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• Albert Troxler Caire, Louisiana, Verenigde Staten († 1970)
• * Maria Aleida van Diessen, Griensveen († 1970)
• Albertus Jocker, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aart Jansen, Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anje Hofman, Klein Garnwerd gem. Winsum
• Adriana Elisabeth Johanna Backx, Oudenbosch
• Anna Maria Catharina Meijssen, Gerdingen (B)
• adriana Maria van KUIJCK, Princenhage
• Anna Douwes BLOM, Smallingerland Friesland Netherlands
• Anna van Gurp, Nieuw-Vossemeer, Nederland († 1934)

• Anna Katharina Dörenberg (71), Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
• Amanda Catherine Garst (44), For Scott, Kansas
• Adam Croyle (68), Bedford Co., PA
• Adriaan Schrauwen (64), Zundert (NL)
• Annigje SIEBELING (56), Dubbeldam
• Berend Mulder * (75), Willemsoord (Steenwijkerwold)
• Adriaan de Jonge (81), Heinkenszand
• Berend Mulder (75), Steenwijkerwoild
• Anna Catharina Van Gelder (71), Zichem
• Antonia, Wouterina Van Kuijk (1), Etten-Leur, Nederland

• 1901 » Pier Giorgio Frassati, Italian activist († 1925)
• 1902 » Julien Torma, French author, poet, and playwright († 1933)
• 1903 » Harold Eugene Edgerton, American engineer and academic († 1990)
• 1903 » Mickey Cochrane, American baseball player and manager († 1962)
• 1904 » Erwin Komenda, Austrian car designer and engineer († 1966)
• 1904 » Kurt Georg Kiesinger, German lawyer, politician and Chancellor of Germany († 1988)
• 1908 » Marcel-Marie Desmarais, Canadian preacher, missionary, and author († 1994)
• 1909 » Hermann Lang, German race car driver († 1987)
• 1909 » William M. Branham, American minister and theologian († 1965)
• 1910 » Barys Kit, Belarusian-American rocket scientist († 2018)

• 1883 » Benjamin Wright Raymond, American merchant and politician, 3rd Mayor of Chicago (b. 1801)
• 1886 » William Edward Forster, English businessman, philanthropist, and politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (b. 1818)
• 1899 » Alvan Wentworth Chapman, American physician and botanist (b. 1809)
• 1906 » Alexander Kielland, Norwegian author, playwright, and politician, 6th County Governor of Møre og Romsdal (b. 1849)
• 1913 » Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore (b. 1835)
• 1923 » Kabalega, King of Bunyoro (b.1853)
• 1927 » Florence Earle Coates, American poet (b. 1850)
• 1935 » Edwin Arlington Robinson, American poet and playwright (b. 1869)
• 1944 » Rose O'Neill, American cartoonist, illustrator, artist, and writer (b. 1874)
• 1947 » Herbert Backe, German agronomist and politician (b. 1896)

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.
• April 18 » An earthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco, California.
• June 8 » Theodore Roosevelt signs the Antiquities Act into law, authorizing the President to restrict the use of certain parcels of public land with historical or conservation value.
• August 16 » The 8.2 M_w Valparaíso earthquake hits central Chile, killing 3,882 people.
• September 5 » The first legal forward pass in American football is thrown by Bradbury Robinson of St. Louis University to teammate Jack Schneider in a 22–0 victory over Carroll College (Wisconsin).
• December 15 » The London Underground's Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opens.

The temperature on April 6, 1906 was between -2.6 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 11.2 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.