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• Alida Maria van Ooijen, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1907)
• Albertien Mulder, Steenwijk († 1980)
• Aart Overvliet, Woubrugge, ZH, Nederland
• Alfons Hector De Wolf, Moorsel († 1960)
• Vermeeren, Gulpen
• Angela Montagu-Douglas-Scott († 2000)
• Anna Dabney, Seattle, King, Washington, United States
• Anna Angela SULMANN, Emmen († 1981)
• Adriana Klootwijk, Rotterdam
• Stokkermans, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Adriana Jans Groen (76), Rotterdam
• Albertje Strijker (10), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adriana Schilperoort (0), Rotterdam
• Anna Gesina Wessels (0), Altharen, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Albertje Alberts Strijker (10), Zwolle, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Petronella Schel (85), Heesch
• Adrianus Franciscus Helsloot (0), Amsterdam
• Anna Maria Josephina Holdorp (0), Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands
• Anna Helena Moller (22), Emmen
• Amanda E Linn (65), Robertson, Texas, United States

• 1901 » Elmar Muuk, Estonian linguist and author († 1941)
• 1902 » Anatoli Lvovich Kaplan, Russian painter and sculptor († 1980)
• 1903 » Elisha Cook, Jr., American actor († 1995)
• 1904 » Alejo Carpentier, Swiss-Cuban musicologist and author († 1980)
• 1905 » William Loeb III, American publisher († 1981)
• 1907 » Albert Gore, Sr., American lawyer and politician († 1998)
• 1908 » Ralph Hill, American runner († 1994)
• 1909 » Matt Gordy, American pole vaulter († 1989)
• 1910 » Imperio Argentina, Argentine-Spanish actress and singer († 2003)
• 1910 » Marguerite Churchill, American actress († 2000)

• 1863 » Francis Caulfeild, 2nd Earl of Charlemont, Irish politician, Lord Lieutenant of Tyrone (b. 1775)
• 1869 » Jean Léonard Marie Poiseuille, French physician and physiologist (b. 1797)
• 1890 » Heinrich Schliemann, German-Italian archaeologist and author (b. 1822)
• 1909 » Frederic Remington, American painter and illustrator (b. 1861)
• 1923 » Dietrich Eckart, German journalist, poet, and politician (b. 1868)
• 1925 » Jan Letzel, Czech architect, designed the Hiroshima Peace Memorial (b. 1880)
• 1929 » Albert Giraud, Belgian poet (b. 1860)
• 1931 » Melvil Dewey, American librarian and educator, created the Dewey Decimal Classification (b. 1851)
• 1933 » Anatoly Lunacharsky, Russian journalist and politician (b. 1875)
• 1933 » Henry Watson Fowler, English lexicographer and educator (b. 1858)

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.
• March 31 » The Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States (later the National Collegiate Athletic Association) is established to set rules for college sports in the United States.
• April 7 » The Algeciras Conference gives France and Spain control over Morocco.
• April 8 » Auguste Deter, the first person to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, dies.
• September 7 » Alberto Santos-Dumont flies his 14-bis aircraft at Bagatelle, France for the first time successfully.
• September 12 » The Newport Transporter Bridge is opened in Newport, South Wales by Viscount Tredegar.
• December 24 » Radio: Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.

The temperature on December 26, 1906 was between -4.7 °C and -0.8 °C and averaged -4.1 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.