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• Alexander Arnoldus Riedel, Broek op L'dijk
• Alberic DE WITTE, Aaigem, 9420, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgique († 1973)
• Akke Spiekstra, Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Abraham Jansz van der Meij, Rijnsburg († 1978)
• Adrianus Rooijendijk, Zeeland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1985)
• Aafke Elzinga, Kolham, Slochteren, Groningen, Netherlands († 1984)
• Adriana de Vries, Rotterdam
• Geersing, peize († 1929)
• Adrianus Cornelis Hofman, Vaals († 1911)
• Albertus van der Lek, Utrecht († 1906)

• Alfred James Barker (88), Fig, Ashe County, North Carolina, United States
• Berend Freerks Hoek (70), Rhaudermoor, Ostfriesland, Germany
• (2) Cornelis Hendriksz Butter (77), Monnickendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• - van de Belt (0), op de Belt (Wanneperveen)
• Barelina Koops (45), Gasteren, Anloo, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Ruigrok (0), Rotterdam,-
• Catharina Dorothea Houwert (26), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Andrea Emelia Fredericke Dorothea Staudt (80), Rijsenburg,Gemeente Utrechtse Heuvelrug,Utrecht,Netherlands
• Barbara Mahler (56), Elek, Bekes, Ungarn
• Aaltje Broesder (59), Scheemda, Groningen, Nederland

• 1900 » Isobel Hogg Kerr Beattie, Scottish architect († 1970)
• 1902 » Stefan Wolpe, German-American composer and educator († 1972)
• 1903 » Arpad Elo, Hungarian-American chess player, created the Elo rating system († 1992)
• 1905 » Faustina Kowalska, Polish nun and saint († 1938)
• 1906 » Jim Smith, English cricketer († 1979)
• 1909 » Michael Rennie, English actor and producer († 1971)
• 1909 » Ruby Keeler, Canadian-American actress, singer, and dancer († 1993)
• 1910 » Dorothea Tanning, American painter, sculptor, and poet († 2012)
• 1910 » George Cisar, American baseball player († 2010)
• 1911 » Võ Nguyên Giáp, Vietnamese general and politician, 3rd Minister of Defence for Vietnam († 2013)

• 1886 » Zinovios Valvis, Greek lawyer and politician, 35th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1791)
• 1892 » William Champ, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Tasmania (b. 1808)
• 1900 » Friedrich Nietzsche, German philologist, philosopher, and critic (b. 1844)
• 1904 » Henri Fantin-Latour, French painter and lithographer (b. 1836)
• 1908 » Henri Becquerel, French physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1916 » Mary Tappan Wright, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1851)
• 1921 » Nikolay Gumilyov, Russian poet and critic (b. 1886)
• 1924 » Mariano Álvarez, Filipino general and politician (b. 1818)
• 1924 » Velma Caldwell Melville, American editor, and writer of prose and poetry (b. 1858)
• 1925 » Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, Austrian field marshal (b. 1852)

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.
• February 10 » HMSDreadnought, the first of a revolutionary new breed of battleships is christened and launched by King Edward VII.
• March 15 » Rolls-Royce Limited is incorporated.
• September 20 » The Cunard Line's RMSMauretania is launched at Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
• September 25 » Leonardo Torres y Quevedo demonstrates the Telekino, guiding a boat from the shore, in what is considered to be the first use of a remote control.
• October 11 » San Francisco sparks a diplomatic crisis between the United States and Japan by ordering segregated schools for Japanese students.
• December 15 » The London Underground's Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opens.

The temperature on August 25, 1906 was between 14.2 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 8.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.