About the day » Saturday January 13, 1906Calender converter

• Veenvliet, Lonneker
• Aaltje Kolk, De Wijk († 1906)
• Alphonsus Adrianus Johannes Raaijmakers, Ossendrecht, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 1984)
• Alphonse Herman Vieane, Madioen, Indonesië
• Albert Hendrik Joannes GILKENS, Hasselt, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie († 1906)
• Anna Francina Willemsd ten Brink, Veenoord, gem Sleen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Albertus Johannes Joseph Maria Jansen, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1923)
• Adriana Noordhoek, Kortgene, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna Antonia Maters, Beuningen
• Adrianus Copens, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• Anke Bonnema (81), Hoogkerk, Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
• Aaltje Donker (86), Twisk
• Anna Koot (66), Utrecht
• Aaltje Donker (86), Medemblik (Twisk) (Noord Holland)
• Anna Helena Kösters (5), Lindloh, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Anna Maria Catharina Linders (38), Deurne, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Antje Bakkum (66), Heerhugowaard
• Anna Koot Koot (66)
• Aaltje Hoogeveen (39)
• * Christiaan van Duuren (82), Benschop

• 1901 » A. B. Guthrie, Jr., American novelist, screenwriter, historian († 1991)
• 1902 » Karl Menger, Austrian-American mathematician from the Vienna Circle († 1985)
• 1904 » Dick Rowley, Irish footballer, centre forward († 1984)
• 1904 » Nathan Milstein, Ukrainian-American violinist and composer († 1992)
• 1904 » Richard Addinsell, English composer († 1977)
• 1905 » Jack London, English sprinter and pianist († 1966)
• 1905 » Kay Francis, American actress († 1968)
• 1906 » Zhou Youguang, Chinese linguist, sinologist, and academic († 2017)
• 1909 » Helm Glöckler, German race car driver († 1993)
• 1910 » Yannis Tsarouchis, Greek painter and illustrator († 1989)

• 1885 » Schuyler Colfax, American journalist and politician, 17th Vice President of the United States (b. 1823)
• 1889 » Solomon Bundy, American lawyer and politician (b. 1823)
• 1905 » George Thorn, Australian farmer and politician, 6th Premier of Queensland (b. 1838)
• 1906 » Alexander Stepanovich Popov, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1859)
• 1907 » Jakob Hurt, Estonian theologist and linguist (b. 1839)
• 1915 » Mary Slessor, Scottish-Nigerian missionary (b. 1848)
• 1916 » Victoriano Huerta, Mexican military officer and president, 1913–1914 (b. 1850)
• 1923 » Alexandre Ribot, French academic and politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1842)
• 1924 » Georg Hermann Quincke, German physicist and academic (b. 1834)
• 1929 » Wyatt Earp, American police officer (b. 1848)

• 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 27 » The State Duma of the Russian Empire meets for the first time.
• June 8 » Theodore Roosevelt signs the Antiquities Act into law, authorizing the President to restrict the use of certain parcels of public land with historical or conservation value.
• 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 20 » The Cunard Line's RMSMauretania is launched at Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
• October 16 » The Wilhelm Voigt fools the city hall of Köpenick and several soldiers by impersonating a Prussian officer.
• December 31 » Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar signs the Persian Constitution of 1906.

The temperature on January 13, 1906 was between 4.3 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 17.7 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.