About the day » Monday August 5, 1907Calender converter

• "Marie Leopoldine" Josephine Bossi-Fedrigotti, Třebíč / Trebitsch, Tchéquie
• Andries Veenstra, idaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1945)
• Alice Anna SOUVAGIE, Wilskerke († 1992)
• Alida Beets, Bireuen, Lho Seumawé, N.I
• Aaltje Saan, Rotterdam, ZH, Nederland
• Alida Beets, Bireuen, Atjeh, Sumatra (RI)
• Aaltje Saan, Rotterdam († 1956)
• van de Wouw, Tilburg († 1907)
• Adriana Heemskerk, Alkemade, Kaag en Braassem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1907)
• VYVEY

• Blom (0), Oldenbroek
• Augustinus de Jong (49), Tilburg
• Abraham Post (3), Schiedam
• Carolus Ludovicus Demeulenaere (90), Wingene
• Adrianus STEPPE (56), Liedekerke,1770,Brabant Flamand,Bruxelles Capitale,BELGIQUE
• Abraham Johannes Antonius Kloos (2), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonij Bessem (59), Kring van Dorth (Gorssel)
• Adriana Prins (72), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Elisabeth Kuster, Doornenburg
• Antje Dik (61), Hoorn

• 1904 » Kenneth V. Thimann, English-American botanist and microbiologist († 1997)
• 1906 » Joan Hickson, English actress († 1998)
• 1906 » John Huston, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 1987)
• 1906 » Wassily Leontief, German-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1999)
• 1908 » Harold Holt, Australian lawyer and politician, 17th Prime Minister of Australia († 1967)
• 1908 » Jose Garcia Villa, Filipino short story writer and poet († 1997)
• 1910 » Bruno Coquatrix, French songwriter and manager († 1979)
• 1910 » Herminio Masantonio, Argentinian footballer († 1956)
• 1911 » Robert Taylor, American actor and singer († 1969)
• 1912 » Abbé Pierre, French priest and humanitarian († 2007)

• 1880 » Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra, Austrian physician and dermatologist (b. 1816)
• 1881 » Spotted Tail, American tribal chief (b. 1823)
• 1895 » Friedrich Engels, German philosopher (b. 1820)
• 1901 » Victoria, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom (b. 1840)
• 1904 » George Dibbs, Australian politician, 10th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1834)
• 1911 » Bob Caruthers, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1864)
• 1916 » George Butterworth, British composer, killed at the Battle of the Somme (b. 1885)
• 1921 » Dimitrios Rallis, Greek lawyer and politician, 78th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1844)
• 1929 » Millicent Fawcett, English trade union leader and activist (b. 1847)
• 1933 » Charles Harold Davis, American painter and academic (b. 1856)

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.
• February 9 » The Mud March is the first large procession organised by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS).
• 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.
• July 29 » Sir Robert Baden-Powell sets up the Brownsea Island Scout camp in Poole Harbour on the south coast of England. The camp runs from August 1 to August 9 and is regarded as the foundation of the Scouting movement.
• November 7 » Jesús García saves the entire town of Nacozari de García by driving a burning train full of dynamite six kilometers (3.7 miles) away before it can explode.
• November 16 » Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory join to form Oklahoma, which is admitted as the 46th U.S. state.

The temperature on August 5, 1907 was between 11.8 °C and 23.1 °C and averaged 18.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.