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• Adriana Suzanna de Ruijter, Rotterdam
• Agatha Jacobs Altenburg, Lutkewierum († 1986)
• Eekelen, van († 1943)
• Anna Schellemans, Niel, Antwerpen, België († 1981)
• Anna Kramer, Urk († 1979)
• Alida Giezen, Leiden, Nederland
• Alice Alderson, 2, Hicks, Lane, Whitehaven, Cumberland, England († 1993)
• Amy Shetter Burkholder, Chambersburg, Franklin Co, PA († 1970)
• Spenkelink, Nijverdal, gemeente Hellendoorn († 1906)
• Agnes Maria Wilhelmina Pernot, Grevenbicht († 1980)

• Amélie Vanderbeken (39), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana van KLOOSTER (35), Serooskerke, Nederland, Zeeland, Nederland
• catharina NOORDIJK (70), vlaardingen
• Amélie Vanderbeken (39), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg
• Bouke Van Ketel (3), haarlem
• Arij de Groot (78), Oud-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, NL
• Aaltje Karsch (23), Renkum
• Spenkelink (0), Nijverdal, gemeente Hellendoorn
• Adrianus Ossenblok, Princenhage, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Abraham Pieter FOKKER (66), Groningen,, Groningen, Nederland

• 1903 » Walter O'Malley, American lawyer and businessman († 1979)
• 1906 » J. R. Eyerman, American photographer and journalist († 1985)
• 1906 » Léopold Sédar Senghor, Senegalese poet and politician, 1st President of Senegal († 2001)
• 1907 » Horst Wessel, German SA officer († 1930)
• 1907 » Jacques Tati, French actor, director, and screenwriter († 1982)
• 1907 » Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone, English academic and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain († 2001)
• 1908 » Harry Hooton, Australian poet and critic († 1961)
• 1908 » Lee Wiley, American singer († 1975)
• 1908 » Werner von Haeften, German lieutenant († 1944)
• 1909 » Donald Coggan, English archbishop († 2000)

• 1873 » George Ormerod, English historian and author (b. 1785)
• 1897 » Jan Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1818)
• 1900 » Heinrich von Herzogenberg, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1843)
• 1911 » Jack Daniel, American businessman, founded Jack Daniel's (b. 1849)
• 1924 » Valery Bryusov, Russian author, poet, and critic (b. 1873)
• 1934 » Alexander I of Yugoslavia, King of Yugoslavia also known as Alexander the Unifier (b. 1888)
• 1934 » Louis Barthou, French union leader and politician, 78th Prime Minister of France (b. 1862)
• 1937 » Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse (b. 1868)
• 1940 » Wilfred Grenfell, English-American physician and missionary (b. 1865)
• 1941 » Helen Morgan, American singer and actress (b. 1900)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Adrianus
10. Jacobus
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 18 » An earthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco, California.
• April 27 » The State Duma of the Russian Empire meets for the first time.
• June 25 » Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania millionaire Harry Thaw shoots and kills prominent architect Stanford White.
• 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.)
• December 15 » The London Underground's Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opens.

The temperature on October 9, 1906 was between 10.2 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.