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• Amandine PION, Geraardsbergen, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Abraham Driessen, Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands († 1969)
• Mastbergen, Beek (Ubbergen) (GL) († 1906)
• Aafje Dienaar, Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrien Merle Hynes, California († 1989)
• Aleijda Sophia Wijffels, IJzendijke, Zeeland, Nederland Nederland († 1925)
• Alberdina Kroezen, Hollandscheveld († 2004)
• Allison H Diebels († 1996)
• Alphonsus Campo, Wilmarsdonk († 1977)
• Adriana Antonia Maria Veltman, Drunen

• Annigje Ram (41), Oldemarkt
• Cornelis Petrus Baart (39), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Van Landeghem (0), Temse, België
• Agnes van den Berg (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, Nederland
• Alida Maria Eijkman (71), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Coenraad Jacobus de Jong (65)
• Augusta Elizabeth Biddulph (59)
• Bastiaan van der Vliet (81), Andel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Petronilla Backx (40), Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• (70), Moorslede

• 1902 » Günther Anders, German philosopher and journalist († 1992)
• 1904 » Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate († 1973)
• 1907 » Weary Dunlop, Australian colonel and surgeon († 1993)
• 1908 » Alain Cuny, French actor († 1994)
• 1908 » Milton Berle, American comedian and actor († 2002)
• 1908 » Paul Runyan, American golfer and sportscaster († 2002)
• 1909 » Fritz Leonhardt, German engineer, designed Fernsehturm Stuttgart († 1999)
• 1909 » Herbert Zim, American naturalist, author, and educator († 1994)
• 1909 » Joe DeRita, American actor († 1993)
• 1909 » Motoichi Kumagai, Japanese photographer and illustrator († 2010)

• 1870 » John A. Dahlgren, American admiral (b. 1809)
• 1892 » Alexander Cartwright, American firefighter, invented baseball (b. 1820)
• 1910 » Charles Rolls, English engineer and businessman, co-founded Rolls-Royce Limited (b. 1887)
• 1926 » Charles Wood Irish composer (b. 1866)
• 1926 » Gertrude Bell, English archaeologist and spy (b. 1868)
• 1929 » Robert Henri, American painter and educator (b. 1865)
• 1931 » Nathan Söderblom, Swedish archbishop, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)
• 1934 » Ole Evinrude, Norwegian-American inventor and businessman, invented the outboard motor (b. 1877)
• 1935 » Alfred Dreyfus, French colonel (b. 1859)
• 1944 » Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., American general and politician, Governor of Puerto Rico (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 18 » Édouard de Laveleye forms the Belgian Olympic Committee in Brussels.
• March 31 » The Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States (later the National Collegiate Athletic Association) is established to set rules for college sports in the United States.
• April 7 » The Algeciras Conference gives France and Spain control over Morocco.
• August 13 » The all black infantrymen of the U.S. Army's 25th Infantry Regiment are accused of killing a white bartender and wounding a white police officer in Brownsville, Texas, despite exculpatory evidence; all are later dishonorably discharged. (Their records were later restored to reflect honorable discharges but there were no financial settlements.)
• 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).
• December 31 » Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar signs the Persian Constitution of 1906.

The temperature on July 12, 1906 was between 9.9 °C and 15.1 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 4.8 mm of rain. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.