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• Anna Henrica Angelina Vandeweyer, Diepenbeek, België
• Abraham Hagen, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Wilhelminus Maria Cuijpers, Boxmeer († 1947)
• Alexander Cornelis Geert Bax, Batavia (Ned.Indië) († 1949)
• Anna Hubertina Maria Josephina Pluijmakers, Voerendaal
• Albertus Wilhelmus Maria Cuijpers, Boxmeer (N.Br.) († 1947)
• Aalbert Kok, Delft
• Deketelaere, Zedelgem, West Vlaanderen, België († 1924)
• Alida Wilhelmina van Dijk († 1990)
• Albert Pama, Oldekerk († 1935)

• Aaltje Post (0), Oostwold gem. Midwolda
• Adriana Johanna van Efferen (73), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus de Bruin (0), IJsselstein
• Aaltien Jalving- (47), Emmen, Nederland
• Aagje Sytses Koopmans (32), Oenkerk, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Aagje Sytses Koopmans (32), Oenkerk, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Arie Roest (90), Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Charlotte Elias (36), Utrecht
• Cornelius Constantinus Van de Weygaert (0), Wilmarsdonk
• Blondina Janssen (67), Antwerpen, België

• 1904 » Ida Cook, English campaigner for Jewish refugees, and romantic novelist as Mary Burchell († 1986)
• 1905 » Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1974)
• 1905 » Siaka Stevens, Sierra Leonean police officer and politician, 1st President of Sierra Leone († 1988)
• 1907 » Bruno Giacometti, Swiss architect, designed the Hallenstadion († 2012)
• 1908 » Shivaram Rajguru, Indian activist († 1931)
• 1909 » Ronnie Grieveson, South African cricketer and soldier († 1998)
• 1911 » Durward Kirby, American television host and announcer († 2000)
• 1913 » Charles Snead Houston, American physician and mountaineer († 2009)
• 1915 » James Tiptree, Jr., American psychologist and author († 1987)
• 1915 » Wynonie Harris, American singer and guitarist († 1969)

• 1888 » Rudolf Clausius, German physicist and mathematician (b. 1822)
• 1895 » Albert F. Mummery, English mountaineer and author (b. 1855)
• 1923 » Kate Douglas Wiggin, American author and educator (b. 1856)
• 1930 » Tom Norman, English businessman and showman (b. 1860)
• 1932 » Kate M. Gordon, American activist (b. 1861)
• 1939 » Frederick Carl Frieseke, American painter and educator (b. 1874)
• 1940 » Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, Polish-German technician and inventor, invented the Nipkow disk (b. 1860)
• 1943 » Antonio Alice, Argentinian painter and educator (b. 1886)
• 1943 » Simone Weil, French philosopher and activist (b. 1909)
• 1946 » James Clark McReynolds, American lawyer and judge, 48th United States Attorney General (b. 1862)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Adrianus
10. Jacob
11. Jacobus
12. Wilhelmus
13. Arie
14. Gerardus
15. Dirk
16. Hendrikus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Jacoba
11. Petronella
12. Grietje
13. Geertruida
14. Helena
15. Aaltje
16. Neeltje

• 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
• March 28 » Henri Fabre becomes the first person to fly a seaplane, the Fabre Hydravion, after taking off from a water runway near Martigues, France.
• May 4 » The Royal Canadian Navy is created.
• July 4 » The Johnson–Jeffries riots occur after African-American boxer Jack Johnson knocks out white boxer Jim Jeffries in the 15th round. Between 11 and 26 people are killed and hundreds more injured.
• August 22 » Korea is annexed by Japan with the signing of the Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910, beginning a period of Japanese rule of Korea that lasted until the end of World War II.
• September 26 » Indian journalist Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai is arrested after publishing criticism of the government of Travancore and is exiled.
• November 21 » Sailors on board Brazil's warships including the Minas Gerais, São Paulo, and Bahia, violently rebel in what is now known as the Revolta da Chibata (Revolt of the Lash).

The temperature on August 24, 1910 was between 8.7 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.