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• Anna Maria Schouten, Bemmel, Nederland († 1908)
• Adriana Willempje Venes, Rotterdam († 1908)
• Agnes Murk, Polsbroek, Utrecht, Nederland († 1996)
• Alberdina Schoonbeek, Alteveer (Onstwedde)
• Aleida Johanna Kruitwagen, Zevenaar,Zevenaar,Gelderland,Nederland († 1935)
• Aafke Windhorst, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1998)
• Adrianus Johannes Cornelis Venrooij, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1908)
• Anna Verhaegen, Rillaar († 1976)
• Alberdina Schoonbeek, Alteveer, Onstwedde, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Carola D'Hertefelt, Bornem

• Arnoldus Verhoeven (0), Valkenswaard
• Aaltje Sellies (0), Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Sellies (0), Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Pallada (2), Lienden (Buren), Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Onderwater (76), Stompwijk
• Aaltje Slikboer (17), Willemstad, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriaan Verhoeven (72), Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriaan Verhoeven (72), Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antal Gál (0), Zsáka, Hajdu-Bihar
• Aaltje Sellies. (0), Hattem

• 1901 » Ruth Krauss, American author and poet († 1993)
• 1902 » Eric Hoffer, American philosopher and author († 1983)
• 1905 » Denys Watkins-Pitchford, English author and illustrator († 1990)
• 1905 » Elias Canetti, Bulgarian-Swiss novelist, playwright, and memoirist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1994)
• 1905 » Georges Grignard, French race car driver († 1977)
• 1906 » Johnny Hodges, American saxophonist and clarinet player († 1970)
• 1908 » Ambroise-Marie Carré, French priest and author († 2004)
• 1908 » Bill Bowes, English cricketer († 1987)
• 1908 » Jack Gilford, American actor († 1990)
• 1914 » Woody Strode, American football player and actor († 1994)

• 1861 » Jonas Furrer, Swiss lawyer and politician, President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1805)
• 1865 » James Barry, English soldier and surgeon (b. 1799)
• 1887 » John Taylor, American religious leader, 3rd President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1808)
• 1934 » Engelbert Dollfuss, Austrian politician, 14th Chancellor of Austria (b. 1892)
• 1934 » François Coty, French businessman, founded Coty, Inc. (b. 1874)
• 1942 » Fred Englehardt, American triple jumper (b. 1879)
• 1952 » Herbert Murrill, English organist and composer (b. 1909)
• 1958 » Otto Lasanen, Finnish wrestler (b. 1891)
• 1959 » Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog, Polish-born Irish rabbi and author (b. 1888)
• 1962 » Thibaudeau Rinfret, Canadian lawyer and jurist, 9th Chief Justice of Canada (b. 1879)

• 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 28 » Members of the Portuguese Republican Party fail in their attempted coup d'état against the administrative dictatorship of Prime Minister João Franco.
• April 16 » Natural Bridges National Monument is established in Utah.
• July 25 » Ajinomoto is founded. Kikunae Ikeda of the Tokyo Imperial University discovers that a key ingredient in kombu soup stock is monosodium glutamate (MSG), and patents a process for manufacturing it.
• 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.
• November 22 » The Congress of Manastir establishes the Albanian alphabet.

The temperature on July 25, 1908 was between 13.4 °C and 25.5 °C and averaged 20.1 °C. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (65%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.