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• Anna Margaritha Wilhelmina Maria Geel, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1978)
• Aaltje Nieuwenhuizen, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, Nederland
• Kuypers, Meppel, Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland († 1906)
• Anna Catharina De Haseth
• Adrianus Gijsbertus van der Schoot, Tilburg, Nederland († 1961)
• Aaltje van Nieuwenhuizen, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Bakker, Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Agatha Jacoba Becker, 's-Gravenhage / den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aarnout Faas, Terneuzen nederland
• Anna Alida Maria van der Burg, Bergschenhoek

• Arend Kort (80), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adrianus Cornelis HOPSTAKEN (0), 's-Princenhage, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anthonie van Rijn (80), Den Haag
• Anna Schoondermark (48)
• Adrianus van den Berg (2), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alexander Maria Karel Vrints Vrijheer van Treuenfeld (68), Brussel
• Antonetta Koppens (58), Drunen
• Antonie Smits (38), Kapel-Avezaath (Gem. Zoelen) (GL)
• Kuypers (0), Meppel, Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland
• Alfred Marie Jules Fanny Walravens (8), Brussel, België

• 1899 » Nie Rongzhen, Chinese general and politician, Mayor of Beijing († 1992)
• 1902 » Nels Stewart, Canadian ice hockey player († 1957)
• 1903 » Candido Portinari, Brazilian painter († 1962)
• 1904 » Kuvempu, Indian author and poet († 1994)
• 1908 » Helmut Gollwitzer, German theologian and author († 1993)
• 1908 » Magnus Pyke, English scientist and author († 1992)
• 1910 » Ronald Coase, English-American economist, author, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2013)
• 1911 » Klaus Fuchs, German physicist and spy († 1988)
• 1914 » Billy Tipton, American pianist and saxophonist († 1989)
• 1914 » Zainul Abedin, Bangladeshi painter and academic († 1976)

• 1887 » Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Estonian-Russian linguist and botanist (b. 1805)
• 1890 » Spotted Elk, American tribal leader (b. 1826)
• 1891 » Leopold Kronecker, Polish-German mathematician and academic (b. 1823)
• 1894 » Christina Rossetti, English poet and hymn-writer (b. 1830)
• 1897 » William James Linton, English-American painter, author, and activist (b. 1812)
• 1900 » John Henry Leech, English entomologist (b. 1862)
• 1910 » Reginald Doherty, English tennis player (b. 1872)
• 1924 » Carl Spitteler, Swiss poet and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)
• 1925 » Félix Vallotton, Swiss/French painter (b. 1865)
• 1926 » Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian poet and author (b. 1875)

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.
• April 8 » Auguste Deter, the first person to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, dies.
• 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.
• June 25 » Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania millionaire Harry Thaw shoots and kills prominent architect Stanford White.
• August 16 » The 8.2 M_w Valparaíso earthquake hits central Chile, killing 3,882 people.
• October 16 » The Wilhelm Voigt fools the city hall of Köpenick and several soldiers by impersonating a Prussian officer.
• November 9 » Theodore Roosevelt is the first sitting President of the United States to make an official trip outside the country. He did so to inspect progress on the Panama Canal.

The temperature on December 29, 1906 was between -11.5 °C and -4.0 °C and averaged -7.7 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.