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• Adriana Visee, Rhenen († 1983)
• Albertus (Bets) Bos († 1997)
• Luijendijk, rotterdam (zuid holland)
• Alfred Marie Hubert Octave Michiels van Kessenich, Limmel,Gemeente Maastricht,Limburg,Netherlands († 1980)
• Albert DeGraves, Muskegon, Muskegon, Michigan, United States († 1907)
• Albertus (Bets) BOS († 1997)
• Aagje van Beelen, Katwijk († 1996)
• Angenita Bergita Walop, Rotterdam, Nederland
• Huisman, Vlagtwedde († 1906)
• Adriana Maria Tulen, Lisse († 1981)

• Adriaantje van Kooten (81), Meerkerk (Zederik), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Fokkes Nieboer (82), Meeden,Gemeente Menterwolde,Groningen,Nederland
• Anne Lourenzes Veenstra (66), Smallingerland
• Adriana Van Dongen (74), Raamsdonk
• Aaltje Hendriksen (80), Hilversum
• Adriaan Wisse (0), Goes (Goes) (Zeeland)
• Anne Louws Veenstra (66), Drachten, gem. Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Anne Louws Veenstra (66), Drachten, Friesland, Nederland
• Annechien Koelink (0), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Annechien Koelink (0), Zwolle

• 1897 » Alan Kippax, Australian cricketer († 1972)
• 1898 » Bennett Cerf, American publisher and television game show panelist; co-founded Random House († 1971)
• 1899 » Kazi Nazrul Islam, Bengali poet, author, and flute player († 1976)
• 1900 » Alain Grandbois, Canadian poet and author († 1975)
• 1907 » U Nu, Burmese politician, 1st Prime Minister of Burma († 1995)
• 1908 » Theodore Roethke, American poet († 1963)
• 1909 » Alfred Kubel, German politician, 5th Prime Minister of Lower Saxony († 1999)
• 1912 » Dean Rockwell, American commander, wrestler, and coach († 2005)
• 1913 » Heinrich Bär, German colonel and pilot († 1957)
• 1913 » Richard Dimbleby, English journalist and producer († 1965)

• 1895 » Ahmed Cevdet Pasha, Ottoman sociologist, historian, and jurist (b. 1822)
• 1899 » Rosa Bonheur, French painter and sculptor (b. 1822)
• 1912 » Austin Lane Crothers, American educator and politician, 46th Governor of Maryland (b. 1860)
• 1917 » Maksim Bahdanovič, Belarusian poet and critic (b. 1891)
• 1919 » Eliza Pollock, American archer (b. 1840)
• 1919 » Madam C. J. Walker, American businesswoman and philanthropist, founded the Madame C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company (b. 1867)
• 1924 » Lyubov Popova, Russian painter and illustrator (b. 1889)
• 1926 » Symon Petliura, Ukrainian journalist and politician (b. 1879)
• 1927 » Payne Whitney, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1876)
• 1930 » Randall Davidson, Scottish-English archbishop (b. 1848)

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.
• September 24 » Racial tensions exacerbated by rumors lead to the Atlanta Race Riot, further increasing racial segregation.
• September 24 » U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation's first National Monument.
• 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.
• December 30 » The All-India Muslim League is founded in Dacca, East Bengal, British India (later Dhaka, Bangladesh).

The temperature on May 25, 1906 was between 6.2 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.