghausen, Recklinghausen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Adrianus Vons, Vlaardingen († 1983)
• Adriana Johanna Baptista Bakkers, Nieuwkuijk
• Aloysius Johannes Robbe, Tilburg († 1973)
• Abraham Marinus Fierloos, Kattendijke († 1980)
• Jaantje Hospes, Wedde
• Adrianus de Bruine, Haamstede, Zeeland, Nederland
• Alida Melchers, Amsterdam († 1965)
• Alexander Adrianus van der Vlis, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1982)
• Adriaantje Alleblas, Naaldwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Adriana Massop (0), Laagnieuwkoop
• (l.l.) Hengstmengel (0), Rotterdam
• Antonia Hermina Vosman (68), Schoutenweg 18, Deventer
• Anna van Gestel (63), Gilze en Rijen (NL)
• Abraham Cornelis Linse (64), Rotterdam
• Annigje van Es (25), Rotterdam
• Antje Borreman (49), Stompwijk
• Hekman (0), Deil West Betuwe (GL)
• Albert ten Have (58), Almen (Gorssel)
• Anna Catharina Theodora de KROON (0), Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1905 » Fred Alderman, American sprinter († 1998)
• 1906 » Pierre Fournier, French cellist and educator († 1986)
• 1906 » Willard Maas, American poet and educator († 1971)
• 1907 » Arseny Tarkovsky, Russian poet and translator († 1989)
• 1908 » Alfons Rebane, Estonian colonel († 1976)
• 1908 » Hugo Distler, German organist, composer, and conductor († 1942)
• 1909 » Betty Cavanna, American author († 2001)
• 1909 » Jean Deslauriers, Canadian violinist, composer, and conductor († 1978)
• 1909 » William Penney, Baron Penney, English mathematician and physicist († 1991)
• 1911 » Juan Manuel Fangio, Argentinian race car driver († 1995)

• 1902 » George Leake, Australian politician, 2nd Premier of Western Australia (b. 1856)
• 1908 » Grover Cleveland, American lawyer and politician, 22nd and 24th President of the United States (b. 1837)
• 1909 » Sarah Orne Jewett, American novelist, short story writer, and poet (b. 1849)
• 1922 » Walther Rathenau, German businessman and politician, 7th German Minister for Foreign Affairs (b. 1867)
• 1931 » Otto Mears, Russian-American businessman (b. 1840)
• 1931 » Xiang Zhongfa, Chinese politician, 2nd General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (b. 1880)
• 1932 » Ernst Põdder, Estonian general (b. 1879)
• 1943 » Camille Roy, Canadian priest and critic (b. 1870)
• 1946 » Louise Whitfield Carnegie, American philanthropist (b. 1857)
• 1947 » Emil Seidel, American politician, Mayor of Milwaukee (b. 1864)

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 30 » Indian pacifist and leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is released from prison by Jan C. Smuts after being tried and sentenced to two months in jail earlier in the month.
• April 1 » The Territorial Force (renamed Territorial Army in 1920) is formed as a volunteer reserve component of the British Army.
• April 11 » SMSBlücher, the last armored cruiser to be built by the Imperial German Navy, is launched.
• 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.
• October 13 » Margaret Travers Symons bursts into the UK parliament and became the first woman to speak there.
• December 2 » Puyi becomes Emperor of China at the age of two.

The temperature on June 24, 1908 was between 12.7 °C and 22.9 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.