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• Anna Maria Bartelet, Maastricht
• * Maria Petronella Janssen, Roosteren († 2003)
• Anna Maria Hubertine Elise Burgers, Montsen, België († 1989)
• Albertje Hartholt, Leutingewolde, Drenthe, Nederland († 1987)
• Albertus Bout, Hilversum († 1983)
• Anna Gesina Mastenbroek, 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1912)
• Albertus Westerhof, Zuidwolde (gem. Het Hogeland) († 1994)
• * Catharina du Mez, Rotterdam († 1959)
• Antje Hofstra, Langezwaag († 1981)
• Adriana Jacoba Ruijgrok, Monster

• Adrianus de Rooij (37), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bartha Boertien (36), Hollandscheveld
• Aafke Jans Gorter (54), Zuidhorn
• Alexandre Charles Joseph le Tonnelier de Breteuil (86)
• Adam van Gilst (29), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonie Heusen van, Klundert
• Barbara Winey (75), Fayette Township, Juniata County, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Aaltje Muller (31), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antje van Selm (70), Driebergen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adolf Dresens (42), Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland

• 1902 » Harry Golden, Ukrainian-American journalist and author († 1981)
• 1902 » Max Ophüls, German-American director and screenwriter († 1957)
• 1903 » Toots Shor, American businessman, founded Toots Shor's Restaurant († 1977)
• 1904 » Catherine Lacey, English actress († 1979)
• 1904 » Harry Martinson, Swedish novelist, essayist, and poet Nobel Prize laureate († 1978)
• 1904 » Moshé Feldenkrais, Ukrainian-Israeli physicist and academic († 1984)
• 1905 » Philip N. Krasne, American lawyer and producer († 1999)
• 1906 » André Weil, French mathematician and academic († 1998)
• 1907 » Weeb Ewbank, American football player and coach († 1998)
• 1911 » Guy des Cars, French journalist and author († 1993)

• 1877 » Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Swedish-Finnish poet and hymn-writer (b. 1804)
• 1882 » Lord Frederick Cavendish, British politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (b. 1836)
• 1882 » Thomas Henry Burke, Irish civil servant (b. 1829)
• 1902 » Bret Harte, American author and poet (b. 1836)
• 1905 » Robert Herbert, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Queensland (b. 1831)
• 1907 » Emanuele Luigi Galizia, Maltese architect and civil engineer (b. 1830)
• 1910 » Edward VII of the United Kingdom (b. 1841)
• 1919 » L. Frank Baum, American novelist (b. 1856)
• 1939 » Konstantin Somov, Russian-French painter and illustrator (b. 1869)
• 1949 » Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian-French poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)

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.
• February 11 » Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical Vehementer Nos.
• March 22 » The first England vs France rugby union match is played at Parc des Princes in Paris.
• April 7 » The Algeciras Conference gives France and Spain control over Morocco.
• August 16 » The 8.2 M_w Valparaíso earthquake hits central Chile, killing 3,882 people.
• September 30 » The Royal Galician Academy, the Galician language's biggest linguistic authority, starts working in La Coruña, Spain.
• October 11 » San Francisco sparks a diplomatic crisis between the United States and Japan by ordering segregated schools for Japanese students.

The temperature on May 6, 1906 was between 3.2 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 12.2 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.