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• Anthonius Bruggeling, Monster († 1933)
• Antonius Bruggeling, Monster
• Hengeveld, Maartensdijk
• Adriana Ocks, Rotterdam († 1951)
• Elisabeth Johanna Koevoets, Oud en Nieuw Gastel († 1968)
• Aaltje Hakkers, Heemse, Overijssel, Nederland († 1953)
• Aloisius Wilhelmus Schepers, Oer., Gelderland, Nederland († 1929)
• Aaltje van Beek, Putten († 2002)
• Agnes Florencia Treunen, Wellen, België († 1983)
• (l.l.) Zwijgers, Willemstad († 1906)

• Adriana Wilhelmina van der Lee (0), Vlijmen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anton Wilhelm Josef Verhoeven (3), Donsbruggen
• Anthonij van der Weele (64), Sheboygan, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• Zwijgers (0), Willemstad, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Zoer (3), Dwingeloo
• Adriana Maria van den Nieuwenhof (15), Nuenen
• Aimard Marie Louis de Gonzague Charles de Nicolaÿ (78), Verton
• Anna Overweg (4), Vollenhove, Stad
• anthony VERMAAT (86), goudswaard
• Ana Maria Stokman (1), Sloten, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1902 » Cola Debrot, Dutch physician, lawyer, and politician († 1981)
• 1902 » Ronnie Aird, English cricketer and administrator († 1986)
• 1903 » Luther Adler, American actor († 1984)
• 1903 » Paul Demel, Czech actor († 1951)
• 1905 » Al Dexter, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1984)
• 1906 » Gustav Bergmann, Austrian-American philosopher from the Vienna Circle († 1987)
• 1907 » Lincoln Kirstein, American soldier and playwright, co-founded the New York City Ballet († 1996)
• 1907 » Walter Walsh, American target shooter and FBI agent († 2014)
• 1908 » Wolrad Eberle, German decathlete († 1949)
• 1911 » Evald Seepere, Estonian boxer († 1990)

• 1901 » John Jones Ross, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Premier of Quebec (b. 1831)
• 1903 » Gotse Delchev, Macedonian Bulgarian revolutionary IMRO (b. 1872)
• 1912 » Nettie Stevens, American geneticist credited with discovering sex chromosomes (b. 1861)
• 1916 » Ned Daly, Irish rebel commander (Easter Rising) (b. 1891)
• 1916 » John Murray, Australian politician, 23rd Premier of Victoria (b. 1851)
• 1916 » Joseph Plunkett, Irish rebel and writer (b. 1887)
• 1916 » Willie Pearse, Irish rebel (b. 1891)
• 1919 » Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Slovak general and politician (b. 1880)
• 1922 » Viktor Kingissepp, Estonian politician (b. 1888)
• 1923 » Ralph McKittrick, American golfer and tennis player (b. 1877)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacobus
10. Adrianus
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.
• January 22 » SSValencia runs aground on rocks on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, killing more than 130.
• May 22 » The Wright brothers are granted U.S. patent number 821,393 for their "Flying-Machine".
• August 13 » The all black infantrymen of the U.S. Army's 25th Infantry Regiment are accused of killing a white bartender and wounding a white police officer in Brownsville, Texas, despite exculpatory evidence; all are later dishonorably discharged. (Their records were later restored to reflect honorable discharges but there were no financial settlements.)
• September 7 » Alberto Santos-Dumont flies his 14-bis aircraft at Bagatelle, France for the first time successfully.
• September 18 » The 1906 Hong Kong typhoon kills an estimated 10,000 people.
• December 31 » Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar signs the Persian Constitution of 1906.

The temperature on May 4, 1906 was between 8.2 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 6.4 mm of rain. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.