1908

Year 1908 () was a (link will display the full calendar) of the  (or a of the 13-day-slower ).

January





 * British leaves for his would-be trip around the world pushing a  and wearing an iron mask, beginning from the
 * A ball signifying drops in 's  for the first time.
 * - A train collision occurs in the in  killing 17, injuring 38 and leading to increased demand for electric trains.
 * - is designated (becomes a National Park in February ).
 * - A long-distance message is sent from the  for the first time.
 * -, the first Greek-letter organization by and for black college women is established.
 * - passes a law, the,  making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to be vetoed by the mayor.
 * - begins the  movement.
 * - begins the  movement.

February

 * - King and  are shot dead in.
 * - Australia regain with a 308 run  victory over England.
 * - Start of the first around-the-world car race, from to.
 * - ese immigration to the USA is forbidden.
 * - . The Bible Institute of Los Angeles (now ) founded.

March

 * - The, near , , kills 174 people.
 * - . founded in Milan
 * - . founded in Minas Gerais, today one of biggest clubs in Brazil

April

 * - The in, designed by , opens to the public for the first time.
 * - 's claimed date to have reached
 * - The Pine, Louisiana and  tornado killed 143 and injured 770 people. 7th deadliest tornado in U.S. history.
 * - The opening ceremony of the is held.

May

 * - is observed for the first time (Andrew's Methodist Church in ).
 * - start revolution in the, and force sultan  to adhere to the constitution of.
 * - At in southwest, the first major commercial  in the  is made. The rights to the resource are quickly acquired by the.

June

 * - The event, also known as the "Russian explosion" occurs near the  in, ,.

July

 * - sets sail for the Arctic.
 * - night - Explosion of a ship  in the harbor in, housing 80 British s. 1 dead, 20 injured.
 * - Women compete in modern for the first time.
 * - was founded.
 * - establishes the  Company to manufacture carriage and  bodies.
 * - wins the Olympic marathon in  in one of the most dramatic arrivals of the Olympic history, only to be disqualified soon afterwards.
 * - United States Attorney General issues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed the ).

August

 * - After an intense power struggle,, sultan of is deposed and is succeeded by his brother . (Date of proclamation)

September

 * - minister of Justice,, is revealed to be an
 * - becomes the first person to die in an aeroplane crash at, . The plane was flown by  who was also severely injured in the crash but recovered.
 * - The is founded in,.
 * - produces his first  automobile.

October

 * October - The begins after the  annexed.
 * - declares its independence from the  -  becomes
 * - The win the  by defeating the  2-0 in the fifth game, their second World Championship win in a row.

November

 * - defeats  in the
 * - Western bandits and The  are supposedly killed in, after being surrounded by a large group of soldiers. There are many rumors to the contrary however, and the grave sites are unmarked.
 * - becomes the 5th.
 * - is the first woman in England to be elected  (of )

December

 * - set a record for an away victory when they humiliate local rivals  9-1 at St. James Park.
 * - A 7 Richter scale earthquake destroys,  and rocks  killing over 75,000.

Undated

 * British begin a campaign for female suffrage.
 * Due to the evidence collected by, is forced to make reforms in , which is his personal colony.
 *  is first published.
 * Bureau of Investigation, forerunner of the, is founded.
 * Blackball coal miner strike in New Zealand lasts 11 weeks.
 * opens his own art academy.
 * Change of Emperor of from  (-1908) to  (-).
 * A 40,000-year-old boy skeleton is found at  in southwest.
 * The Child Labour Act of Ontario is passed.
 * The is passed and creates the  at  and the.
 * First held.
 * 's Dutch government resigns.
 * Discovery of deposits near the  city of.
 * The Manila Business School was made into national school since the majority of its student came from different parts of the ; renaming as the Philippine School of Commerce; which later to be the.
 * The is founded at.
 * First year of in.
 * closes.
 * , the Athenian sports club, is founded.
 * Club Union becomes.
 * is invented by John Noel Nichols. Originally sold under the name Vimtonic, Nichols shortened it to Vimto in.

January-February

 * -, British actor (d. )
 * -, French feminist writer (d. )
 * -, French film director
 * -, singer, bandleader, and composer (d. )
 * -, Hungarian-born physicist (d. )
 * -, Russian physicist, laureate (d. )
 * -, French jazz violinist and composer (d. )
 * -, American jazz musician (d. )
 * -, Hungarian-born animator (d. )
 * -, English conjoined twin actresses (d. )
 * -, the oldest living
 * -, English geologist and explorer (d. )
 * , French painter and journalist (d. )
 * , Estonian wrestler, Olympic medalist (d. )
 * , American baseball announcer and sports journalist (d. )
 * , Chinese politician and one of the (d. )
 * -, English actor (d. )
 * -, twentieth (d. )
 * , American cartoonist (d. )
 * , French race car driver (d. )
 * , French painter (d. )
 * , American writer and historian (d. )
 * , French race car driver (d. )
 * , French painter (d. )
 * , American writer and historian (d. )
 * , American writer and historian (d. )

