1908

1908 was a leap year starting on Wednesday. It was preceded by 1907 and succeeded by 1909.

Events

 * Brunant's first feature film, The American West, is produced and released
 * The First League is founded and played for the first time

Births

 * 1 January: MC Weissmann, artist
 * Wouter Ritter, government minister in the 1970s
 * Ennio Pazzini, avant-garde film director
 * Juan Abbas, socialist mayor of Cape Cross in the 1950s

Deaths

 * 19 October: Pieter Van Neyt, 19th-century President