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• Adrianus Antonius Klessens, Eersel († 1961)
• Aleida Maria Catharina Josephina Rijgersberg, 's Gravenhage
• Anna Knoops, Tienraij, Limburg, Nederland († 1988)
• Adriana Delfos, Leiden
• Albertus Van Heumen, Macharen († 1906)
• Adriana Johanna Epskamp, Ouder-Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1906)
• Anna Barbara Douven, Kerkrade († 1989)
• Anna Maria Mathilde Offermans, Hulsberg, Nuth († 1980)
• Anna Maria Langelaan, Berkel en Rodenrijs
• Adriana Weerheim, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1985)

• Antje (Jacobs) de Jong (73), Westdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus de Klerk (86), Gemeente Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Oosterhuis (19), Wagenborgen
• Adrianus van der Burg (71), Geldermalsen (NL)
• Alida van Renterghem (62), Rotterdam
• Anna Troyer van Thurn-Aufkirchen (69), Graz, Steiermark
• Aagie Koelemeij (74), Venhuizen
• Aafje Sonneveld (83), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Amanda Louise Burch (55), Warren Co, TN
• Aafje Willems HaASbroek (74), Rotterdam

• 1901 » Brian Donlevy, American actor († 1972)
• 1901 » James Murray, American actor († 1936)
• 1905 » David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter, English hurdler and politician († 1981)
• 1906 » André Kostolany, Hungarian-French economist and journalist († 1999)
• 1907 » Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter, English-Canadian mathematician and academic († 2003)
• 1907 » Trường Chinh, Vietnamese politician, 4th President of Vietnam († 1988)
• 1909 » Carmen Miranda, Portuguese-Brazilian actress, singer, and dancer († 1955)
• 1909 » Dean Rusk, American colonel and politician, 54th United States Secretary of State († 1994)
• 1909 » Heather Angel, English-American actress († 1986)
• 1910 » Jacques Monod, French biochemist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1976)

• 1874 » Jules Michelet, French historian, philosopher, and academic (b. 1798)
• 1881 » Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, and philosopher (b. 1821)
• 1891 » Johan Jongkind, Dutch painter (b. 1819)
• 1903 » Charles Gavan Duffy, Irish-Australian politician, 8th Premier of Victoria (b. 1816)
• 1906 » Paul Laurence Dunbar, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1872)
• 1928 » William Gillies, Australian politician, 21st Premier of Queensland (b. 1868)
• 1930 » Richard With, Norwegian captain and businessman, founded Hurtigruten (b. 1846)
• 1932 » A.K. Golam Jilani, Bangladeshi soldier and activist (b. 1904)
• 1932 » Junnosuke Inoue, Japanese businessman and banker (b. 1869)
• 1945 » Ella D. Barrier, American educator (b. 1852)

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 18 » Édouard de Laveleye forms the Belgian Olympic Committee in Brussels.
• March 22 » The first England vs France rugby union match is played at Parc des Princes in Paris.
• June 30 » The United States Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act.
• 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 25 » Leonardo Torres y Quevedo demonstrates the Telekino, guiding a boat from the shore, in what is considered to be the first use of a remote control.
• September 30 » The Royal Galician Academy, the Galician language's biggest linguistic authority, starts working in La Coruña, Spain.

The temperature on February 9, 1906 was between -2.2 °C and 2.4 °C and averaged 0.5 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.