About the day » Friday February 16, 1906Calender converter

• Amelia McGee, Kirtland, San Juan, New Mexico, United States († 1906)
• Adam Philip de Jel, Rotterdam († 1906)
• Adam Philip de JEL, Rotterdam († 1906)
• Alfons Bamps, Sint-Truiden, België († 1985)
• Aaltjen Rijkeboer, Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland († 1993)
• Aaltje Slingenberg, Dedemsvaart
• Albert Jan Langeler, Noordink-Hengelo (Bronckhorst)
• Genegel, Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland († 1906)
• Angelique Cyrille Bernardine SEGHERS, Antwerpen,2000,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1995)
• Agatha Margaretha Hesterina van der Hout, 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Anske Veltman (75), Workum
• Adriaan van Zuilan (46), Veendam, Groningen, Netherlands
• Lont (0), Wieringen
• anna maria wijnhoven (0), maasbree
• Adriaan de Krom (78), Raamsdonkveer,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Alida Jacoba Jagtman (45), Amsterdam
• Abel Homan (37), Gaarkeuken (gemeente Grijpskerk)
• Aafke Nienhuis (69), t Zandt
• Pieter Bank (70), Breda
• Annigjen Meijer (82), Holthone, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1901 » Chester Morris, American actor († 1970)
• 1901 » Wayne King, American singer-songwriter and conductor († 1985)
• 1902 » Cyril Vincent, South African cricketer († 1968)
• 1903 » Edgar Bergen, Swedish-American ventriloquist and actor († 1978)
• 1904 » George F. Kennan, Scotch-Irish American historian and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union († 2005)
• 1904 » James Baskett, African-American actor and singer († 1948)
• 1905 » Henrietta Barnett, British Women's Royal Air Force officer († 1985)
• 1906 » Vera Menchik, British-Czechoslovak-Russian chess player († 1944)
• 1909 » Hugh Beaumont, American actor and director († 1982)
• 1909 » Richard McDonald, Irish-American businessman, co-founded McDonald's († 1998)

• 1898 » Thomas Bracken, Irish-New Zealand journalist, poet, and politician (b. 1843)
• 1899 » Félix Faure, French merchant and politician, 7th President of France (b. 1841)
• 1907 » Giosuè Carducci, Italian poet and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1835)
• 1912 » Nicholas of Japan, Russian-Japanese monk and saint (b. 1836)
• 1917 » Octave Mirbeau, French journalist, novelist, and playwright ( (b. 1848)
• 1919 » Vera Kholodnaya, Ukrainian actress (b. 1893)
• 1928 » Eddie Foy Sr., American actor and dancer (b. 1856)
• 1932 » Edgar Speyer, American-English financier and philanthropist (b. 1862)
• 1932 » Ferdinand Buisson, French academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1841)
• 1944 » Dadasaheb Phalke, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1870)

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 10 » HMSDreadnought, the first of a revolutionary new breed of battleships is christened and launched by King Edward VII.
• April 7 » The Algeciras Conference gives France and Spain control over Morocco.
• April 27 » The State Duma of the Russian Empire meets for the first time.
• June 30 » The United States Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act.
• September 25 » Leonardo Torres y Quevedo demonstrates the Telekino, guiding a boat from the shore, in what is considered to be the first use of a remote control.
• December 15 » The London Underground's Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opens.

The temperature on February 16, 1906 was between 0.4 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south.