About the day » Saturday February 17, 1906Calender converter

• Albertien Betting, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1906)
• Akke Dijkstra, Sneek, Friesland, Nederland († 1947)
• "Laure" Marie Ghislaine Félicité Alix de Briey, Bruxelles († 1991)
• Aaltje Kornelis Pijl, no.610, Grouw, Idaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltien Betting, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1906)
• Andries Kamphof, Avereest († 1939)
• Aaltje Pijl, Grouw, Idaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1983)
• Aaltje Bouwmeester, Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1967)
• Andries Kamphof, Dedemsvaart gem. Avereest († 1939)
• Alice Rozella Carson ****, Home, Danville, Worth, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 1991)

• Adrianus Jansen (77), Nootdorp
• Aaltje MUSCH (77), Termunten, Groningen, 2116, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana van der Leeuw (70), 's Gravenhage (Den Haag, The Hague, La Haye), Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Aaltje Jans Müsch (77), Termunten (gem. Eemsdelta)
• Albert Jan Hellwich (78), Besthmen
• Andries van de WEG (0), Rotterdam
• Adrianus Jansen (77), Nootdorp
• Adriana Vlot (69), Hardinxveld
• Adrianus Janssen (77), Nootdorp
• adriana VLOT (69), hardinxveld

• 1900 » Ruth Clifford, American actress († 1998)
• 1903 » Sadegh Hedayat, Iranian-French author and translator († 1951)
• 1904 » Hans Morgenthau, German-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic († 1980)
• 1905 » Rózsa Politzer, Hungarian mathematician († 1977)
• 1905 » Ruth Baldwin, British socialite († 1937)
• 1906 » Mary Brian, American actress († 2002)
• 1908 » Bo Yibo, Chinese general and politician, Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China († 2007)
• 1908 » Red Barber, American sportscaster († 1992)
• 1910 » Marc Lawrence, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 2005)
• 1911 » Oskar Seidlin, German-American author, poet, and scholar († 1984)

• 1874 » Adolphe Quetelet, Belgian astronomer, mathematician, and sociologist (b. 1796)
• 1890 » Christopher Latham Sholes, American publisher and politician (b. 1819)
• 1905 » William Bickerton, English-American religious leader, leader in the Latter Day Saint movement (b. 1815)
• 1909 » Geronimo, American tribal leader (b. 1829)
• 1912 » Edgar Evans, Welsh sailor and explorer (b. 1876)
• 1919 » Wilfrid Laurier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1841)
• 1934 » Albert I of Belgium (b. 1875)
• 1934 » Siegbert Tarrasch, German chess player and theoretician (b. 1862)
• 1939 » Willy Hess, German violinist and educator (b. 1859)
• 1946 » Dorothy Gibson, American actress and singer (b. 1889)

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

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

• 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 August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
• April 8 » Auguste Deter, the first person to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, dies.
• April 18 » An earthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco, California.
• August 13 » The all black infantrymen of the U.S. Army's 25th Infantry Regiment are accused of killing a white bartender and wounding a white police officer in Brownsville, Texas, despite exculpatory evidence; all are later dishonorably discharged. (Their records were later restored to reflect honorable discharges but there were no financial settlements.)
• September 18 » The 1906 Hong Kong typhoon kills an estimated 10,000 people.
• September 24 » U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation's first National Monument.
• December 31 » Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar signs the Persian Constitution of 1906.

The temperature on February 17, 1906 was between 4.5 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 11.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.