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• Alfred James Johnson, Ballarat East, Victoria Australia († 1982)
• Albertha van Triest, Alphen aan de Rijn († 1981)
• Anna Margaretha Speller, Barger-Compascuum († 2004)
• Albertina Cornelia STOUTHART, Vlissingen († 1940)
• Andries Johannes Hendrikus van Mastbergen, Almelo († 1907)
• Agnes Maria Henrica Hubertina Crompvoets, Roermond, Limburg, Nederland († 1918)
• Anna Maria Catharina Greijmans, Nederweert, Limburg (NL.) († 1912)
• , Veenendaal († 1997)
• Abramine Rekers, Enschede
• Adolf Sloetjes, Wisch († 1994)

• Antonia ter Braake (51), Almelo, Nederland
• Anna van Batum (78), Rotterdam,-
• Adrianus Raap (54), Driesum, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Catharina Seeuws (82), Alphen en Riel, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Hendriks Raap (54), Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Berend Wezeman (0)
• Ane Wouters Sijsma (73), Doniawerstal, The Netherlands
• Antonetta de Graaf (69), Oud-en Nieuw-Gastel (N.B.)
• Abina Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz (43), utrecht (utrecht)
• Antonia ter Braake (51), Stad Almelo, Nederland

• 1905 » Henry Koster, German-American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1988)
• 1906 » Horst Schumann, German SS officer and physician († 1983)
• 1907 » Hayes Alvis, American bassist († 1972)
• 1907 » Kate Smith, American singer and actress († 1986)
• 1908 » Giovannino Guareschi, Italian journalist and author († 1968)
• 1908 » Morris Kline, American mathematician and academic († 1992)
• 1909 » Endel Puusepp, Estonian-Soviet military pilot and politician († 1996)
• 1909 » Yiannis Ritsos, Greek poet and playwright († 1990)
• 1910 » Behice Boran, Turkish sociologist and politician († 1987)
• 1910 » Raya Dunayevskaya, Ukrainian-American philosopher and activist († 1987)

• 1873 » David Livingstone, Scottish-English missionary and explorer (b. 1813)
• 1899 » Ludwig Büchner, German physiologist and physician (b. 1824)
• 1904 » Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer and academic (b. 1841)
• 1913 » John Barclay Armstrong, American lieutenant (b. 1850)
• 1920 » Princess Margaret of Connaught (b. 1882)
• 1935 » Henri Pélissier, French cyclist (b. 1889)
• 1943 » Johan Oscar Smith, Norwegian religious leader, founded the Brunstad Christian Church (b. 1871)
• 1945 » Joseph Goebbels, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1897)
• 1945 » Magda Goebbels, German wife of Joseph Goebbels (b. 1901)
• 1953 » Everett Shinn, American painter and illustrator (b. 1876)

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.
• March 24 » The first issue of the Georgian Bolshevik newspaper Dro is published.
• April 15 » Triangle Fraternity is founded at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
• May 23 » The unicameral Parliament of Finland gathers for its first plenary session.
• July 7 » Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. staged his first Follies on the roof of the New York Theater in New York City.
• September 26 » Four months after the 1907 Imperial Conference, New Zealand and Newfoundland are promoted from colonies to dominions within the British Empire.
• November 16 » Cunard Line's RMSMauretania, sister ship of RMSLusitania, sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.

The temperature on May 1, 1907 was between 2.6 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 19.5 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.