Editing 1908

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== Events ==
* January 21 - [[James Kimble Vardaman]]'s term as Governor of Mississippi ends.
* February 1 - King Carlos I of Portugal and Prince Royal, Luís Filipe, are both assassinated in Lisbon by [[Alfredo Luís da Costa]] and [[Manuel Buíça]].
* July - The [[Young Turks]], lead by [[Enver Pasha]], launch a revolution against the Ottoman Empire, forcing Sultan [[Abdul Hamid II]] to restore the empire as a constitutional monarchy.
* August 24 - [[Abd al-Hafid]] becomes Sultan of Morocco.
* October - End of the Herero Wars in German South West Africa.
* November 15 - [[Leopold II of Belgium]] cedes control of the Congo Free State over to the Belgian parliament, who formally annex the territory as a Belgian colony.

== Births ==
=== Villain births ===
* February 1 - [[William Hickman]]
* March 18 - [[Pierre-Antoine Cousteau]]
* March 26 - [[Franz Stangl]]
* April 3 - [[Bruno Lüdke]]
* May 17 - [[Margot Dreschel]]
* June 16 - [[Sarit Thanarat]]
* July 7 - [[Revilo P. Oliver]]
* August 15 - [[Otto Kerner Jr.]]
* October 18 - [[Enver Hoxha]]
* November 14 - [[Joseph McCarthy]]
* November 25 - [[Eduard Roschmann]]
=== Victim births ===
* March 10 - Vernon Dahmer
* April 6 - Margaret Ann Pahl

== Deaths ==
=== Villain deaths ===
* June 24 - [[Grover Cleveland]]

=== Victim deaths ===
* February 1 - Carlos I of Portugal & Luís Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal