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• Adriaan Visser, Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes van der Pol, Utrecht
• Andrieske Margaretha Ypma, Achlum (FRL), Franekeradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1980)
• Adriaan Kroesbeek, Hillegersberg
• Aloijsius Johannes de Waal, Hontenisse
• Termaat, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Maria van der Valk, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Addie Edna Dean Willis, Enigma, Berrien, Georgia, Verenigde Staten († 1985)
• Anna Catharina Kleinenberg, Nieuw-Weerdinge, Emmen († 1908)
• Anna Maria Angela Dorothea Elisabeth Euphemia Adelheid Gabriëlle Prinses Radziwill, Balice, Klein-Polen († 1995)

• angenietje haagsman (74), zoelmond
• Adriana Maria Treffers (78), Druten, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltien GREVING (29), Rolde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Arie LETSCH (69), Scheveningen, gemeente 's-Gravenhage (Z-H)
• Agatha Maria ten BERGE (45), Groningen
• Adam Luken (55), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Tak (59), Oudenbosch
• Adriana Maria Treffers (78), Druten
• Adriana Treffers (78), Druten
• Agatha Maria ten Berge (44), Groningen

• 1902 » John G. Crommelin, American admiral and politician († 1996)
• 1904 » Graham Greene, English novelist, playwright, and critic († 1991)
• 1904 » Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian academic and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of India († 1966)
• 1905 » Franjo Šeper, Croatian cardinal († 1981)
• 1906 » August Komendant, Estonian-American engineer and academic († 1992)
• 1906 » Thomas Hollway, Australian politician, 36th Premier of Victoria († 1971)
• 1907 » Alexander R. Todd, Scottish-English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1997)
• 1907 » Víctor Paz Estenssoro, Bolivian politician, 52nd President of Bolivia († 2001)
• 1909 » Alex Raymond, American cartoonist, creator of Flash Gordon († 1956)
• 1911 » Jack Finney, American author and playwright († 1995)

• 1853 » François Arago, French mathematician, physicist, astronomer, and politician, 25th Prime Minister of France (b. 1786)
• 1920 » Max Bruch, German composer and conductor (b. 1838)
• 1927 » Svante Arrhenius, Swedish physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1938 » Alexandru Averescu, Romanian field marshal and politician, 24th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1859)
• 1938 » André Lagache, French race car driver and engineer (b. 1885)
• 1943 » John Evans, English-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Tasmania (b. 1855)
• 1947 » P. D. Ouspensky, Russian-English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1878)
• 1953 » John Marin, American painter (b. 1870)
• 1955 » Humphrey Barclay, English priest (b. 1882)
• 1955 » William Orthwein, American swimmer and water polo player (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. Wilhelmus
13. Dirk
14. Hendrikus
15. Arie
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Jacoba
11. Petronella
12. Aaltje
13. Grietje
14. Geertruida
15. Neeltje
16. Helena

• 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 5.6 million citizens.
• January 14 » An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000 people.
• July 7 » Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. staged his first Follies on the roof of the New York Theater in New York City.
• July 21 » The passenger steamer SS Columbia sinks after colliding with the steam schooner San Pedro off Shelter Cove, California, killing 88 people.
• August 3 » Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis fines Standard Oil of Indiana a record $29.4million for illegal rebating to freight carriers; the conviction and fine are later reversed on appeal.
• October 27 » Fifteen people are killed in Hungary when a gunman opens fire on a crowd gathered at a church consecration.
• December 17 » Ugyen Wangchuck is crowned first King of Bhutan.

The temperature on October 2, 1907 was between 9.8 °C and 16.3 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 10.8 mm of rain. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.