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• Adriana Rozina PRETORIUS, Hartebeesfontein († 1997)
• Anton Steenks, Hof van Delft
• Aaltje Leijssenaar, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1982)
• Aaltje Spin *, Steenwijkerwold
• Adriana Clasina van den Busken, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1918)
• Angèle Verfaillie, Moorslede,8890,West-Vlaanderen,België († 2001)
• Anna Lina Häfele, Dürrenbüchig, Duitsland
• Adrianus Johannes Wittenberg, Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Spin, Steenwijkerwold
• Alfons J. Reynaerts, Veulen, België († 1963)

• Carolus Martinus Smith (59), Sragen, Soerakarta
• Catherine Beatty (70), Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Arie Piepenbrink (21), Woubrugge
• Albertus Bordewijk (64), Amsterdam
• Antonius Gerardus LÜCKER (0), Tegelen, Limburg, Nederland
• Augusta Coralie Barbe Hoste (52), Brugge
• Aukje Sybes Roosma (69), Franeker
• Arend Jacob van Krieken (0), Jutphaas
• Agnes B Lewis (37), Nekoosa, Wood, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• Aukjen Feitzes de Vries (71), Lippenhuizen

• 1905 » Leonid Amalrik, Russian animator and director († 1997)
• 1906 » Philip Johnson, American architect, designed the IDS Center and PPG Place († 2005)
• 1907 » George W. Romney, American businessman and politician, 43rd Governor of Michigan († 1995)
• 1908 » Louis Jordan, American singer-songwriter, saxophonist, and actor († 1975)
• 1908 » Nelson Rockefeller, American businessman and politician, 41st Vice President of the United States († 1979)
• 1908 » V. K. R. Varadaraja Rao, Indian economist, politician, professor and educator († 1991)
• 1909 » Alan Brown, English soldier († 1971)
• 1909 » Ike Petersen, American football back († 1995)
• 1910 » Carlos Betances Ramírez, Puerto Rican general († 2001)
• 1911 » Ken Farnes, English cricketer († 1941)

• 1887 » Ben Holladay, American businessman (b. 1819)
• 1895 » Johann Josef Loschmidt, Austrian chemist and physicist (b. 1821)
• 1905 » Walter Kittredge, American violinist and composer (b. 1834)
• 1913 » Louis Hémon, French-Canadian author (b. 1880)
• 1917 » Tom Thomson, Canadian painter (b. 1877)
• 1930 » Joseph Ward, Australian-New Zealand businessman and politician, 17th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1856)
• 1933 » Anthony Hope, English author and playwright (b. 1863)
• 1934 » Benjamin Baillaud, French astronomer and academic (b. 1848)
• 1939 » Havelock Ellis, English psychologist and author (b. 1859)
• 1941 » Moses Schorr, Polish rabbi, historian, and politician (b. 1874)

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 8 » H. H. Asquith of the Liberal Party takes office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, succeeding Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman.
• June 18 » Japanese immigration to Brazil begins when 781 people arrive in Santos aboard the ship Kasato-Maru.
• June 30 » The Tunguska Event, the largest impact event on Earth in human recorded history, resulting in a massive explosion over Eastern Siberia.
• December 2 » Puyi becomes Emperor of China at the age of two.

The temperature on July 8, 1908 was between 11.5 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 11.4 mm of rain. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.