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• Agnes Craig Innes, St. Machar Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland († 1985)
• Angenita Hilda van der Noord, Stadskanaal (Wildervank) († 1976)
• Nn Van Der Weide, Hollandscheveld († 1908)
• Antonia Maria van der Heijden, Geffen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Lubben, Nw Pekela († 1909)
• Alma Vercauteren († 1973)
• Anna Zondag, Beneden Leeuwen († 1999)
• Albert Louis Weijl, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Alida van Katwijk, Rotterdam († 1909)
• Albert Bosma, Akkrum (Utingeradeel)

• Barend Aldewereld (8), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bareld Meijering (69), Annen
• Adrianus Martinus van Gool (63), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bareld Meijering (69), Annen, Anloo, Drenthe, Nederland
• Antonia Recourt, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland (NLD)
• Anna Helena Brockmann (77), Barger-Compascuum, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Andre Jacob van Teeckelenburgh (0), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• --zoon-- Foppen (0), Harderwijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arend Jan Hoefhamer (60), Rijssen
• Arie de JONGSTE (23), Heinenoord

• 1903 » Amy Johnson, English pilot († 1941)
• 1906 » Estée Lauder, American businesswoman, co-founded the Estée Lauder Companies († 2004)
• 1906 » Jean Dieudonné, French mathematician and academic († 1992)
• 1907 » Norman Pirie, Scottish-English biochemist and virologist († 1997)
• 1909 » Emmett Toppino, American sprinter († 1971)
• 1910 » Glenn Hardin, American hurdler († 1975)
• 1911 » Arnold Alas, Estonian landscape architect and artist († 1990)
• 1911 » Sergey Sokolov, Russian marshal and politician, Soviet Minister of Defence († 2012)
• 1912 » David Brower, American environmentalist, founded Sierra Club Foundation († 2000)
• 1912 » Sally Kirkland, American journalist († 1989)

• 1884 » Allan Pinkerton, Scottish-American detective and spy (b. 1819)
• 1896 » Harriet Beecher Stowe, American author and activist (b. 1811)
• 1905 » John Hay, American journalist and politician, 37th United States Secretary of State (b. 1838)
• 1912 » Harriet Quimby, American pilot and screenwriter (b. 1875)
• 1925 » Erik Satie, French pianist and composer (b. 1866)
• 1934 » Ernst Röhm, German paramilitary commander (b. 1887)
• 1942 » Peadar Toner Mac Fhionnlaoich, Irish writer (b. 1857)
• 1943 » Willem Arondeus, Dutch artist, author, and anti-Nazi resistance fighter (b. 1894)
• 1944 » Carl Mayer, Austrian-English screenwriter (b. 1894)
• 1944 » Tanya Savicheva, Russian author (b. 1930)

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 11 » Grand Canyon National Monument is created.
• 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.
• May 10 » Mother's Day is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia.
• October 6 » The Bosnian crisis erupts when Austria-Hungary formally annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina.
• October 14 » The Chicago Cubs defeat the Detroit Tigers, 2–0, clinching the 1908 World Series; this would be their last until winning the 2016 World Series.
• November 3 » William Howard Taft is elected the 27th President of the United States.

The temperature on July 1, 1908 was between 10.5 °C and 23.8 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was 14.7 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.