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• Alberta Johanna Buursink, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland († 1978)
• Adriana Jacomina Verburg, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andries de Vries, Voorburg
• (wim) Wilhelmus Theodorus Bolder († 1977)
• Adriana Jacomina Verburg, Rotterdam († 1990)
• Albertus Teunis van der Pijl, Utrecht
• Anna Marie van Elst, 's-Gravenhage / den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Maria van de Goorberg, Breda († 1906)
• Aafje van Riel, Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Poppe († 2007)

• Abraham Wagemans (84), Leiden, ZH, Nederland
• Aaltjen Ketel (75), Apeldoorn
• Valk (0), Delft
• Alberdina van Bentem (67), Zoelmond (Beusichem) (Buren) (GL)
• Anna Eliza Miller (55), Upper Big Sandy District, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States
• Adriana van Rosmalen (74), Pijnacker, 2641, Nederland
• Arie van der Elst (87), Naaldwijk, Nederland
• Antonetta Pennings (53), Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Snoek (42), Urk (FL) Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth van Beek (3), Harderwijk

• 1900 » Mabel Mercer, English-American singer († 1984)
• 1903 » Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton, Scottish soldier, pilot, and politician († 1973)
• 1904 » Pretty Boy Floyd, American gangster († 1934)
• 1905 » Arne Beurling, Swedish-American mathematician and academic († 1986)
• 1905 » Paul Ariste, Estonian linguist and academic († 1990)
• 1906 » George Adamson, Indian-English author and activist († 1989)
• 1907 » James A. Michener, American author and philanthropist († 1997)
• 1909 » André Cayatte, French lawyer and director († 1989)
• 1909 » Simone Weil, French mystic and philosopher († 1943)
• 1911 » Jehan Alain, French organist and composer († 1940)

• 1862 » Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (b. 1774)
• 1866 » François-Xavier Garneau, Canadian poet, author, and historian (b. 1809)
• 1873 » Isaac Baker Brown, English gynecologist and surgeon (b. 1811)
• 1922 » John Butler Yeats, Irish painter and illustrator (b. 1839)
• 1924 » Woodrow Wilson, American historian, academic, and politician, 28th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1856)
• 1929 » Agner Krarup Erlang, Danish mathematician and engineer (b. 1878)
• 1935 » Hugo Junkers, German engineer, designed the Junkers J 1 (b. 1859)
• 1944 » Yvette Guilbert, French singer and actress (b. 1865)
• 1945 » Roland Freisler, German lawyer and judge (b. 1893)
• 1947 » Marc Mitscher, American admiral and pilot (b. 1887)

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 22 » The first England vs France rugby union match is played at Parc des Princes in Paris.
• August 5 » Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, King of Iran, agrees to convert the government to a constitutional monarchy.
• September 20 » The Cunard Line's RMSMauretania is launched at Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
• December 24 » Radio: Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.
• December 30 » The All-India Muslim League is founded in Dacca, East Bengal, British India (later Dhaka, Bangladesh).

The average temperature on February 3, 1906 was 1.5 °C. There was 7.9 mm of rain. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.