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• Anna Katharina Scholl, Mülheim an der Ruhr (Duitsland)
• Boer, HijkerSmilde (Smilde) († 1906)
• Alexander van der Aar, Haarlemmerliede, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alida van Duijvenbode, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1994)
• Alida Maria Pieterse, Zoeterwoude († 1990)
• Anna Gerarda Elisabeth Maria Blokland, Amsterdam († 1988)
• Anna Maria Elissen, Houthem, Limburg, Netherlands († 1906)
• Anna Zwart, Warga, Friesland, Netherlands († 1975)
• Adolf Kneuvels
• Anna Maria Gertrudis Kusters, Heerlen

• Anna Emily Worsley Holmes
• Catharina Gennesen (47), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Berendina Eikenaar (45), Oldebroek
• Berendina Zwiers, Emmen
• Antonius Johannes Sommers (0), Ledeacker, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana van Haaster (51), Noordwijkerhout
• Alida Mur (0), Kortenhoef,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Hendrika Maria Hulst (49), 's Gravenhage, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Albert Alberts Godthelp (41), Harlingen, Friesland, Nederland
• Allegonda Kuijten (63), Nuenen

• 1900 » Edward Ardizzone, Vietnamese-English author and illustrator († 1979)
• 1903 » Big Joe Williams, American Delta blues singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1982)
• 1903 » Cecile de Brunhoff, French author and pianist († 2003)
• 1904 » Björn Berglund, Swedish actor († 1968)
• 1905 » Ernst Kuzorra, German footballer and manager († 1990)
• 1906 » León Klimovsky, Argentinian actor, director, and screenwriter († 1996)
• 1907 » Richard Titmuss, English sociologist and academic († 1973)
• 1908 » Enver Hoxha, Albanian general and politician, Prime Minister of Albania († 1985)
• 1908 » Olivia Coolidge, English-American author and educator († 2006)
• 1911 » Otto von Bülow, German commander († 2006)

• 1877 » Théodore Barrière, French playwright (b. 1823)
• 1888 » John Wentworth, American journalist and politician, 19th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1815)
• 1904 » Haritina Korotkevich, Russian heroine (b. 1882)
• 1908 » Joseph Leycester Lyne, English monk (b. 1837)
• 1909 » Jakub Bart-Ćišinski, German poet and playwright (b. 1856)
• 1913 » Ralph Rose, American shot putter, discus, and hammer thrower (b. 1885)
• 1936 » Effie Adelaide Rowlands, British writer (b. 1859)
• 1937 » Jean de Brunhoff, French poet and playwright (b. 1899)
• 1946 » Nuremberg trial executions of the Main Trial:
• 1947 » Anna B. Eckstein, German peace activist (b. 1868)

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 18 » Édouard de Laveleye forms the Belgian Olympic Committee in Brussels.
• March 15 » Rolls-Royce Limited is incorporated.
• April 18 » An earthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco, California.
• June 25 » Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania millionaire Harry Thaw shoots and kills prominent architect Stanford White.
• November 9 » Theodore Roosevelt is the first sitting President of the United States to make an official trip outside the country. He did so to inspect progress on the Panama Canal.
• December 10 » U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt wins the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the mediation of the Russo-Japanese War, becoming the first American to win a Nobel Prize.

The temperature on October 16, 1906 was between 8.6 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.