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• Albertina Paulina Melgers, 's-Heerenberg, Gelderland, Nederland († 1977)
• Anna Catharina Stassen, Meeuwen, Meeuwen-Gruitrode (B) († 1969)
• Adriaan van Doesburg, Tiel († 1987)
• Albert Schonewille, Eickel Gelsenkirchen, Duitsland († 1951)
• Adrianus Johannes van Adrichem, Vlaardinger-Ambacht († 1983)
• Alphonse Constance Danielle Baumgarten († 1985)
• Albert T Monson, Kansas († 1979)
• Anna Maria Fastenau, Vlissingen
• Anna Mehlgarten, Bremen (Vrije Hanzestad Bremen) († 1983)
• Aart van Beek, Barneveld

• Augustus Colvin (83), Factoryville, Clinton Township, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania
• Alphons Julien Eduard Vervaet (0), Westdorpe
• Betje Eddina van Slogteren (55), Koog aan de Zaan, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonetta Hubertina Peeters (39), Maasbree
• Pieter Simon Zijlmans (63), Haarlemmermeer
• Arnoldus Weenk (0), Zelhem
• Anna Barbara Lenssen (0), Kerkrade (L
• Abraham Deurloo (73), 's Gravenhage, den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Siertsema (45), Groningen
• Abraham Deurloo (73), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands

• 1899 » Karl-Günther Heimsoth, German physician and politician († 1934)
• 1903 » Cornell Woolrich, American author († 1968)
• 1904 » Albert Norden, German journalist and politician († 1982)
• 1908 » Alfred Hershey, American bacteriologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1997)
• 1910 » Alex North, American composer and conductor († 1991)
• 1910 » R. Venkataraman, Indian lawyer and politician, 6th President of India († 2009)
• 1912 » Pappy Boyington, American colonel and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient († 1988)
• 1913 » Mark Robson, Canadian-American director and producer († 1978)
• 1914 » Claude Renoir, French cinematographer († 1993)
• 1914 » Rudolf Hausner, Austrian painter and sculptor († 1995)

• 1893 » John Tyndall, Irish-English physicist and chemist (b. 1820)
• 1897 » Griffith Rhys Jones, Welsh conductor (b. 1834)
• 1902 » Charles Dow, American journalist and publisher, co-founded the Dow Jones & Company (b. 1851)
• 1926 » Ivana Kobilca, Slovenian painter (b. 1861)
• 1933 » Stefan George, German-Swiss poet and translator (b. 1868)
• 1935 » Charles Richet, French physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1850)
• 1935 » Johan Halvorsen, Norwegian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1864)
• 1938 » Tamanishiki San'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 32nd Yokozuna (b. 1903)
• 1942 » Fritz Löhner-Beda, Jewish Austrian librettist, lyricist and writer (b. 1883)
• 1942 » Juhan Kukk, Estonian politician, 3rd Head of State of Estonia (b. 1885)

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.
• April 17 » The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than on any other day.
• July 21 » The passenger steamer SS Columbia sinks after colliding with the steam schooner San Pedro off Shelter Cove, California, killing 88 people.
• August 29 » The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.
• September 26 » Four months after the 1907 Imperial Conference, New Zealand and Newfoundland are promoted from colonies to dominions within the British Empire.
• December 16 » The American Great White Fleet begins its circumnavigation of the world.
• December 21 » The Chilean Army commits a massacre of at least 2,000 striking saltpeter miners in Iquique, Chile.

The temperature on December 4, 1907 was between 0.8 °C and 6.3 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.