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• Adrianus Antonius Hendriks, Tilburg († 1961)
• Anna Pietronella Gomes, Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1992)
• Ambrosius Cornelis Josephus Schaars, Deventer († 1989)
• Agatha Jacoba Pouw, Wijk bij Duurstede († 1918)
• Adrianus Maria Josephus Jacobus Spaas, Munsterbilzen
• Adrianus van der Ent, Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Aaltje Kennis, Otterlo († 1927)
• Alex FRANK, Werkendam, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1945)
• Sypré, Oedelem
• Adriana Johanna Henrica Hamers, Tilburg († 1910)

• Anna Catharina Stalman (0), Kerkrade, Limburg, Niederlande
• Akke Gerbens Reitsma (68), Maartensdijk, province of Utrecht
• Anna Catharina BECKX (0), Gilly (B)
• Adrianus Klaris (3), Rotterdam
• Adrianus Klaris (3), Rotterdam, ZH, Nederland
• Antonia van de Wiel (1), Haps
• Andreas Joseph Meurs (0), Kerkrade
• Albertine Wilhelmina VERSLUIJS (76), 's-Gravenhage,, Pays-Bas
• Aletta Oskam (0), Willege langerak
• Aletta Oskam (0), Willige Langerak

• 1902 » Christina Stead, Australian author and academic († 1983)
• 1905 » William Gargan, American actor († 1979)
• 1910 » Frank Olson, American chemist and microbiologist († 1953)
• 1910 » James Coyne, Canadian lawyer and banker, 2nd Governor of the Bank of Canada († 2012)
• 1911 » Heinz Lehmann, German-Canadian psychiatrist and academic († 1999)
• 1911 » Lionel Ferbos, American trumpet player († 2014)
• 1912 » Art Linkletter, Canadian-American radio and television host († 2010)
• 1912 » Erwin Bauer, German race car driver († 1958)
• 1913 » Bertrand Goldberg, American architect, designed the Marina City Building († 1997)
• 1914 » Eleanor Steber, American soprano and educator († 1990)

• 1893 » Frederick A. Johnson, American banker and politician (b. 1833)
• 1894 » Josef Hyrtl, Austrian anatomist and biologist (b. 1810)
• 1894 » Leconte de Lisle, French poet and translator (b. 1818)
• 1900 » Thomas McIlwraith, Scottish-Australian politician, 8th Premier of Queensland (b. 1835)
• 1907 » Hector Malot, French author and critic (b. 1830)
• 1912 » Henri Poincaré, French mathematician, physicist, and engineer (b. 1854)
• 1918 » Victims of the Shooting of the Romanov family
• 1925 » Lovis Corinth, German painter (b. 1858)
• 1928 » Álvaro Obregón, Mexican general and politician, 39th President of Mexico (b. 1880)
• 1928 » Giovanni Giolitti, Italian politician, 13th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1842)

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.
• February 1 » Lisbon Regicide: King Carlos I of Portugal and Infante Luis Filipe are shot dead in Lisbon.
• April 1 » The Territorial Force (renamed Territorial Army in 1920) is formed as a volunteer reserve component of the British Army.
• June 27 » A group of Vietnamese tirailleurs conducts a failed attempt to poison the entire French army's garrison in the Hanoi Citadel with the aim to make way for Hoàng Hoa Thám's rebel army to capture Hanoi.
• August 17 » Fantasmagorie, the first animated cartoon, created by Émile Cohl, is shown in Paris, France.
• October 13 » Margaret Travers Symons bursts into the UK parliament and became the first woman to speak there.

The temperature on July 17, 1908 was between 12.1 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 5.3 mm of rain. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.