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• Alida Johanna Doesburg, Slochteren, Siddeburen († 1908)
• Adriana Wilhelmind Fokkenrood, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Albert Kuik, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aaltje Korver, Groningen († 1999)
• Adrianus Henricus van Ginderen, Essen
• Adriana Catharina Johanna van Berkel, Breda, Nederland († 1985)
• Aaltje Andeweg, IJsselmonde
• Angelino Boff, Maquiné, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil († 1980)
• Amelia Johanna Middelkoop, Leerdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1977)
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Blom, Sassenheim († 1976)

• Christiaan Keulemans (25), Leiden, Nederland
• Anna Petronella Plasman (63), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Charles E. Hight (42), Mt. Pleasant, Isabella Co., MI
• Antoon Baltje Emons (0), Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Andreas Ebel Coolhaas van der Woude (65), Andijk, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Oomen (32), Oud en Nieuw Gastel
• Dicy Ann STANDLEY (73), Coloma, Carroll, Missouri, United States of America
• Angela Louisa Wybou (3), Klerken
• Aleijda Branderhorst (76), Arnhem
• Arie jansz de Bie (83), Castricum

• 1908 » Hélène Boucher, French pilot († 1934)
• 1908 » John Bardeen, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate († 1991)
• 1910 » Artie Shaw, American clarinet player, composer, and bandleader († 2004)
• 1910 » Franz Kline, American painter and academic († 1962)
• 1910 » Hugh Casson, English architect and academic († 1999)
• 1910 » Margaret Wise Brown, American author and educator († 1952)
• 1910 » Scatman Crothers, American actor and comedian († 1986)
• 1911 » Betty Nuthall, English tennis player († 1983)
• 1911 » Lou Brouillard, Canadian boxer († 1984)
• 1911 » Paul Augustin Mayer, German cardinal († 2010)

• 1886 » Leopold von Ranke, German historian and academic (b. 1795)
• 1893 » Anton von Schmerling, Austrian politician (b. 1805)
• 1895 » Franz Ernst Neumann, German mineralogist, physicist, and mathematician (b. 1798)
• 1906 » Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian director, playwright, and poet (b. 1828)
• 1908 » François Coppée, French poet and author (b. 1842)
• 1920 » Svetozar Boroević, Croatian-Austrian field marshal (b. 1856)
• 1921 » August Nilsson, Swedish shot putter and tug of war competitor (b. 1872)
• 1934 » Bonnie Parker, American criminal (b. 1910)
• 1934 » Clyde Barrow, American criminal (b. 1909)
• 1934 » Mihkel Martna, Estonian journalist and politician (b. 1860)

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.
• June 7 » Cunard Line's RMSLusitania is launched from the John Brown Shipyard, Glasgow (Clydebank), Scotland.
• June 26 » The first Grand Prix motor race is held at Le Mans.
• September 7 » Alberto Santos-Dumont flies his 14-bis aircraft at Bagatelle, France for the first time successfully.
• September 13 » The Santos-Dumont 14-bis makes a short hop, the first flight of a fixed-wing aircraft in Europe.
• September 24 » U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation's first National Monument.
• December 30 » The All-India Muslim League is founded in Dacca, East Bengal, British India (later Dhaka, Bangladesh).

The temperature on May 23, 1906 was between 8.4 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.