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• Apolonia Maria Catharina Heppe, Monster,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1985)
• Andries Jacobus Maria Beijersbergen van Henegouwen, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1906)
• Alida Mackenbach, Rotterdam
• Albertus Cornelis Johannes Bik, Leiden († 1975)
• Adrianus Henricus Rijkers, Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Gerhardus Marinus Busschers, Hengelo-Oele († 1977)
• Anna Maria Neeltje Wilhelmina RAVESTEIN, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Agnes Roberta Kiewit, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 1989)
• Anna Lamme, Breukelen Sint Pieters, Utrecht, Nederland
• Engelaar, Rilland Bath, Zeeland, Nederland

• Aartje Lustig (73), Huizen
• David Aston (44), Moosic, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania
• Carolus Franciscus SMIS (86), Gistel
• Antonie Theeuws (53), Lieshout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Barbera Heester (0), Ridderkerk
• Barbara Aurea Perigrina Lopes (84), Passos, Minas Gerais, Brasil
• Berendje van Loenen (82), Apeldoorn
• Antonie Theuws (53), Lieshout
• Dirk Antonius Roos (51), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Hendrika Veldwijk (0), Nijbroek

• 1901 » Ann Harding, American actress and singer († 1981)
• 1903 » Louis Leakey, Kenyan-English palaeontologist and archaeologist († 1972)
• 1904 » Ralph Bunche, American political scientist, academic, and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate († 1971)
• 1907 » Albert Kotin, Belarusian-American soldier and painter († 1980)
• 1910 » Freddie Slack, American pianist and bandleader († 1965)
• 1911 » István Bibó, Hungarian lawyer and politician († 1979)
• 1911 » Nicholas Ray, American director and screenwriter († 1979)
• 1913 » George Van Eps, American guitarist († 1998)
• 1916 » Kermit Love, American actor, puppeteer, and costume designer († 2008)
• 1918 » C. Buddingh', Dutch poet and translator († 1985)

• 1864 » Li Xiucheng, Chinese field marshal (b. 1823)
• 1893 » Alfredo Catalani, Italian composer and academic (b. 1854)
• 1899 » Jacob Maris, Dutch painter and educator (b. 1837)
• 1900 » Wilhelm Liebknecht, German lawyer and politician (b. 1826)
• 1912 » François-Alphonse Forel, Swiss limnologist and academic (b. 1841)
• 1917 » Edwin Harris Dunning, South African-English commander and pilot (b. 1891)
• 1938 » Konstantin Stanislavski, Russian actor and director (b. 1863)
• 1941 » Rabindranath Tagore, Indian author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1861)
• 1948 » Charles Bryant, English-American actor and director (b. 1879)
• 1953 » Abner Powell, American baseball player and manager (b. 1860)

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 10 » HMSDreadnought, the first of a revolutionary new breed of battleships is christened and launched by King Edward VII.
• April 7 » Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.
• April 27 » The State Duma of the Russian Empire meets for the first time.
• June 26 » The first Grand Prix motor race is held at Le Mans.
• 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 13 » The Santos-Dumont 14-bis makes a short hop, the first flight of a fixed-wing aircraft in Europe.

The temperature on August 7, 1906 was between 8.1 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 11.4 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.