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• Albertus Oosterhof, Emmer-Compascuum, Emmen
• Anna Jans van der Weide, Leeuwarden († 1991)
• Albertus Oosterhof, Emmen
• Anna Geertruda Hillegonda (Annie) van der Weide (Zr. Veronica), Leeuwarden, 8941, Nederland († 1991)
• Andries Frederik van Kesteren, Bogor, Indonesië († 1978)
• Abraham Harmannus Post, Groningen
• Adriana Vos, Rotterdam
• Lambertus Hof († 1973)
• Aletta Meijberg, Homburg († 1991)
• Haarman, Baarn, Utrecht, Nederland († 1956)

• Cornelia TESSELAAR (42), Warmenhuizen,Nederland
• Albertus Peters, Zutphen
• Antonius Johannes van Sevenbergen (19), Helmond
• Benno Van Der Wal (52), Eexta, Scheemda, Netherlands
• Antonius Theodorus van SCHENDEL (1), Made en Drimmelen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Dina Riemens (71), Domburg
• Alewijn Meijer (0), Den Haag,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Tesselaar (42), Warmenhuizen
• Dieuwertje van Amersfoort (44), Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adelia Cuypers (0), Rumst, Antwerpen, Vlaanderen, België

• 1900 » Kateryna Vasylivna Bilokur, Ukrainian folk artist († 1961)
• 1902 » Hilda Taba, Estonian architect, author, and educator († 1967)
• 1903 » Danilo Blanuša, Croatian mathematician, physicist, and academic († 1987)
• 1904 » Clarence Nash, American voice actor and singer († 1985)
• 1905 » Gerard Kuiper, Dutch-American astronomer and academic († 1973)
• 1907 » Fred Rose, Polish-Canadian politician and spy († 1983)
• 1909 » Nikola Vaptsarov, Bulgarian poet and author († 1942)
• 1910 » Duncan McNaughton, Canadian high jumper and geologist († 1998)
• 1910 » Louis Prima, American singer-songwriter, trumpet player, and actor († 1978)
• 1912 » Daniel Jones, Welsh captain and composer († 1993)

• 1874 » Constantin von Tischendorf, German theologian, scholar, and academic (b. 1815)
• 1879 » Jón Sigurðsson, Icelandic scholar and politician, 1st Speaker of the Parliament of Iceland (b. 1811)
• 1891 » Arthur Blyth, English-Australian politician, 9th Premier of South Australia (b. 1823)
• 1894 » Ferdinand de Lesseps, French businessman and diplomat, co-developed the Suez Canal (b. 1805)
• 1899 » Juan Luna, Filipino painter and sculptor (b. 1857)
• 1902 » Thomas Nast, German-American cartoonist (b. 1840)
• 1906 » Élie Ducommun, Swiss journalist and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1833)
• 1913 » Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano, Italian cardinal (b. 1828)
• 1917 » Ludwig Minkus, Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1826)
• 1918 » Frank Wilson, English-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1859)

• 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 18 » Édouard de Laveleye forms the Belgian Olympic Committee in Brussels.
• May 2 » Closing ceremony of the Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece.
• August 5 » Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, King of Iran, agrees to convert the government to a constitutional monarchy.
• August 16 » The 8.2 M_w Valparaíso earthquake hits central Chile, killing 3,882 people.
• September 1 » The International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys is established.
• October 11 » San Francisco sparks a diplomatic crisis between the United States and Japan by ordering segregated schools for Japanese students.

The temperature on December 7, 1906 was between -4.2 °C and 3.1 °C and averaged -0.6 °C. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.