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• Albert SLOTTJE, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aletta Hendrika Jacoba Dietz, Utrecht
• Aaltje Sloot, Beerzerveld († 1906)
• Scholma, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1982)
• Albert Jouwert Slottje, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• "Raymond" Marie Guyot d'Asnières de Salins, Lorient, Morbihan, France († 1988)
• Aart van den Heuvel, 's-Gravendeel († 1934)
• Albertha Johanna van Harten, Lunteren
• Adrianus Leonardus Sebastiaan Stevens, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1984)
• Adriana van Lierop, Valkenswaard († 1908)

• Berend Frans (0), Slochteren
• Antje Niemeijer (73), Vlagtwedde, Groningen, Netherlands
• Jetze de Boer (52), Schoterland
• Abraham Davids van Gelder (65), Leeuwarden
• Aleida Johanna Peters (0), Millingen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arthur Jozef CASTELEYN (0), Torhout
• Antonia Cornelia SCHELLEKENS (0), Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arie Jansz de Geus (83), 's-Gravendeel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Hoppen (71), Heino
• Barbara Rosalia Libeer (85), Ledegem

• 1901 » Eivind Groven, Norwegian composer and theorist († 1977)
• 1903 » Georgy Geshev, Bulgarian chess player († 1937)
• 1904 » Yves Giraud-Cabantous, French race car driver († 1973)
• 1907 » Richard Sharpe Shaver, American author and illustrator († 1975)
• 1908 » Ezekias Papaioannou, Greek-Cypriot politician († 1988)
• 1910 » Gus Hall, American soldier and politician († 2000)
• 1910 » Helmut Kallmeyer, German chemist and soldier († 2006)
• 1910 » Kirk Alyn, American actor († 1999)
• 1910 » Paulette Dubost, French actress († 2011)
• 1910 » Ray Lewis, Canadian runner († 2003)

• 1879 » Miguel Grau Seminario, Peruvian admiral (b. 1834)
• 1886 » Austin F. Pike, American lawyer and politician (b. 1819)
• 1897 » Alexei Savrasov, Russian painter and academic (b. 1830)
• 1928 » Larry Semon, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1889)
• 1931 » John Monash, Australian general and engineer (b. 1865)
• 1936 » Ahmet Tevfik Pasha, Ottoman politician, 292nd Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1845)
• 1936 » Premchand, Indian author and screenwriter (b. 1880)
• 1936 » Red Ames, American baseball player and manager (b. 1882)
• 1936 » William Henry Stark, American businessman (b. 1851)
• 1942 » Sergey Chaplygin, Russian physicist, mathematician, and engineer (b. 1869)

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.
• April 14 » The Azusa Street Revival opens and will launch Pentecostalism as a worldwide movement.
• 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 16 » The 8.2 M_w Valparaíso earthquake hits central Chile, killing 3,882 people.
• September 5 » The first legal forward pass in American football is thrown by Bradbury Robinson of St. Louis University to teammate Jack Schneider in a 22–0 victory over Carroll College (Wisconsin).
• September 24 » U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation's first National Monument.
• 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.

The temperature on October 8, 1906 was between 8.2 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.