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• Allen Washington Prince, OK († 1965)
• Aaltje Koopmans, IJsbrechtum, Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 2001)
• Alexandre François Louchart, Lespesses, Pas-de-Calais, Frankrijk († 1915)
• Adriana Elisa Aguilar y Obea, Beek, Montferland, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adeline M Eastman, Kirby, Big Horn Co., Montana, Verenigde Staten († 1984)
• Adriana Verhallen, Rosmalen († 1990)
• Adriana Willemina Jasperse, Sint Maartensdijk, Tholen, Zeeland, Netherlands († 1975)
• Aaltje van de Berkt, Barneveld
• Adrianus van der Meij, Katwijk († 1996)
• Albert Victor Baker, Norwood, South Australia

• Trijntje Piersma (54), 's Gravenhage
• Alexandrine Maria van Dietrichstein-Nikolsburg Gravin van Dietrichstein (81)
• Adolphe PICHERIE (84), Lourches,59156,Nord,Hauts-de-France,FRANCE
• Anna (Johanna) Ras (78), Kampen
• Anna Maria Moonen (80), Oudenbosch
• Adrianus van Gastel (0), Roosendaal en Nispen (NL)
• Andreas Josephus Hubertus Theodorus Duchateau (0), Maastricht (Maastricht) (Limburg)
• Anne de Jonge (0), Emmer-Compascuum
• Andries Mijnheer (0), Nieuwleusen, Overijssel, Nederland
• van der Heijden (0), Voorburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1899 » George O'Hara, American actor and screenwriter († 1966)
• 1900 » Luis Buñuel, Spanish-Mexican director and producer († 1983)
• 1903 » Frank P. Ramsey, English economist, mathematician, and philosopher († 1930)
• 1903 » Morley Callaghan, Canadian author and playwright († 1990)
• 1906 » Constance Stokes, Australian painter († 1991)
• 1907 » Robert Young, American actor († 1998)
• 1907 » Sheldon Leonard, American actor, director, and producer († 1997)
• 1908 » John Mills, English soldier and actor († 2005)
• 1908 » Rómulo Betancourt, Venezuelan politician, 56th President of Venezuela († 1981)
• 1910 » George Hunt, English international footballer, forward († 1996)

• 1888 » Anna Kingsford, English physician and activist (b. 1846)
• 1890 » Carl Bloch, Danish painter and academic (b. 1834)
• 1890 » John Jacob Astor III, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1822)
• 1897 » Charles Blondin, French tightrope walker and acrobat (b. 1824)
• 1898 » Heungseon Daewongun, Korean king (b. 1820)
• 1903 » Hugo Wolf, Austrian composer (b. 1860)
• 1904 » Leslie Stephen, English historian, author, and critic (b. 1832)
• 1913 » Ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss linguist and author (b. 1857)
• 1913 » Francisco I. Madero, Mexican president and author (b. 1873)
• 1923 » Théophile Delcassé, French politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1852)

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.
• April 18 » An earthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco, California.
• September 7 » Alberto Santos-Dumont flies his 14-bis aircraft at Bagatelle, France for the first time successfully.
• September 20 » The Cunard Line's RMSMauretania is launched at Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
• November 24 » A 13–6 victory by the Massillon Tigers over their rivals, the Canton Bulldogs, for the "Ohio League" Championship, leads to accusations that the championship series was fixed and results in the first major scandal in professional American football.
• December 4 » Alpha Phi Alpha the first black intercollegiate Greek lettered fraternity was founded at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.

The temperature on February 22, 1906 was between -1.9 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 2.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.