• Albertus Vrijhoeven, Amsterdam († 1986)
• Andries Luijmes, Farmsum († 1996)
• Aaltje Schenkel, Foxholsterbosch, Gemeente Hoogezand-Sappemeer, Groningen, Nederland († 1958)
• Aagje Huisman, Strijen, ZH, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Bauduin, Breda († 1988)
• Alma Marie Swords, South Carolina († 1989)
• Aaltje Schenkel, Hoogezand, Foxholsterbosch († 1958)
• Andries Dekker, Vrijenban (Delft), Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1987)
• "Ludwig Alfons" Ferdinand Christinus Adalbert Theresius Maria de Guadelupe Santjago Isidro Raimund Joseph Anton von Bayern, Madrid († 1983)
• Anna Maria Bekkers, Boxtel († 2004)

• Annichje de Haas (59), Dokkum
• Antonie van den Heuvel (76), Zwolle
• Albert van den Belt (1), Kampen {OV}
• Antje Fetzes Boersma (38), Baard, Baarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Ernestine van de Velde (61), Wiesbaden
• Antje Geerts Beintema (77), City of Groningen
• Annegien Schippers Winkel (82), Sleen
• Anna Josephine van Raalte (63), Vlissingen
• Antonius Andries Gouw (38), Rotterdam
• Adriaantje Rietveld (0), moordrecht (zuid holland)

• 1893 » Edward G. Robinson, American actor († 1973)
• 1894 » John Sparrow David Thompson, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1845)
• 1901 » Harald Kaarmann, Estonian footballer († 1942)
• 1907 » Roy Douglas, English pianist and composer († 2015)
• 1912 » Henry Armstrong, American boxer († 1988)
• 1913 » Menelik II, Ethiopian emperor (b. 1844)
• 1915 » Frank Sinatra, American singer, actor, and producer († 1998)
• 1918 » Joe Williams, American singer and pianist († 1999)
• 1920 » Josef Doležal, Czech race walker († 1999)
• 1921 » Henrietta Swan Leavitt, American astronomer and academic (b. 1868)

• 1889 » Robert Browning, English poet and playwright (b. 1812)
• 1889 » Viktor Bunyakovsky, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1804)
• 1894 » John Sparrow David Thompson, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1845)
• 1913 » Menelik II, Ethiopian emperor (b. 1844)
• 1921 » Henrietta Swan Leavitt, American astronomer and academic (b. 1868)
• 1923 » Raymond Radiguet, French author and poet (b. 1903)
• 1924 » Alexander Parvus, Russian-German theorist and politician (b. 1867)
• 1926 » Jean Richepin, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1849)
• 1934 » Thorleif Haug, Norwegian skier (b. 1894)
• 1939 » Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1883)

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. Adriana
8. Hendrika
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 18 » Édouard de Laveleye forms the Belgian Olympic Committee in Brussels.
• March 10 » The Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst ever, kills 1099 miners in northern France.
• 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.
• September 1 » The International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys is established.
• September 18 » The 1906 Hong Kong typhoon kills an estimated 10,000 people.

The temperature on December 12, 1906 was between 1.7 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 6.3 mm of rain. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.