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• Adriana Groen in 't Woud, Breda
• Anna Adriana Petronella Schellekens, Dongen, North Brabant, Netherlands († 1990)
• Amelia Tuts, Halmaal, België († 1907)
• Adolf Bakker, Finsterwolde, Groningen, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes Kokshoorn, 's Gravenhage, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1996)
• Albert Dijkstra, Weststellingwerf
• Aaltje Stuurman, Elsloo († 1990)
• Alice Glee France, Centerville, Davis County, Utah, United States of America († 1953)
• Albertus ACHTERHOF, Usquert
• Angelus Albertus Torfs, Lier, België († 1906)

• Albartus Johannes Notten (60), Hengelo, Gelderland, Nederland
• (Stillborn) HEINS (0), Leegeweg Groningen Netherlands
• Arie in 't Hout (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan van Beurden (84), Tilburg
• Alberdina Johanna Reuvers (29), Lonneker-Noord Eschmarke
• ARIE OUDSHOORN (72), WASSENAAR
• Alijda van de Pol (23), amersfoort
• Charles Crittenden Woofter (18), Leopold, Doddridge, West Virginia, United States
• Alberdina Johanna Reuvers (29), Noord Eschmarke, Gem. Lonneker, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adriaan Vermeulen (71), Sint Maartensdijk

• 1899 » Edwin Way Teale, American environmentalist and photographer († 1980)
• 1899 » Lotte Reiniger, German animator and director († 1981)
• 1904 » Frank Runacres, English painter and educator († 1974)
• 1904 » Johnny Weissmuller, Hungarian-American swimmer and actor († 1984)
• 1907 » Dorothy West, American journalist and author († 1998)
• 1907 » John Lehmann, English poet and publisher († 1987)
• 1910 » Hector Dyer, American sprinter († 1990)
• 1911 » Joe McCluskey, American runner († 2002)
• 1913 » Barbara Pym, English author († 1980)
• 1913 » Elsie Tu, English-Hong Kong educator and politician († 2015)

• 1875 » Józef Kremer, Polish psychologist, historian, and philosopher (b. 1806)
• 1881 » Émile Littré, French lexicographer and philosopher (b. 1801)
• 1882 » Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian general and politician (b. 1807)
• 1901 » George Leslie Mackay, Canadian missionary and author (b. 1844)
• 1927 » Hüseyin Avni Lifij, Turkish painter (b. 1886)
• 1929 » Enrique Gorostieta, Mexican general (b. 1889)
• 1933 » Frank Jarvis, American runner and triple jumper (b. 1878)
• 1937 » Louis Vierne, French organist and composer (b. 1870)
• 1941 » Lou Gehrig, American baseball player (b. 1903)
• 1942 » Bunny Berigan, American singer and trumpet player (b. 1908)

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.
• April 18 » An earthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco, California.
• April 22 » The 1906 Intercalated Games, now recognized as part of the official Olympic Games, open in Athens.
• May 6 » The Russian Constitution of 1906 is adopted (on April 23 by the Julian calendar).
• May 22 » The Wright brothers are granted U.S. patent number 821,393 for their "Flying-Machine".
• 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 June 2, 1906 was between 3.6 °C and 14.7 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.