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• Angele Foulon, Oisy-le-Verger, 62860, Frankrijk
• Adriana Huberdina Clementina van der Kooij, Wijngaarden (Molenwaard), Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1968)
• Abraham Vigevano, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1944)
• Adriana Huberdina Clementia van der Kooij, Wijngaarden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, Zuid Holland († 1968)
• Alice Vreugdenhil, Douglas County, South Dakota († 1999)
• Andrew Zondervon, Ogden, Weber, Utah († 1916)
• Andreas Franciscus van der Maade, Gilze en Rijen († 1967)
• Anna Maria Clermonts, Maastricht († 1986)
• Aleida Wilhelmina (Lies) Volman, Westervoort, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1999)
• Andrew Zondervon, Ogden, Weber, Utah, Verenigde Staten († 1916)

• Augustinus Brandt (71), Den Helder
• Adelaide Margaretha Moize de Chateleux (18), Zutphen
• Adrianus van Dijk (0), Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bernardus Olink (55), Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Arend Jan van Ommen (1), Oldebroek
• Anna Maria Vonk (45), Steenwijk, Ov, Nederland
• Augustinus Brand (71), Den Helder
• Adrianus van den Heuvel (0), Tiel
• Aaltjen STAM (81), Deventer
• Arie van Antwerpen (0), Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1904 » Simone Beck, French chef and author († 1991)
• 1905 » Marie-Louise Dubreil-Jacotin, French mathematician († 1972)
• 1906 » Anton Karas, Austrian zither player and composer († 1985)
• 1906 » Satchel Paige, American baseball player and coach († 1982)
• 1906 » William Feller, Croatian-American mathematician and academic († 1970)
• 1907 » Robert A. Heinlein, American science fiction writer and screenwriter († 1988)
• 1908 » Revilo P. Oliver, American author and academic († 1994)
• 1909 » Gottfried von Cramm, German tennis player († 1976)
• 1910 » Doris McCarthy, Canadian painter and author († 2010)
• 1911 » Gian Carlo Menotti, Italian-American composer († 2007)

• 1890 » Henri Nestlé, German businessman, founded Nestlé (b. 1814)
• 1901 » Johanna Spyri, Swiss author (b. 1827)
• 1913 » Edward Burd Grubb Jr., American general and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Spain (b. 1841)
• 1922 » Cathal Brugha, Irish revolutionary and politician, active in the Easter Rising, Irish War of Independence; first Ceann Comhairle and first President of Dáil Éireann (b. 1874)
• 1925 » Clarence Hudson White, American photographer and educator (b. 1871)
• 1927 » Gösta Mittag-Leffler, Swedish mathematician and academic (b. 1846)
• 1930 » Arthur Conan Doyle, British writer (b. 1859)
• 1932 » Alexander Grin, Russian author (b. 1880)
• 1932 » Henry Eyster Jacobs, American theologian and educator (b. 1844)
• 1939 » Deacon White, American baseball player and manager (b. 1847)

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 15 » The Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority becomes the first Greek-letter organization founded and established by African American college women.
• January 24 » The first Boy Scout troop is organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell.
• April 11 » SMSBlücher, the last armored cruiser to be built by the Imperial German Navy, is launched.
• 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.
• September 27 » Production of the Model T automobile begins at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit.
• October 1 » Ford Model T automobiles are offered for sale at a price of US$825.

The temperature on July 7, 1908 was between 7.8 °C and 20.4 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.