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• Anna Christina de Groot, Amsterdam
• Adriana van der Marel, Vlaardingen, Nederland († 2000)
• Agnes Michelbrink, Gendringen († 1999)
• Adriaan Bosman, Utrecht
• Agnes Maria Hendrina Hermsen, Doornenburg, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1977)
• Adrianus van 't Hof, Ijsselmonde, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Pannekoek, Ouwerkerk gem. Schouwen Duiveland Zld. NL († 1953)
• Agnes Michelbrink, Megchelen (Oude Ijsselstreek), Gelderland, Nederland († 1999)
• Agatha Anna Maria Nelissen, Veldwezelt, Lanaken (B) († 1994)
• Aleida MINK, Oberhausen (Dld)

• Anna Hilbartha Hoeks (39), Kloosterveen, Assen
• Anna Elisabeth Pieters van der Sloot (92), Oosttellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Antje Dirks Dinhart (Dinhard) (95), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth van der Sloot (92), Ooststellingwerf
• Antonius Fredericus Withoos (0), Boxtel
• Augustinus Verbist (53), Wilmarsdonk
• Adriana Maria van den Heuvel (0), Zaltbommel
• Arie de NIET (49), Scheveningen, gemeente 's-Gravenhage (Z-H)
• Antje Dirks Dinhart (95), Ljouwert (Leeuwarden), Fryslân, Nederland
• Adrianus Bouwens (39), Udenhout

• 1900 » Claude Pepper, American lawyer and politician († 1989)
• 1900 » Tilly Devine, English-Australian organised crime boss († 1970)
• 1901 » Hendrik Verwoerd, Dutch-South African journalist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of South Africa († 1966)
• 1903 » Jane Arbor, English author († 1994)
• 1906 » Andrei Kirilenko, Russian engineer and politician († 1990)
• 1907 » William Wentworth, Australian economist and politician, 11th Australian Minister for Human Services († 2003)
• 1909 » Józef Noji, Polish runner († 1943)
• 1910 » Jean-Louis Barrault, French actor and director († 1994)
• 1914 » Denys Lasdun, English architect, designed the Royal National Theatre († 2001)
• 1914 » Patriarch Demetrios I of Constantinople († 1991)

• 1882 » Joseph Liouville, French mathematician and academic (b. 1809)
• 1894 » Hermann von Helmholtz, German physician and physicist (b. 1821)
• 1909 » Vere St. Leger Goold, Irish tennis player (b. 1853)
• 1916 » Friedrich Baumfelder, German pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1836)
• 1933 » Faisal I of Iraq (b. 1883)
• 1935 » Carl Weiss, American physician (b. 1906)
• 1940 » Hemmo Kallio, Finnish actor (b. 1863)
• 1942 » Rıza Nur, Turkish surgeon and politician (b. 1879)
• 1943 » Julius Fučík, Czech journalist (b. 1903)
• 1944 » Jan van Gilse, Dutch composer and conductor (b. 1881)

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 10 » HMSDreadnought, the first of a revolutionary new breed of battleships is christened and launched by King Edward VII.
• March 15 » Rolls-Royce Limited is incorporated.
• June 26 » The first Grand Prix motor race is held at Le Mans.
• 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 1 » The International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys is established.
• December 31 » Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar signs the Persian Constitution of 1906.

The temperature on September 8, 1906 was between 12.5 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.