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• Adriana Metta Vermeer, Rotterdam
• Alberdina Schepers, Geldrop, Nederland († 1908)
• Anthonia Johanna Westerveld, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1999)
• Anna Cornelia Hessels, Rotterdam († 1984)
• Albertus Willem van Blitterswijk, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Nicolaas Opdam, Lisse († 1921)
• Alice Maude Mero, Sandstone, Pine, Minnesota, United States († 1997)
• Aloys D'Hont, Zedelgem († 1993)
• Adrianus Nicolaas Opdam, Lisse († 1921)
• Bergstra

• Adolph Martinus Berendsen (77), Zutphen, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Arend Roos de (71), Brummen, Gld, Nederland
• Abraham Schuttenhelm (77), 's Gravenhage, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Alida Jongeneel (50), Bergschenhoek
• Alphonsus Mel (18), Boschkapelle
• Adrianus Luijkx (60), Wouw, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonetta van der Pluijm (51), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, NL
• Adolf Martinus Berendsen (77), Zutphen, Nederland
• Adolph (Adolf) Martinus Berendsen (77), de Hoven-Zutphen
• Antonetta Pluijm van der (51), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1901 » Harold Roe Bartle, American businessman and politician, 47th Mayor of Kansas City († 1974)
• 1902 » Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu of Japan († 1953)
• 1903 » Anne Revere, American actress († 1990)
• 1903 » George Orwell, British novelist, essayist, and critic († 1950)
• 1905 » Rupert Wildt, German-American astronomer and academic († 1976)
• 1907 » J. Hans D. Jensen, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1973)
• 1908 » Willard Van Orman Quine, American philosopher and academic († 2000)
• 1911 » William Howard Stein, American chemist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1980)
• 1912 » William T. Cahill, American lawyer and politician, 46th Governor of New Jersey († 1996)
• 1913 » Cyril Fletcher, English actor and screenwriter († 2005)

• 1882 » François Jouffroy, French sculptor (b. 1806)
• 1884 » Hans Rott, Austrian organist and composer (b. 1858)
• 1886 » Jean-Louis Beaudry, Canadian businessman and politician, 11th Mayor of Montreal (b. 1809)
• 1894 » Marie François Sadi Carnot, French engineer and politician, 5th President of France (b. 1837)
• 1906 » Stanford White, American architect, designed the Washington Square Arch (b. 1853)
• 1912 » Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Dutch-British painter (b. 1836)
• 1916 » Thomas Eakins, American painter, photographer, and sculptor (b. 1844)
• 1917 » Géza Gyóni, Hungarian soldier and poet (b. 1884)
• 1918 » Jake Beckley, American baseball player and coach (b. 1867)
• 1922 » Satyendranath Dutta, Indian poet and author (b. 1882)

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 1 » The Territorial Force (renamed Territorial Army in 1920) is formed as a volunteer reserve component of the British Army.
• April 8 » Harvard University votes to establish the Harvard Business School.
• July 23 » The Second Constitution accepted by the Ottomans.
• August 17 » Fantasmagorie, the first animated cartoon, created by Émile Cohl, is shown in Paris, France.
• November 7 » Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are reportedly killed in San Vicente Canton, Bolivia.
• November 22 » The Congress of Manastir establishes the Albanian alphabet.

The temperature on June 25, 1908 was between 9.6 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.