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• Aaltje Hut, Muntendam, Groningen, Nederland († 1976)
• Adriana Cornelia van Bree, Veldhoven
• Albertus van Wieringen, Rotterdam († 1908)
• Allica Peggy Caroline Brown, Fresno County, California, Verenigde Staten († 1979)
• Annigje Bolks, Hellendoorn, Overijssel, Nederland († 1986)
• Hellingman, Wieringen († 1908)
• Agatha Hendrika Anthonia de Bruijn, Haarlem († 1992)
• Anna Maria Cornelia VLAMINCKX, Hoogstraten, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium († 1999)
• Antonia Hubertina Maria Jennekens, Valkenburg, Valkenburg aan de Geul
• Aleida Hendrika Brinkman, Eefde († 1909)

• (Stillborn) BOON (0), Groningen Groningen Netherlands
• Angenietje de Wilde (43), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands
• Agnietje Gerrits de Wilde (43), Leeuwarden
• Anne Eetses Sikma (88), Suawoude
• Aaltje Folkerts (11), Mussel (gem. Stadskanaal)
• Borbála Bálint (21), Dévaványa, 5510, Magyarország
• Ann Ross (95), 144 Graeme Street Glasgow
• Leutscher (0), Emmen
• Angenietje Gerrits de Wilde (43), Leeuwarden,Ljouwert
• Anna Maria van den Boogaart (74), Cothen

• 1899 » Ernest Hemingway, American novelist, short story writer, and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1961)
• 1899 » Hart Crane, American poet († 1932)
• 1900 » Isadora Bennett, American theatre manager and modern dance publicity agent († 1980)
• 1903 » Roy Neuberger, American businessman and financier, co-founded Neuberger Berman († 2010)
• 1903 » Russell Lee, American photographer and journalist († 1986)
• 1908 » Jug McSpaden, American golfer and architect († 1996)
• 1911 » Marshall McLuhan, Canadian author and theorist († 1980)
• 1911 » Umashankar Joshi, Indian author, poet, and scholar († 1988)
• 1914 » Aleksander Kreek, Estonian shot putter and discus thrower († 1977)
• 1917 » Alan B. Gold, Canadian lawyer and jurist († 2005)

• 1878 » Sam Bass, American outlaw (b. 1851)
• 1880 » Hiram Walden, American general and politician (b. 1800)
• 1889 » Nelson Dewey, American lawyer and politician, 1st Governor of Wisconsin (b. 1813)
• 1899 » Robert G. Ingersoll, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1833)
• 1920 » Fiammetta Wilson, English astronomer and educator (b. 1864)
• 1932 » Bill Gleason, American baseball player (b. 1858)
• 1934 » Hubert Lyautey, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (b. 1854)
• 1938 » Owen Wister, American lawyer and author (b. 1860)
• 1941 » Bohdan Lepky, Ukrainian poet and scholar (b. 1872)
• 1943 » Charley Paddock, American runner and actor (b. 1900)

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.
• March 9 » Inter Milan was founded on Football Club Internazionale, following a schism from A.C. Milan.
• April 1 » The Territorial Force (renamed Territorial Army in 1920) is formed as a volunteer reserve component of the British Army.
• April 11 » SMSBlücher, the last armored cruiser to be built by the Imperial German Navy, is launched.
• October 13 » Margaret Travers Symons bursts into the UK parliament and became the first woman to speak there.
• November 22 » The Congress of Manastir establishes the Albanian alphabet.
• 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 21, 1908 was between 12.4 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.