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• Adriaantje Elizabeth de Lijster de Raadt, Pernis
• Adriana Maria Verboven, Kaatsheuvel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1990)
• Anna Sophia Monson, Kansas
• Alida Wilhelmina Hendrika Elskamp, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 1946)
• Anna Catharina Maria Muller, Groningen († 1906)
• Anje Pieters Padje, Kantens
• Alida Margaretha Helena Oerlemans, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Adriana Machielse, Zevenbergen
• Anna Catharina Maria Muller, Groningen († 1906)
• Adriana Helena Hamelink, Hoek († 1906)

• Antoon Hommerson (3), Ochten,Neder-Betuwe
• Adriana van OOIJEN (75), Giessendam
• Adriana van Ooijen (71), Giessendam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Frans (69), Zonhoven
• Bartholomeus Reijns (79), Delft, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• berandina charlotte dorothea wilhemmina loretta bode (50)
• Carolus Josephus MELIS (43), Retie, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
• Antoon Hommersom (3), Ochten
• van Kleef (0), Groesbeek
• Bernardina Antonia Baltussen (1), Venray

• 1900 » Anni Frind, German lyric soprano († 1987)
• 1900 » Willie Kamm, American baseball player and manager († 1988)
• 1901 » Jascha Heifetz, Lithuanian-born American violinist and educator († 1987)
• 1902 » John Tonkin, Australian politician, 20th Premier of Western Australia († 1995)
• 1902 » Newbold Morris, American lawyer and politician († 1966)
• 1904 » Bozorg Alavi, Iranian author and activist († 1997)
• 1905 » Ayn Rand, Russian-born American novelist and philosopher († 1982)
• 1908 » Wes Ferrell, American baseball player and manager († 1976)
• 1909 » Frank Albertson, American actor († 1964)
• 1911 » Jack Pizzey, Australian politician, 29th Premier of Queensland († 1968)

• 1904 » Ernest Cashel, American-Canadian criminal (b. 1882)
• 1904 » William Collins Whitney, American financier and politician, 31st United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1841)
• 1905 » Henri Germain, French banker and politician, founded Le Crédit Lyonnais (b. 1824)
• 1907 » Dmitri Mendeleev, Russian chemist and academic (b. 1834)
• 1909 » Carlo Acton, Italian pianist and composer (b. 1829)
• 1913 » Gustaf de Laval, Swedish engineer (b. 1845)
• 1918 » John L. Sullivan, American boxer (b. 1858)
• 1919 » Julius Kuperjanov, Estonian lieutenant (b. 1894)
• 1925 » Antti Aarne, Finnish historian and academic (b. 1867)
• 1925 » Jaap Eden, Dutch speed skater and cyclist (b. 1873)

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 7 » Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.
• September 12 » The Newport Transporter Bridge is opened in Newport, South Wales by Viscount Tredegar.
• September 18 » The 1906 Hong Kong typhoon kills an estimated 10,000 people.
• October 11 » San Francisco sparks a diplomatic crisis between the United States and Japan by ordering segregated schools for Japanese students.
• December 4 » Alpha Phi Alpha the first black intercollegiate Greek lettered fraternity was founded at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.
• December 30 » The All-India Muslim League is founded in Dacca, East Bengal, British India (later Dhaka, Bangladesh).

The temperature on February 2, 1906 was between 1.2 °C and 7.5 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west.