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• Ane Pieters Wijngaarden, Oosterbierum
• Albertus GROOTJEN, Kampen
• Albert Mol, Steenwijk, Overijssel, Nederland
• Albertus GROOTJEN, Kampen (Overijssel) († 1989)
• Amelia Johanna Middelkoop, Leerdam († 1977)
• Albert van der Most, Schiedam
• Aagje Versteeg, Poortugaal, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Anthonius Michielsen, Chaam († 1969)
• Albert van den Bos, Zwolle († 1979)
• Alida de Kooker, Lisse, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1920)

• Arend Oosterveen (56), Nijeveen
• Aagje Steenhoek (37), Strijen
• Berendina Vije (65), Eschmarke (Lonneker)
• Antoine CHANAL (72), Fay sur Lignon-Abriès,43430,Haute Loire,Auvergne,FRANCE
• Amelia Frederica Fluerbaeij (81), Aardenburg
• Franke, Leiden
• Bregtje Cornelsdr Koppenol (87), 's-Gravenzande
• ALFRED JOZEF DE CALUWE (0), DE KLINGE,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE
• Catharina van Dijk (81), Oploo c.a
• Adriaantje de Jong (75), Nijkerk

• 1892 » Kathleen Harrison, English actress († 1995)
• 1894 » Harold Horder, Australian rugby league player and coach († 1978)
• 1899 » Erich Kästner, German author and poet († 1974)
• 1899 » Norman Taurog, American director and screenwriter († 1981)
• 1904 » Terence Fisher, English director and screenwriter († 1980)
• 1904 » William L. Shirer, American journalist and historian († 1993)
• 1908 » William McMahon, Australian lawyer and politician, 20th Prime Minister of Australia († 1988)
• 1915 » Jon Hall, American actor and director († 1979)
• 1915 » Paul Tibbets, American general and pilot († 2007)
• 1919 » Johnny Carey, Irish footballer and manager († 1995)

• 1879 » Albrecht von Roon, Prussian soldier and politician, 10th Minister President of Prussia (b. 1803)
• 1897 » Woldemar Bargiel, German composer and educator (b. 1828)
• 1900 » Ernest Dowson, English poet, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1867)
• 1908 » Friedrich von Esmarch, German surgeon and academic (b. 1823)
• 1918 » Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1882)
• 1930 » Horst Wessel, German SA officer (b. 1907)
• 1931 » Nellie Melba, Australian soprano and actress (b. 1861)
• 1934 » Edward Elgar, English composer and academic (b. 1857)
• 1944 » Leo Baekeland, Belgian-American chemist and engineer (b. 1863)
• 1946 » Tomoyuki Yamashita, Japanese general (b. 1885)

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.
• February 10 » HMSDreadnought, the first of a revolutionary new breed of battleships is christened and launched by King Edward VII.
• April 22 » The 1906 Intercalated Games, now recognized as part of the official Olympic Games, open in Athens.
• May 2 » Closing ceremony of the Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece.
• September 20 » The Cunard Line's RMSMauretania is launched at Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
• October 11 » San Francisco sparks a diplomatic crisis between the United States and Japan by ordering segregated schools for Japanese students.
• December 24 » Radio: Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.

The temperature on February 23, 1906 was between -2.6 °C and 4.5 °C and averaged 0.9 °C. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.