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• Albert SLOTTJE, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Leonardus Sebastiaan Stevens, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1984)
• Aart van den Heuvel († 1934)
• Albert Jouwert Slottje, Rotterdam († 1960)
• Afra Cornelia Brons, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adeline VanDixhoorn, Terneuzen, Zeeland, Netherlands († 2004)
• , Wouw, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 1975)
• Adriana Pieternella van Gilst, Bruinisse († 1976)
• Adriana Johanna van Rossum, Stad a/h Haringvliet, Middelharnis,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1999)
• Adriana Pieternella Gilst van, Bruinisse († 1976)

• Antonia Hoppen (71), Heino
• Anthonia Albertina Cornelia Böger (0), Pasoeroean, Java, Dutch East Indies (Indonesia)
• Berend Frans (0), Slochteren
• Jetze de Boer (52), Schoterland
• Arthur Jozef CASTELEYN (0), Torhout
• Brewster Owens (7)
• Abraham Davids van Gelder (65), Leeuwarden
• Adriana Maria de Bokx (1), Rilland-Bath
• Aart van Rijnsbergen (82), Asperen
• Aart van Rijnsbergen (82), Asperen

• 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.
• February 11 » Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical Vehementer Nos.
• March 10 » The Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst ever, kills 1099 miners in northern France.
• April 14 » The Azusa Street Revival opens and will launch Pentecostalism as a worldwide movement.
• July 11 » Murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette in the United States, inspiration for Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy.
• August 16 » The 8.2 M_w Valparaíso earthquake hits central Chile, killing 3,882 people.
• December 31 » Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar signs the Persian Constitution of 1906.

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.