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• Alexander Emile Anne Herrebrugh, Banda Neira
• Anthonius Wingelaar, Utrecht († 1907)
• Anna Catharina van der Veldt, Haarlem
• André Bolkenstijn, Hochemmerig Dld († 1990)
• Adriaan Sonke, Wemeldinge, Nederland († 1906)
• Adriana Gerarda Maria van der Voort, 's-Gravenzande, Nederland († 1997)
• Andreas "Dre" Bolkenstijn ( ook wel Bolkensteijn), Hochemmerich († 1990)
• Anna Catharina de Rooij, Rotterdam († 1996)
• Alida van Diggele, sneek
• Abraham Johannes Van Hengel, Barendrecht

• Arend Vreugdenhil (0), Loosduinen ('s-Gravenhage), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arida Oppelaar (1), Alphen
• Andries Breijdinng (78), 's-Gravenhage
• Anna Marie Schneider (84)
• Aaltje de Weerd (4), Veessen (Heerde)
• Aalt van den Ham (72), Nunspeet, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Adrianus Leenders (3), Nijmegen
• Arendje BOER (82), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Annie Lou McDonald (47), Rockville, Clarke, Alabama, United States
• Peters, Johanna Josephina (26), 's-Hertogenbosch in het kinderbed

• 1901 » Maurice J. Tobin, American politician, 6th United States Secretary of Labor († 1953)
• 1902 » Al Simmons, American baseball player and coach († 1956)
• 1902 » Jack Lambert, English footballer and manager († 1940)
• 1904 » Uno Lamm, Swedish electrical engineer and inventor († 1989)
• 1905 » Bodo von Borries, German physicist and academic, co-invented the electron microscope († 1956)
• 1905 » Tom Driberg, British politician († 1976)
• 1907 » Hergé, Belgian author and illustrator († 1983)
• 1907 » Laurence Olivier, English actor, director, and producer († 1989)
• 1908 » Horton Smith, American golfer and captain († 1963)
• 1909 » Margaret Mee, English illustrator and educator († 1988)

• 1861 » Thornsbury Bailey Brown, American soldier (b. 1829)
• 1868 » Julius Plücker, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1801)
• 1885 » Victor Hugo, French novelist, poet, and playwright (b. 1802)
• 1901 » Gaetano Bresci, Italian-American anarchist, assassin of Umberto I of Italy (b. 1869)
• 1910 » Jules Renard, French author and playwright (b. 1864)
• 1932 » Augusta, Lady Gregory, Anglo-Irish activist, landlord, and playwright, co-founded the Abbey Theatre (b. 1852)
• 1933 » Tsengeltiin Jigjidjav, Mongolian politician, 10th Prime Minister of Mongolia (b. 1894)
• 1938 » William Glackens, American painter and illustrator (b. 1870)
• 1939 » Ernst Toller, German playwright and author (b. 1893)
• 1939 » Jiří Mahen, Czech author and playwright (b. 1882)

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.
• January 22 » SSValencia runs aground on rocks on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, killing more than 130.
• February 10 » HMSDreadnought, the first of a revolutionary new breed of battleships is christened and launched by King Edward VII.
• March 5 » Moro Rebellion: United States Army troops bring overwhelming force against the native Moros in the First Battle of Bud Dajo, leaving only six survivors.
• March 22 » The first England vs France rugby union match is played at Parc des Princes in Paris.
• July 11 » Murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette in the United States, inspiration for Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy.
• December 4 » Alpha Phi Alpha the first black intercollegiate Greek lettered fraternity was founded at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.

The temperature on May 22, 1906 was between 9.0 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the ??.