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• Albert Hofmeijer, Heerde (buurtschap Hoorn) († 1977)
• Annetta Frijns, Maastricht (Limburg) († 1951)
• Albert Kitson, Boyne
• Adriana Hagestein, Rotterdam
• Antje van der Veen, Opende, gem. Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland
• Albertus Veldhuizen
• Adrianus Cornelis Marinus Sep, Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant (Nederland) († 1978)
• Adriana Maria Leijten, Chaam († 1998)
• Adriana Noordzij, Rotterdam
• Adrianus Franciscus van der Sanden, Drunen († 1961)

• Adriana van Elzakker (65), Bergen op Zoom
• Aaltje Bentink (76), Genemuiden, Zwartewaterland, Overijssel, Nederland
• Arie Zonneveld (58), Haarlem
• Aaltje Kwakernaak (54), Nieuwkoop, Zuid-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Anna Gerharda Hendrika Smit (78), Middachtersteeg (Rheden)
• Antoon Loeffen (59), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Keijzer (0), Edam
• Aleida Hendrika Wilhelmina Barmentlo (62), Voorst Gld. NL
• Bauke Tjalkes TJALKENS (77), Grouw, Friesland, Nederland
• Arnoldus Jacobus Janssen (32), Tiel

• 1903 » John Wyndham, English soldier and author († 1969)
• 1903 » Werner Best, German SS officer and jurist († 1989)
• 1904 » Lili Damita, French-American actress († 1994)
• 1905 » Mildred Benson, American journalist and author († 2002)
• 1905 » Thomas Gomez, American actor († 1971)
• 1905 » Wolfram Sievers, German physician († 1948)
• 1907 » Blind Boy Fuller, American singer and guitarist († 1941)
• 1909 » Donald Sinclair, English lieutenant and businessman († 1981)
• 1911 » Cootie Williams, American trumpeter and bandleader († 1985)
• 1911 » Terry-Thomas, English comedian and character actor († 1990)

• 1881 » Georg Hermann Nicolai, German architect and academic (b. 1812)
• 1884 » Paul Morphy, American chess player (b. 1837)
• 1908 » Phoebe Knapp, American organist and composer (b. 1839)
• 1915 » Hendrik Willem Mesdag, Dutch painter (b. 1831)
• 1920 » John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, British admiral (b. 1841)
• 1929 » Ève Lavallière, French actress (b. 1866)
• 1941 » Huntley Wright, English actor (b. 1868)
• 1941 » Jelly Roll Morton, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1890)
• 1950 » Richard Maury, American-Argentinian engineer (b. 1882)
• 1952 » Rued Langgaard, Danish organist and composer (b. 1893)

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. Arie
15. Wilhelmus
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.
• January 13 » The Rhoads Opera House fire in Boyertown, Pennsylvania kills 171 people.
• 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).
• October 1 » Ford Model T automobiles are offered for sale at a price of US$825.
• October 6 » The Bosnian crisis erupts when Austria-Hungary formally annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina.
• 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 July 10, 1908 was between 12.9 °C and 20.4 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.