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• Alice PLYSON, Keiem 8600 Be
• Alice Mary CROSLAND, Holmfirth, West Riding, Yorkshire, England († 1951)
• Agnes Duringer, Linz († 1998)
• Adriana Dekker, Gouda
• Adrianus Froon, Utrecht († 1906)
• Adrianus Gerardus Josephus BOTS, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1972)
• Abelina Ruuls, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Polak, Poortugaal († 1906)
• Adriana Elscot, Rotterdam
• * Mijntje (Mijnsje) de Bruin, Ameide († 1990)

• Angelica Teegardin (74), Home, Marshall, Kansas, United States
• Anna Wendelina Terwogt (80), Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Hogerhout (83), Utrecht
• Adriana BOL,VAN DER (76), Monster,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Annigje DOEVENDANS (0), Barsbeek, Steenwijkerland, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Hogerhout (84), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna maria Hax (42.2) (74), Weert, Limburg, Nederland
• Adolf Kreutzelman (63), Borger, Nederland
• "Elisabeth" Marie Frontine Beleymes (88), Cherveix-Cubas, Dordogne, France
• Andries Poppelier (72), Zwijndrecht, Nederland

• 1896 » André Masson, French painter and illustrator († 1987)
• 1896 » Everett Dirksen, American politician († 1969)
• 1897 » Chen Cheng, Chinese politician, Vice President of the Republic of China († 1965)
• 1900 » James Bond, American ornithologist and zoologist († 1989)
• 1901 » C. L. R. James, Trinidadian journalist and theorist († 1989)
• 1902 » John A. McCone, American businessman and politician, 6th Director of Central Intelligence († 1991)
• 1905 » Sterling Holloway, American actor († 1992)
• 1913 » Malietoa Tanumafili II, Samoan ruler († 2007)
• 1916 » Lionel Newman, American pianist and composer († 1989)
• 1916 » Robert Parrish, American actor and director († 1995)

• 1891 » Antoine Labelle, Canadian priest (b. 1833)
• 1896 » Joseph Hubert Reinkens, German bishop and academic (b. 1821)
• 1900 » Stanisław Mieroszewski, Polish-born politician, writer, historian and member of the Imperial Council of Austria (b. 1827)
• 1901 » Nikolaos Gyzis, Greek painter and academic (b. 1842)
• 1904 » Anna Winlock, American astronomer and academic (b. 1857)
• 1910 » Léon Delagrange, French pilot and sculptor (b. 1873)
• 1912 » Clarence Dutton, American geologist and soldier (b. 1841)
• 1919 » Georg von Hertling, German academic and politician, 7th Chancellor of the German Empire (b. 1843)
• 1920 » Benito Pérez Galdós, Spanish author and playwright (b. 1843)
• 1924 » Alfred Grünfeld, Austrian pianist and composer (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.
• March 22 » The first England vs France rugby union match is played at Parc des Princes in Paris.
• April 7 » Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.
• August 16 » The 8.2 M_w Valparaíso earthquake hits central Chile, killing 3,882 people.
• September 24 » U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation's first National Monument.
• December 10 » U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt wins the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the mediation of the Russo-Japanese War, becoming the first American to win a Nobel Prize.
• December 31 » Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar signs the Persian Constitution of 1906.

The temperature on January 4, 1906 was between 4.6 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 3.6 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.