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• Adriaan Paul Constant Carel KERKHOVEN, Sukabumi, hotel Selabatoe (West-Java, IND) († 1951)
• Albert Victor Baker, Norwood, South Australia
• Adriana Willemina Jasperse, Sint Maartensdijk, Tholen, Zeeland, Netherlands († 1975)
• Adrianus van der Meij, Katwijk († 1996)
• Aaltje van de Berkt, Barneveld
• Aaltjen Wilhelmina Johanna Leefers, Voorstonden (bij Brummen) († 1989)
• Albertina Priems, Herenthout, België († 1975)
• Aart van Weelden, Hellouw (Neerijnen), Gelderland, Nederland († 1940)
• Ailetta Elgena Allard, Cowley Cemetery, Cowley County, Kansas, Verenigde Staten († 1922)
• Alexius Jacobus Brökling, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1982)

• Anna Maria van Agtmaal (73), Huijbergen
• Alberta Put (0), Loenen (Apeldoorn)
• Alexandrine de Dietrichstein (81)
• Anna Ras (78), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Catharina van Bavel (9), Tilburg (Noord-Brabant)
• Alida Johanna Houtkamp (76)
• Sulmann (0), Emmen, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Boelhouwer (83), Amsterdam
• Anna Maria Hendrik Moonen, Oudenbosch (Halderberge) (Noord-Brabant)
• Anne De Jonge (0), Emmen, Drenthe, Netherlands

• 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)

• 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.
• March 31 » The Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States (later the National Collegiate Athletic Association) is established to set rules for college sports in the United States.
• April 18 » An earthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco, California.
• June 26 » The first Grand Prix motor race is held at Le Mans.
• August 13 » The all black infantrymen of the U.S. Army's 25th Infantry Regiment are accused of killing a white bartender and wounding a white police officer in Brownsville, Texas, despite exculpatory evidence; all are later dishonorably discharged. (Their records were later restored to reflect honorable discharges but there were no financial settlements.)
• 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.
• 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 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.