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• Albert Volders, Veenhuizen (gem. Stadskanaal) († 1998)
• Aleida Johanna Rolefes, Manderveen († 1984)
• Antoon Louis Marie van Waijenburg, Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam,North Holland,Netherlands († 1945)
• Aleida Johanna Rolefes, Manderveen
• Abraham van Iperen, Meerkerk (Zederik), Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1996)
• Albert Reit, Bellingwolde, Groningen, Netherlands († 1992)
• Adriaan van der Zwaan, Rotterdam
• Amos Hugh Trumble, Albion, Oswego County, New York, United States of America († 1978)
• Anna Maria Molengraaf, Doesburg/GL
• Albert Bruno Schilling, South Australia, Australia († 1972)

• Abram Passmore Bloom (82), Clearfield, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States
• Arie den Heijer (75), Rijnsburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alphonsus Augustinus Mutsaers (48), Tilburg
• Albert Cornelisz Kramer (72), Andijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria NUYTS (1), Mol Belgie
• Antje NOORMAN (86), Oldelamer,, Fryslân | Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Snelders (31), Tilburg (Noord-Brabant)
• Adriana Speksnijder (72), Nieuwpoort
• Ambrozius Koning (64), Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude
• Absalom Beans (77), Keosanqua, Davis, Iowa

• 1905 » Mary Renault, English-South African author († 1983)
• 1905 » Walter Zapp, Latvian-Estonian inventor, invented the Minox († 2003)
• 1906 » Max Delbrück, German-American biophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1981)
• 1907 » Reggie Nalder, Austrian-American actor († 1991)
• 1908 » Edward Dmytryk, Canadian-American director and producer († 1999)
• 1908 » Richard Wright, American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet († 1960)
• 1909 » Eduard Wirths, German physician († 1945)
• 1910 » Denis Tomlinson, Zimbabwean-South African cricketer († 1993)
• 1912 » Alexander Liberman, Russian-American publisher, painter, photographer, and sculptor († 1999)
• 1912 » Syd Hoff, American author and illustrator († 2004)

• 1852 » William MacGillivray, Scottish biologist and ornithologist (b. 1796)
• 1864 » John Hunt Morgan, American general (b. 1825)
• 1907 » Edvard Grieg, Norwegian pianist and composer (b. 1843)
• 1909 » Clyde Fitch, American playwright and songwriter (b. 1865)
• 1911 » John Francon Williams, Welsh-born writer, journalist, geographer, historian, cartographer and inventor (b. 1854)
• 1914 » Charles Péguy, French poet and philosopher (b. 1873)
• 1940 » George William de Carteret, French-English journalist and author (b. 1869)
• 1944 » Erich Fellgiebel, German general (b. 1886)
• 1963 » Robert Schuman, Luxembourgian-French politician, 130th Prime Minister of France (b. 1886)
• 1965 » Albert Schweitzer, French-Gabonese physician, theologian, and missionary, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1875)

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 11 » Grand Canyon National Monument is created.
• February 1 » Lisbon Regicide: King Carlos I of Portugal and Infante Luis Filipe are shot dead in Lisbon.
• July 23 » The Second Constitution accepted by the Ottomans.
• September 17 » The Wright Flyer flown by Orville Wright, with Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge as passenger, crashes, killing Selfridge, who becomes the first airplane fatality.
• October 6 » The Bosnian crisis erupts when Austria-Hungary formally annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina.
• December 2 » Puyi becomes Emperor of China at the age of two.

The temperature on September 4, 1908 was between 8.2 °C and 13.5 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 4.8 mm of rain. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.