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• Adriaaan de Best, Hoorn
• Andriana Carolina Droste, Enschede, Overijssel. Nederland († 1909)
• Adriaantje van ES, Dubbeldam
• "Gyula" György Frigyes Maria Ambrázy de Séden et Remete, Remetea Mare, Roumanie
• Anna Magdalena (Annie) Hartman, Den Haag, Nederland († 1993)
• Alberta Barendina (Bep) Haantjes, Amsterdam († 1980)
• Aart Koetsier, Epe-Emst, Gelderland, Nederland († 1982)
• Adriaan de Best, Hoorn († 1995)
• Anna Maria Philomena Bergs, Elsloo (Stein), Limburg, Nederland († 1973)
• Adriana Maria Dolle, Zoeterwoude († 1990)

• Charles BRUIL, Doetinchem, Nederland, Gelderland, Stad
• Anna Francina Hendrika M. Josefina van Aken (0), Oudenbosch
• Casilda Sáenz de Heredia y Suárez de Argudín (28), Madrid
• Aaltje Baaij (86), Alto, Fond du Lac County (WI, USA)
• Antonia Catharina Johanna van Loon (0), Sambeek
• Anna Maria Cornelia van Schaik (1), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Basilice Des Marais (68), Montréal (Basilique Notre-Dame)
• Aaltje Jans de Haan (62), Suameer, gem. Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Bastiaan Vink (71), Den Haag
• Agatha Maria Witteman (28), Hillegom

• 1902 » Skip James, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1969)
• 1903 » Felice Bonetto, Italian race car driver († 1953)
• 1903 » Marcia Davenport, American author and critic († 1996)
• 1906 » Robert Klark Graham, American eugenicist and businessman, founded Repository for Germinal Choice († 1997)
• 1908 » Branch McCracken, American basketball player and coach († 1970)
• 1908 » Luis Kutner, American lawyer, author, and activist († 1993)
• 1910 » Robert Cummings, American actor, singer, and director († 1990)
• 1910 » Ted Hicks, Australian public servant and diplomat, Australian High Commissioner to New Zealand († 1984)
• 1912 » Ingolf Dahl, German-American pianist, composer, and conductor († 1970)
• 1915 » Jim McDonald, American football player and coach († 1997)

• 1870 » Charles Dickens, English novelist and critic (b. 1812)
• 1875 » Gérard Paul Deshayes, French geologist and conchologist (b. 1795)
• 1889 » Mike Burke, American baseball player (b. 1854)
• 1892 » William Grant Stairs, Canadian-English captain and explorer (b. 1863)
• 1901 » Adolf Bötticher, German historian and author (b. 1842)
• 1923 » Princess Helena of the United Kingdom (b. 1846)
• 1927 » Victoria Woodhull, American activist for women's rights (b. 1838)
• 1929 » Louis Bennison, American stage and silent film actor (b. 1884)
• 1929 » Margaret Lawrence, American stage actress (b. 1889)
• 1942 » František Erben, Czech gymnast (b. 1874)

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.
• May 10 » Mother's Day is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia.
• July 26 » United States Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation).
• 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.
• December 28 » The 7.1 M_w  Messina earthquake shakes Southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 75,000 and 200,000.

The temperature on June 9, 1908 was between 8.5 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.