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• Aafke SPEK, Rotterdam Zuid-Holland Netherlands
• Aart de Waard, Maasland, Zuid-Holland, Nederlands († 1908)
• Aart de Waard, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1908)
• Aleida Henderika Elisabeth Siegers, Avereest, Overijssel, Nederland († 1909)
• Aart Jan van der VEN, IJsselmonde
• Agnes (Yunk) Younk, Marinette County, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten († 1989)
• Postema, Opende, Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland († 1906)
• Acushia Bevin Edgcumbe († 1918)
• Abraham Bravenboer, Nieuwenhoorn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Agnes Hermans, Hasselt (B)

• Adrianus Wilhelmus Antonius Spijkers (0), Goirle
• Anna BREEDVELD (73), Alblasserdam
• Caroline Josphine Petersen (33), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Nieuwenhuizen (60), Bunnik, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antje Klaassens Baas (73), Oostwold, Groningen, Netherlands
• Arie BRAND (65), Dordrecht
• Adrianus Raaijmakers (71), Sint-Michielsgestel
• Anton Sekora (59) (66), Uttigsdorf
• Arie Pietersz Jongebreur (76), Ouderkerk aan den IJssel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
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• 1896 » Roman Jakobson, Russian-American linguist and theorist († 1982)
• 1897 » Nathan Farragut Twining, American general († 1982)
• 1899 » Eddie Dyer, American baseball player and manager († 1964)
• 1901 » Masanobu Tsuji, Japanese colonel and politician († 1961)
• 1902 » Jayaprakash Narayan, Indian activist and politician († 1979)
• 1905 » Fred Trump, American real estate entrepreneur († 1999)
• 1910 » Cahit Arf, Turkish mathematician and academic († 1997)
• 1911 » Nello Pagani, Italian motorcycle racer and race car driver († 2003)
• 1913 » Joe Simon, American author and illustrator († 2011)
• 1915 » T. Llew Jones, Welsh author and poet († 2009)

• 1889 » James Prescott Joule, English physicist and brewer (b. 1818)
• 1896 » Anton Bruckner, Austrian organist, composer, and educator (b. 1824)
• 1896 » Edward Benson, English archbishop (b. 1829)
• 1897 » Léon Boëllmann, French organist and composer (b. 1862)
• 1904 » Mary Tenney Gray, American editorial writer, club-woman, philanthropist, and suffragette (b. 1833)
• 1908 » Rita Cetina Gutiérrez, Mexican poet, educator, and activist (b. 1846)
• 1932 » William Alden Smith, American lawyer and politician (b. 1859)
• 1935 » Steele Rudd, Australian author (b. 1868)
• 1940 » Vito Volterra, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1860)
• 1941 » Heinrich Gutkin, Estonian businessman and politician (b. 1879)

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.
• January 22 » SSValencia runs aground on rocks on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, killing more than 130.
• February 10 » HMSDreadnought, the first of a revolutionary new breed of battleships is christened and launched by King Edward VII.
• March 22 » The first England vs France rugby union match is played at Parc des Princes in Paris.
• September 12 » The Newport Transporter Bridge is opened in Newport, South Wales by Viscount Tredegar.
• 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.
• December 24 » Radio: Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.

The temperature on October 11, 1906 was between 8.4 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.