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• Albertus Altena, Ambt Hardenberg († 1930)
• Andries Franciscus Sanberg, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1980)
• Alida Cornelia Hendrika Elisabeth Wils, Roosendaal († 1987)
• Albert Altena, Brummen, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1978)
• Augustus Wilhelmus van Gremberghe, Koewacht († 1976)
• Aaldert (Aldert) Blaauw, Noordbroek († 1937)
• Adrianus Antonius Nefs, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1989)
• Andreas Josephus Braet, Beveren-Roeselare, West-Vlaanderen, België († 1917)
• Albert M. Crosby († 1968)
• Adrianus Adam Beek van, Rotterdam Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Piepker (0), Fehndorf, Twist, Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Anna Bosscher (70), Haren
• Albertje Gertenbach (62), Beverwijk (Noord-Holland)
• Berend Edens (58), Wedde, gem. Westerwolde, Groningen, Nederland
• Antonie Horde (5), Gemeente Leerdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Aris MIDDELKOOP (73), Krimpen aan de Lek (Z.-H.), Neth
• Alberdina de Wolde (79), Meppel
• Anna den Houdijker (42), Vleuten,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna_Alida_Antonia Romani (56), Den Haag
• Anthonie van Doorn (71), Haarlemmermeer

• 1900 » Rinus van den Berge, Dutch athlete († 1972)
• 1904 » Lyudmila Keldysh, Russian mathematician († 1976)
• 1905 » Takashi Shimura, Japanese actor († 1982)
• 1907 » Dorrit Hoffleit, American astronomer and academic († 2007)
• 1908 » David Marshall, Singaporean lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Singapore († 1995)
• 1908 » Rita Angus, New Zealand painter († 1970)
• 1909 » Petras Cvirka, Lithuanian author († 1947)
• 1910 » László Lékai, Archbishop of Esztergom and Cardinal († 1986)
• 1910 » Masayoshi Ōhira, Japanese politician, 68th Prime Minister of Japan († 1980)
• 1911 » Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, Mexican academic and politician, 49th President of Mexico († 1979)

• 1898 » Zachris Topelius, Finnish-Swedish journalist, historian, and author (b. 1818)
• 1916 » Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian author (b. 1830)
• 1925 » Sun Yat-sen, Chinese physician and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (b. 1866)
• 1929 » Asa Griggs Candler, American businessman and politician, 44th Mayor of Atlanta (b. 1851)
• 1935 » Mihajlo Pupin, Serbian-American physicist and chemist (b. 1858)
• 1942 » William Henry Bragg, English physicist, chemist, and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1943 » Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor (b. 1869)
• 1946 » Ferenc Szálasi, Hungarian soldier and politician, Head of State of Hungary (b. 1897)
• 1949 » Wilhelm Steinkopf, German chemist (b. 1879)
• 1954 » Marianne Weber, German sociologist and suffragist (b. 1870)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacobus
10. Adrianus
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.
• February 11 » Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical Vehementer Nos.
• March 10 » The Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst ever, kills 1099 miners in northern France.
• April 27 » The State Duma of the Russian Empire meets for the first time.
• June 25 » Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania millionaire Harry Thaw shoots and kills prominent architect Stanford White.
• September 5 » The first legal forward pass in American football is thrown by Bradbury Robinson of St. Louis University to teammate Jack Schneider in a 22–0 victory over Carroll College (Wisconsin).
• September 7 » Alberto Santos-Dumont flies his 14-bis aircraft at Bagatelle, France for the first time successfully.

The temperature on March 12, 1906 was between -1.2 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 2.9 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.