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• Adriana Anthonia van INGEN, Utrecht
• Adrianus Antonius Hendriks, Tilburg Noord-Braband Nederland († 1961)
• Alice Gertrude Zartman, Miami Co.Indiana († 1974)
• Alex FRANK, Werkendam, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1945)
• Ambrosius Cornelis Josephus Schaars, Deventer († 1989)
• Agatha Jacoba Pouw, Wijk bij Duurstede († 1918)
• Aaltje de Wilde, Sneek,Gemeente Sudwest-Fryslan, Friesland, Nederland († 1942)
• Adriana Johanna Henrica Hamers, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1910)
• Alida Harmanna Geessien Gorter, Oudeschip († 1952)
• Adriaan Spoel, Rotterdam († 1930)

• Albertine Wilhelmina VERSLUIJS (76), 's-Gravenhage,, Pays-Bas
• Aletta Oskam (0), Willege langerak
• Adriana Cornelia Verschure (0), Waspik
• Alida van Lindt, Hazerswoude
• Adrianus Gloudemans (71), Berlicum, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Akke Gerbens Reitsma (68), Maartensdijk, Utrecht, Nederland
• Arie SCHOUWENBURG (84), Dordrecht
• * Cornelia den Hartog (53), Utrecht
• Adrianus Hellemons (68), Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Catharina BECKX (0), Gilly (B)

• 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)

• 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.
• 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.
• August 8 » Wilbur Wright makes his first flight at a racecourse at Le Mans, France. It is the Wright Brothers' first public flight.
• October 1 » Ford Model T automobiles are offered for sale at a price of US$825.
• November 3 » William Howard Taft is elected the 27th President of the United States.
• November 25 » A fire breaks out on SSSardinia as it leaves Malta's Grand Harbour, resulting in the ship's grounding and the deaths of at least 118 people.

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.