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• Aldert Bolhuis, Winschoten († 1944)
• Aart Roos, Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alexander Petrus Wanner, Rotterdam († 1963)
• Andreas Flapper, Slagharen, Nederland († 1974)
• Aaltje Kroes, Doornspijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana De L'Ange, Zedelgem,8210,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Van Baal Antonius Adrianus, Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Andreas Flapper, Slagharen († 1974)
• Alfred Charles Brindle, Walthamstow, London, England († 1975)
• Adriana Catharina Withagen, Halsteren († 1906)

• AnthoniE van der Eng (63), Akersloot
• ("François" Marie Jean de Reviers de Mauny (50), Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, France
• Abraham Slingerland (82), Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
• Roelofje Van Der Sleen (72), Hoogeveen
• Anna Arvilla Brown (23), Fox Township, Sullivan, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Anthonie van der Eng (63), Akersloot
• Bertha M S SCHÜTTE (0)
• Alphonsus Meerschaert (40), Gent
• Antje Visscher (74), Den Helder
• Anthonie VAN DER ENG (63), Akersloot

• 1903 » Raymond Suvigny, French weightlifter († 1945)
• 1903 » William Lyon, American film editor († 1974)
• 1904 » John Porter, Canadian ice hockey player († 1997)
• 1904 » Puck van Heel, Dutch footballer († 1984)
• 1905 » Christian Dior, French fashion designer, founded Christian Dior S.A. († 1957)
• 1905 » Karl Wallenda, German-American acrobat and tightrope walker, founded The Flying Wallendas († 1978)
• 1906 » Igor Moiseyev, Russian choreographer († 2007)
• 1906 » Leo Halle, Dutch footballer († 1992)
• 1907 » Carlo Cavagnoli, Italian boxer († 1991)
• 1907 » Jānis Mendriks, Latvian Catholic priest († 1953)

• 1881 » Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1802)
• 1891 » Calixa Lavallée, Canadian-American lieutenant and composer (b. 1842)
• 1901 » Elisha Gray, American engineer, co-founded Western Electric (b. 1835)
• 1914 » Theodor Kittelsen, Norwegian painter and illustrator (b. 1857)
• 1918 » Jan Drozdowski, Polish pianist and music teacher (b. 1857)
• 1919 » Ahmed Muhtar Pasha, Ottoman general and politician, 277th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1839)
• 1919 » Gojong of Korea (b. 1852)
• 1924 » Vladimir Lenin, Russian lawyer and politician (b. 1870)
• 1926 » Camillo Golgi, Italian physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1843)
• 1928 » George Washington Goethals, American general and engineer (b. 1858)

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.
• March 22 » The first England vs France rugby union match is played at Parc des Princes in Paris.
• September 13 » The Santos-Dumont 14-bis makes a short hop, the first flight of a fixed-wing aircraft in Europe.
• September 20 » The Cunard Line's RMSMauretania is launched at Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
• September 24 » U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation's first National Monument.
• September 30 » The Royal Galician Academy, the Galician language's biggest linguistic authority, starts working in La Coruña, Spain.

The temperature on January 21, 1906 was between 1.8 °C and 6.0 °C and averaged 3.3 °C. There was 5.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.