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• Antje Annetta Doornbos, Appingedam
• Adriana Jongeneel, Reeuwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1991)
• Anna Coleta Thielens, Laakdaal († 1988)
• Adrianus Vreugdenhil, Maasland, 3155, Nederland († 1908)
• Albert Zuiderweg, Hoogezand († 2006)
• Alfred Ernest BOORE, Brighon, Sussex († 1986)
• Adriana Johanna Burgman, Nieuwer Amstel († 1973)
• Albert Berends Hendriks, Leeuwarden, Gemeente Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 1962)
• Albert Berend Hendriks, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Holland († 1962)
• Alida Magdalena Pattyn, Ardooie

• Anne Pedersdatter Langehaug Intelhus (69), United States
• Benilde Bauwens (0), Graauw en Langendam, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adriana Couters (Kouters) (70), Oud en Nieuw Gastel
• Aldert Bakker (28), Groningen
• Anna Elisabeth GEIJS (19), Rotterdam
• Albertinus Reginus ten Cate (45)
• Annechien Alberts Luinge (77), Eelde, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Aaltjen Overbeek (64), Markelo, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Adriaan Lich (70), Veenhuizen (gem. Stadskanaal)
• Adriana Kouters (70), Oud en Nieuw Gastel

• 1899 » Douglas Abbott, Canadian lawyer and politician, 10th Canadian Minister of Defence († 1987)
• 1902 » Harry Kadwell, Australian rugby league player and coach († 1999)
• 1903 » Bob Hope, English-American actor, singer, and producer († 2003)
• 1904 » Hubert Opperman, Australian cyclist and politician († 1996)
• 1905 » Sebastian Shaw, English actor, director, and playwright († 1994)
• 1906 » T. H. White, Indian-English author († 1964)
• 1907 » Hartland Molson, Canadian captain and politician († 2002)
• 1908 » Diana Morgan, Welsh-English playwright and screenwriter († 1996)
• 1910 » Ralph Metcalfe, American sprinter and politician († 1978)
• 1913 » Tony Zale, American boxer († 1997)

• 1892 » Bahá'u'lláh, Persian religious leader, founded the Bahá'í Faith (b. 1817)
• 1896 » Gabriel Auguste Daubrée, French geologist and academic (b. 1814)
• 1903 » Bruce Price, American architect, designed the Château Frontenac and American Surety Building (b. 1845)
• 1910 » Mily Balakirev, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1837)
• 1911 » W. S. Gilbert, English playwright and poet (b. 1836)
• 1914 » Henry Seton-Karr, English explorer, hunter, and author (b. 1853)
• 1914 » Laurence Sydney Brodribb Irving, English author and playwright (b. 1871)
• 1917 » Kate Harrington, American poet and educator (b. 1831)
• 1919 » Robert Bacon, American colonel and politician, 39th United States Secretary of State (b. 1860)
• 1920 » Carlos Deltour, French rower (b. 1864)

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.
• March 22 » The first England vs France rugby union match is played at Parc des Princes in Paris.
• June 8 » Theodore Roosevelt signs the Antiquities Act into law, authorizing the President to restrict the use of certain parcels of public land with historical or conservation value.
• June 25 » Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania millionaire Harry Thaw shoots and kills prominent architect Stanford White.
• September 7 » Alberto Santos-Dumont flies his 14-bis aircraft at Bagatelle, France for the first time successfully.
• September 24 » Racial tensions exacerbated by rumors lead to the Atlanta Race Riot, further increasing racial segregation.

The temperature on May 29, 1906 was between 11.2 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.