March-April

 * -, German engineer (d. )
 * -, civil rights leader & surgeon (d. )
 * -, English actor (d. )
 * -, Italian actress (d. )
 * -, New Zealand painter (d. )
 * -, American publisher and philanthropist (d. )
 * -, German actress (d. )
 * Sir, English actor (d. )
 * , American businessman (d. )
 * -, American author (d. )
 * , German actor and director (d. )
 * , English film director (d. )
 * -, English musician (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, American psychologist (d. )
 * -, American actor and dancer (d. )
 * , American author (d. )
 * , American socialite (d. )
 * , American actress (d. )
 * , Austrian conductor (d. )
 * , Indian politician (d. )
 * -, American diplomat (d. )
 * -, Canadian-born composer, musician (d. )
 * -, Mexican singer and film actor (d. )
 * -, American musician (d. )
 * -, American musician and bandleader (d. )
 * -, Polish sculptor and medallic artist (d. )
 * -, American journalist (d. )
 * -, Austria-Hungary industrialist (d. )
 * -, American science fiction author (d. )
 * -, Icelandic foreign and later prime minister (d. )
 * -, American journalist (d. )
 * -, Austria-Hungary industrialist (d. )
 * -, American science fiction author (d. )
 * -, Icelandic foreign and later prime minister (d. )

May-June

 * -, German bass (d. )
 * -, German inventor and industrialist (d. )
 * -, Romanian singer (d. )
 * -, Canadian athlete (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * , American physicist, laureate (d. )
 * , Architect of the firm Harrison, Abramovitz, & Abbe (d. )
 * -, American poet (d. )
 * -, English writer (d. )
 * , Swedish physicist, laureate (d. )
 * , American voice actor (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, Russian ballerina
 * -, American voice actor and game show host (d. )
 * -, American baseball player
 * -, Korean resister against Japanese occupation of Korea (d. )
 * -, German composer (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, American composer (d. )
 * -, English writer (d. )
 * -, American composer (d. )
 * -, English writer (d. )

July-August

 * -, American comedian (d. )
 * -, English cricketer (d. )
 * -, American writer (d. )
 * -, California politician (d. )
 * -, German conductor (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, American screenwriter (d. )
 * -, Australian botanist
 * -, American novelist and editor (d. )
 * -, baseball player and manager (d. )
 * -, British writer (d. )
 * -, French photographer (d. )
 * -, Scottish artist and sculptor
 * -, Lyricist, Songwriter (still living as of )
 * Sir, Australian cricketer (d. )
 * , (d. )
 * , American naturalist, artist, and educator (d. )
 * , French writer (d. )
 * -, Argentine artist (d. )
 * , French writer (d. )
 * -, Argentine artist (d. )

September-October

 * -, Russian astronomer/astrophysicist. (d.)
 * -, Russian mathematician (d. )
 * -, American author (d. )
 * , English physicist (d. )
 * , American sculptor (d. )
 * , American football coach (d. )
 * , American physician
 * -, Roman Catholic priest and writer in England
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * towards -, Slovenian writer (d. )
 * -, French intellectual (d. )
 * -, New Zealand soldier (d. )
 * -, American athlete (d. )
 * -, Ukrainian-born violinist (d. )
 * -, Chechen folk singer (d. )
 * -, American actress (d.)
 * -, American playwright and actress (d. )
 * -, Canadian economist (d. )
 * -, dictator of Albania (d. )
 * -, Japanese politician (d. )
 * , Scottish singer (d. )
 * , Norwegian composer (d. )
 * , American musician and Presidential candidate (d. )
 * -, Spanish painter (d. )
 * -, American humorist, essayist, and columnist (d. )
 * , Chechen historian (d. )
 * , Russian physicist, laureate (d. )
 * , Finnish actor (d. )
 * , Swiss writer (d. )
 * -, President of (d. )
 * , Russian physicist, laureate (d. )
 * , Finnish actor (d. )
 * , Swiss writer (d. )
 * -, President of (d. )
 * -, President of (d. )

November-December

 * -, English cricketer (d. )
 * -, Polish physicist, recipient of the (d. )
 * -, American judge (d. )
 * -, French nun
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, English-born journalist (d. )
 * -, American science fiction writer (d. )
 * -, Scottish businessman (d. )
 * -, Belgian-born anthropologist
 * -, film and stage veteran (d. )
 * -, American bacteriologist, recipient of the (d. )
 * -, Swiss Federal Councilor (d. )
 * -, French composer (d. )
 * , American composer
 * , Portuguese film director
 * -, American chemist, laureate (d. )
 * -, American baseball player (d. )
 * -, Austrian Nazi-hunter (d. )
 * date unknown
 * , British photojournalist (d. )
 * , American engineer (d. )
 * , Somali politician (d. )
 * , Somali politician (d. )

January - June

 * -, German painter and poet (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, English writer (b. )
 * - King (b. )
 * -, English-born baseball writer and historian (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, ecologist (b. )
 * -, founder of the movement in Islam (b. )
 * -, Russian composer (b. )
 * -, 22nd and 24th (b. )

July - December

 * -, author (b. )
 * -, Norwegian author (b. )
 * -, Filipino politician (b. )
 * -, American hymn composer (b. )
 * -, Greek International Olympic Committee president (b. )
 * -, English politician and pacifist, recipient of the (b. )
 * -, controversial Serbian writer (b. )
 * -, French physicist, laureate (b. )
 * -, American vaudeville and theater impresario (b. )
 * -, Spanish violinist and composer (b. )
 * -, Brazilian author (b. )
 * -, American socialite (b. )
 * , artist (b. )
 * , first President of Cuba (b. )
 * - The of China (b. )
 * -, ruler of China (b. )
 * date unknown -, German sculptor (b. )
 * date unknown -, German sculptor (b. )