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• Dirkx, Oosterhout, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 1908)
• Adrianus Marinus van der Steen, Vught, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1993)
• Albertus Frederikus Bussink, Arnhem († 1908)
• Abraham Vijfvinkel, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Piekaar, Leiden
• Adriana Maria Cornelia Eijsermans, Goirle († 1913)
• Adriana van Belzen, Arnemuiden
• Abraham Drop, Vlaardingen
• Albertje Maria Smit, Cimahi, Java, Indonesia († 1995)
• Amelia Irma Verschooten, Lint († 1938)

• Agnes Engels (76), Teutopolis, St Francis, Effingham, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus Cornelis van der Schans (0), Waspik, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida Holleman (19), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Coleta VAN EECKHOUT (79), Kaster
• Catharina Engelfriet (2), Rotterdam
• Antoon Christiaan Nieman (0), Bussum
• Antje Landkroon (26), Westellingwerf
• Charles Louis Hautekiet (91), Varsenare (8490), WVL, België
• Afke de Vries (0), Vrouwenparochie, Friesland, Nederland
• Antje Gotlieb (0), Scheemda, Groningen, Nederland

• 1903 » Estes Kefauver, American lawyer and politician († 1963)
• 1904 » Edwin Albert Link, American industrialist and entrepreneur, invented the flight simulator († 1981)
• 1906 » Irena Iłłakowicz, German-Polish lieutenant († 1943)
• 1908 » Lucien Wercollier, Luxembourger sculptor († 2002)
• 1909 » Peter Thorneycroft, Baron Thorneycroft, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer († 1994)
• 1909 » Vivian Vance, American actress and singer († 1979)
• 1913 » Kan Yuet-keung, Hong Kong banker, lawyer, and politician († 2012)
• 1914 » C. Farris Bryant, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 34th Governor of Florida († 2002)
• 1914 » Ellis Kinder, American baseball player († 1968)
• 1914 » Erskine Hawkins, American trumpet player and bandleader († 1993)

• 1899 » Ulises Heureaux, 22nd, 26th, and 27th President of the Dominican Republic (b. 1845)
• 1915 » James Murray, Scottish lexicographer and philologist (b. 1837)
• 1919 » Edward Poynter, English painter and illustrator (b. 1836)
• 1921 » Howard Vernon, Australian actor (b. 1848)
• 1925 » Antonio Ascari, Italian race car driver (b. 1888)
• 1925 » Gottlob Frege, German mathematician and philosopher (b. 1848)
• 1925 » William Jennings Bryan, American lawyer and politician, 41st United States Secretary of State (b. 1860)
• 1926 » Robert Todd Lincoln, American lawyer and politician, 35th United States Secretary of War, son of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1843)
• 1930 » Pavlos Karolidis, Greek historian and academic (b. 1849)
• 1932 » Fred Duesenberg, German-American businessman, co-founded the Duesenberg Company (b. 1876)

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 8 » Harvard University votes to establish the Harvard Business School.
• June 18 » Japanese immigration to Brazil begins when 781 people arrive in Santos aboard the ship Kasato-Maru.
• 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.
• July 26 » United States Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation).
• October 6 » The Bosnian crisis erupts when Austria-Hungary formally annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The temperature on July 26, 1908 was between 13.8 °C and 25.0 °C and averaged 19.2 °C. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (57%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.