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• Agnieta Hendrika HONSBEEK, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Sluiter, Henricus Fredericus, 's-Hertogenbosch Achter het Raam 213 († 1906)
• Albert Willem KALFF, Amsterdam Noord-Holland Netherlands († 1984)
• Aaltinus Bakker, Ruinerwold, de Wolden, Drenthe, Nederland († 1969)
• Albertus Antoon Schut, Loenen, Nederland
• Albert Smith Bigelow († 1993)
• Adriana Antonia Foks, Rotterdam
• Adriana Anna Maria Bul, Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1906)
• Albert Tates, Zaandam
• Agnes HEILMAN

• Caroline Brunswick Geldart (88)
• Abraham Kuyt (72), Sneek
• Anna Verhoeven (69), Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Carel Egbert la Lau (64), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Schreuders (77), Gameren (Zaltbommel)
• Bernardus Lourens Westerhof (70), Leeuwarden
• Carel Egbert la Lau (64), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaldert Zwiggelaar (0), Hollandscheveld gem Hoogeveen
• Bernardus Krijnen (81), Ewijk
• Anna Russing (77), 's-Hertogenbosch (N.Br)

• 1905 » Henry Koster, German-American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1988)
• 1906 » Horst Schumann, German SS officer and physician († 1983)
• 1907 » Hayes Alvis, American bassist († 1972)
• 1907 » Kate Smith, American singer and actress († 1986)
• 1908 » Giovannino Guareschi, Italian journalist and author († 1968)
• 1908 » Morris Kline, American mathematician and academic († 1992)
• 1909 » Endel Puusepp, Estonian-Soviet military pilot and politician († 1996)
• 1909 » Yiannis Ritsos, Greek poet and playwright († 1990)
• 1910 » Behice Boran, Turkish sociologist and politician († 1987)
• 1910 » Raya Dunayevskaya, Ukrainian-American philosopher and activist († 1987)

• 1873 » David Livingstone, Scottish-English missionary and explorer (b. 1813)
• 1899 » Ludwig Büchner, German physiologist and physician (b. 1824)
• 1904 » Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer and academic (b. 1841)
• 1913 » John Barclay Armstrong, American lieutenant (b. 1850)
• 1920 » Princess Margaret of Connaught (b. 1882)
• 1935 » Henri Pélissier, French cyclist (b. 1889)
• 1943 » Johan Oscar Smith, Norwegian religious leader, founded the Brunstad Christian Church (b. 1871)
• 1945 » Joseph Goebbels, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1897)
• 1945 » Magda Goebbels, German wife of Joseph Goebbels (b. 1901)
• 1953 » Everett Shinn, American painter and illustrator (b. 1876)

• 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 8 » Auguste Deter, the first person to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, dies.
• April 14 » The Azusa Street Revival opens and will launch Pentecostalism as a worldwide movement.
• June 25 » Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania millionaire Harry Thaw shoots and kills prominent architect Stanford White.
• July 11 » Murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette in the United States, inspiration for Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy.
• September 18 » The 1906 Hong Kong typhoon kills an estimated 10,000 people.

The temperature on May 1, 1906 was between 2.4 °C and 9.1 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 6.9 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.