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• Anna Cornelia Janssen, Roosteren, Nederland († 1989)
• Ankje Mintjes van der Kooi, Anjum († 1995)
• Anna Johanna Philomena Franken, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, Nederland († 1919)
• Adolph Nitschelm, Vrijeban
• Alice Elisa Evens, Meerbeke († 1976)
• Anna Christina Elisabeth Doumen, Neeroeteren, Provincie Limburg, België († 2001)
• Aagje Torenbeek, De Rijp, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Leopoldina VERBAENEN, Antwerpen Belgie († 1941)
• Aegidius Hubertus Heuts, Gronsveld, Limburg, Nederland († 1971)
• Alida Theodora Gruiters, Amsterdam

• Anna Versluis (69), Langeraar
• Albertjen Harms Mesken (55), Groningen
• Antoinetta van Tetering (68)
• Adriaan Deurloo (0), Grand Rapids, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Sluiter, Anna Antonetta (0), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Albertien Freerks Smit (58), Odoorn, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Arnoldus Ouwerkerk (0), Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Maria van Gorp (25)
• Anna Maria Cecilia Koerkamp (73), Gelderingen (Steenwijkerwold)
• Alida Petronella van Eck (0), Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1900 » August Mälk, Estonian author and playwright († 1987)
• 1903 » Bona Arsenault, Canadian genealogist, historian, and politician († 1993)
• 1903 » Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Austrian-German lawyer and general († 1946)
• 1903 » John Vincent Atanasoff, American physicist and academic, invented the Atanasoff-Berry computer († 1995)
• 1903 » Pierre Garbay, French general († 1980)
• 1906 » Mary Celine Fasenmyer, American mathematician († 1996)
• 1907 » Alain Daniélou, French-Swiss historian and academic († 1994)
• 1910 » Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı, Turkish poet and author († 1956)
• 1910 » Frankie Crosetti, American baseball player and coach († 2002)
• 1913 » Martial Célestin, Haitian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Haiti († 2011)

• 1871 » Sarel Cilliers, South African spiritual leader and preacher (b. 1801)
• 1890 » Catherine Booth, English theologian and saint, co-founded The Salvation Army (b. 1829)
• 1903 » Otto Weininger, Austrian philosopher and author (b. 1880)
• 1904 » Carl Josef Bayer, Austrian chemist and academic (b. 1847)
• 1904 » Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, French sculptor, designed the Statue of Liberty (b. 1834)
• 1910 » Sergey Muromtsev, Russian lawyer and politician (b. 1850)
• 1935 » Jean Béraud, French painter and academic (b. 1849)
• 1935 » Marie Gutheil-Schoder, German soprano, actress, and director (b. 1874)
• 1943 » Irena Iłłakowicz, German-Polish lieutenant (b. 1906)
• 1944 » Al Smith, American lawyer and politician, 42nd Governor of New York (b. 1873)

• 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 5 » Moro Rebellion: United States Army troops bring overwhelming force against the native Moros in the First Battle of Bud Dajo, leaving only six survivors.
• April 7 » Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.
• April 7 » The Algeciras Conference gives France and Spain control over Morocco.
• September 1 » The International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys is established.
• September 12 » The Newport Transporter Bridge is opened in Newport, South Wales by Viscount Tredegar.
• December 15 » The London Underground's Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opens.

The temperature on October 4, 1906 was between 10.7 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.