1908

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
1908 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1908
MCMVIII
Ab urbe condita2661
Armenian calendar1357
ԹՎ ՌՅԾԷ
Assyrian calendar6658
Baháʼí calendar64–65
Balinese saka calendar1829–1830
Bengali calendar1315
Berber calendar2858
British Regnal yearEdw. 7 – 8 Edw. 7
Buddhist calendar2452
Burmese calendar1270
Byzantine calendar7416–7417
Chinese calendar丁未年 (Fire Goat)
4605 or 4398
    — to —
戊申年 (Earth Monkey)
4606 or 4399
Coptic calendar1624–1625
Discordian calendar3074
Ethiopian calendar1900–1901
Hebrew calendar5668–5669
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1964–1965
 - Shaka Samvat1829–1830
 - Kali Yuga5008–5009
Holocene calendar11908
Igbo calendar908–909
Iranian calendar1286–1287
Islamic calendar1325–1326
Japanese calendarMeiji 41
(明治41年)
Javanese calendar1837–1838
Julian calendarGregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar4241
Minguo calendar4 before ROC
民前4年
Nanakshahi calendar440
Thai solar calendar2450–2451
Tibetan calendar阴火羊年
(female Fire-Goat)
2034 or 1653 or 881
    — to —
阳土猴年
(male Earth-Monkey)
2035 or 1654 or 882

1908 (MCMVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1908th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 908th year of the 2nd millennium, the 8th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1900s decade. As of the start of 1908, the Gregorian calendar was 13 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

This is the longest year in either the Julian or Gregorian calendars, having a duration of 31622401.38 seconds of Terrestrial Time (or ephemeris time), measured according to the definition of mean solar time.[1]

Events[edit]

January[edit]

1908 Baby New Year on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post.
January 24: Boy Scout movement.

February[edit]

March[edit]

April[edit]

May[edit]

June[edit]

July[edit]

July: 1908 Summer Olympics.

August[edit]

September[edit]

October[edit]

October 1: Ford Model T launch.

November[edit]

December[edit]

Undated[edit]

  • This is the coldest recorded year since 1880, according to NASA reports.[19]

Births[edit]

Births
January · February · March · April · May · June · July · August · September · October · November · December

January[edit]

Edward Teller

February[edit]

Rómulo Betancourt
Sir William McMahon

March[edit]

Rex Harrison

April[edit]

Bette Davis
Herbert von Karajan

May[edit]

Arturo de Córdova
James Stewart
Mel Blanc

June[edit]

Salvador Allende

July[edit]

Lupe Vélez

August[edit]

Harold Holt
Sir Don Bradman

September[edit]

Richard Wright

October[edit]

John Kenneth Galbraith

November[edit]

December[edit]

Simon Wiesenthal

Date unknown[edit]

Deaths[edit]

January–March[edit]

Wilhelm Busch
Carlos I of Portugal
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Prince Yamashina Kikumaro
Grover Cleveland

April–June[edit]

July–September[edit]

Demetrius Vikelas
Henri Becquerel
Servant of God John Berthier
Tomás Estrada Palma
Emperor Guangxu of China

October–December[edit]

Date unknown[edit]

Nobel Prizes[edit]

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Further reading[edit]

  • The Annual Register for 1908, British and world events online
  • Gilbert, Martin. A History of the Twentieth Century: Volume 1 1900–1933 (1997); global coverage of politics, diplomacy and warfare; pp 105 – 22.