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• Adriana Johanna Harthoorn, 's Heer Arendskerke († 1978)
• Adriana van Eekelen, Halsteren, N-Br, NL
• Abraham Schouten, Leiden
• Adam Mertens, Velsen, N-Hol, NL († 1977)
• Adrianus Johannes Vos, Naarden († 1979)
• Adriana Johanna Harthoorn, 's-Heer Arendskerke, Zeeland, Nederland († 1978)
• Agnes Hermina Johanna Heijtenis, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1933)
• Albert Ooijkaas, Delft († 1975)
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• Alexander Westplat, Amboina, Molukken († 1981)

• Andries van Assen (79), Renswoude
• Aafke Cornelis Straatsma (80), Rinsumageest
• Anna Elisabeth Piccar (86), Alken, België
• Auguste VAN COPPENOLLE (54), Renaix,9600,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Aaltje van Klaveren (30), Woubrugge, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• (63), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aafke Kornelis Straatsma (80), Rinsumageest
• Angela (Maria Angela) Berens, Berends (63), Klazienaveen, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aaltje van Ginkel (63), Utrecht, Utr, NL
• Barbara Eichten (66), Wereth

• 1900 » Amelia Chopitea Villa, Bolivia's first female physician († 1942)
• 1903 » Edgar Buchanan, American actor († 1979)
• 1904 » B. F. Skinner, American psychologist and author († 1990)
• 1905 » Jean Galia, French rugby player and boxer († 1949)
• 1906 » Abraham Beame, American accountant and politician, 104th Mayor of New York City († 2001)
• 1906 » Ozzie Nelson, American actor and bandleader († 1975)
• 1907 » Hugh MacLennan, Canadian author and educator († 1990)
• 1908 » Michael Redgrave, English actor and director († 1985)
• 1910 » Erwin Blask, German hammer thrower († 1999)
• 1911 » Alfonso García Robles, Mexican lawyer and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate († 1991)

• 1894 » Lajos Kossuth, Hungarian lawyer, journalist and politician (b. 1802)
• 1897 » Apollon Maykov, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1821)
• 1899 » Franz Ritter von Hauer, Austrian geologist and author (b. 1822)
• 1909 » Friedrich Amelung, Estonian historian and businessman (b. 1842)
• 1918 » Lewis A. Grant, American general and lawyer (b. 1828)
• 1925 » George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, English politician, 35th Governor-General of India (b. 1859)
• 1929 » Ferdinand Foch, French field marshal (b. 1851)
• 1930 » Arthur F. Andrews, American cyclist (b. 1876)
• 1931 » Hermann Müller, German journalist and politician, 12th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1876)
• 1933 » Giuseppe Zangara, Italian-American assassin of Anton Cermak (b. 1900; executed)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Adrianus
10. Jacobus
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.
• April 22 » The 1906 Intercalated Games, now recognized as part of the official Olympic Games, open in Athens.
• April 27 » The State Duma of the Russian Empire meets for the first time.
• May 6 » The Russian Constitution of 1906 is adopted (on April 23 by the Julian calendar).
• May 22 » The Wright brothers are granted U.S. patent number 821,393 for their "Flying-Machine".
• August 5 » Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, King of Iran, agrees to convert the government to a constitutional monarchy.
• September 18 » The 1906 Hong Kong typhoon kills an estimated 10,000 people.

The temperature on March 20, 1906 was between 0.4 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.