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• Adrianus Lambertus Kester, Ubbergen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1908)
• Koop, Lindloh, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany († 1908)
• Anna Frederica Craet, Sint-Niklaas, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Aletta van Leeuwen, Papekop, Oudewater, Utrecht, Nederland († 1984)
• Anneke Molleman, Nieuwer-Amstel
• Adriaan Zeer, Rotterdam Zuid-Holland Nederland († 1910)
• Alida Jacoba van Roode, Bennebroek
• Annetta Yvonne Manson, Itasca, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten
• Jan Seuter‏‎, Deventer († 1963)
• (Stillborn) HELLER, Island County Washington U.S.A († 1908)

• Barbara Wipf (81), Kings, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana Francisca Cornelia Leijten (1), Tilburg (Noord-Brabant, NLD)
• Adriana Johanna Kuijs (0), Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anthonie van Kalkeren (65), Maurik
• Koop (0), Lindloh, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Arie Zonneveld (69), Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaldert Stevens (67), Havelte
• Augustinus Vertommen (51), Brusselstraat 73, Leuven
• Arthur Marie Auguste Charles Merghelynck (55), Ypres
• Antonia Johanna Fransisca Hakkert (0), Winschoten, Groningen, Netherlands

• 1903 » Irving Stone, American author and educator († 1989)
• 1906 » Tom Carvel, Greek-American businessman, founded Carvel († 1990)
• 1906 » William H. Tunner, American general († 1983)
• 1907 » Chico Landi, Brazilian race car driver († 1989)
• 1910 » William Hanna, American animator, director, producer, and actor, co-founded Hanna-Barbera († 2001)
• 1911 » Pavel Prudnikau, Belarusian poet and author († 2000)
• 1912 » Buddy Moreno, American musician († 2015)
• 1912 » Woody Guthrie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1967)
• 1913 » Gerald Ford, American commander, lawyer, and politician, 38th President of the United States († 2006)
• 1914 » Fred Fox, French musician († 2019)

• 1876 » John Buckley, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1813)
• 1881 » Billy the Kid, American criminal (b. 1859)
• 1904 » Paul Kruger, South African politician, 5th President of the South African Republic (b. 1824)
• 1907 » William Henry Perkin, English chemist and academic (b. 1838)
• 1910 » Marius Petipa, French dancer and choreographer (b. 1818)
• 1917 » Octave Lapize, French cyclist (b. 1887)
• 1918 » Quentin Roosevelt, American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1897)
• 1936 » Dhan Gopal Mukerji, Indian-American author and scholar (b. 1890)
• 1937 » Julius Meier, American businessman and politician, 20th Governor of Oregon (b. 1874)
• 1939 » Alphonse Mucha, Czech painter and illustrator (b. 1860)

• 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.
• February 1 » Lisbon Regicide: King Carlos I of Portugal and Infante Luis Filipe are shot dead in Lisbon.
• April 8 » H. H. Asquith of the Liberal Party takes office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, succeeding Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman.
• April 16 » Natural Bridges National Monument is established in Utah.
• October 13 » Margaret Travers Symons bursts into the UK parliament and became the first woman to speak there.
• November 7 » Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are reportedly killed in San Vicente Canton, Bolivia.

The temperature on July 14, 1908 was between 11.5 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 6.5 mm of rain. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.