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• Alko van Iddekinge, Woltersum († 1995)
• Roelsma, De Wilp, Groningen, Nederland († 1906)
• Albert Tammo Ritsema, Appingedam
• Anna Isabella Hubertina Bänziger, Roermond († 1906)
• Adrianus Cornelis Hendriks, Goirle († 1987)
• Anna Gertruda Sterren van, Horst, Limburg, Nederland
• Adriana Josina van Schaik, Schalkwijk († 1959)
• Anna Gertruda van der Sterren, Horst, Nederland
• Anna Auguste Panthöfer, Kirchen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Duitsland († 1987)
• Aaltje van Steeg, Putten-Hell

• Aartje Dasselaar (48), Nijkerk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje-Hendrik van den Berg (94), Terwispel
• Andries de Lange (73), Middelburg
• Anthonia Siteur (30), Woerden, Utrecht, Nederland
• Andries Vuijk (17), Rotterdam
• Albert Folkerts Riemersma (66), Noord-Bergum, Tie-Deel, Frslnd, Nthr
• Aartje van Dasselaar (48), Nijkerk, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Anthonia Catharina LAMAN TRIP (64), Warnsveld Gelderland Netherlands
• Aaltje Griffioen (8), Amsterdam
• Adolf Reybroeck (33), Gentbrugge, Oost-Vlaanderen, België

• 1901 » Turkey Stearnes, American baseball player († 1979)
• 1902 » André Michel Lwoff, French microbiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1994)
• 1903 » Fernandel, French actor and singer († 1971)
• 1903 » Mary Stewart, Baroness Stewart of Alvechurch, British politician and educator († 1984)
• 1904 » John Snagge, English journalist († 1996)
• 1905 » Red Nichols, American cornet player, composer, and bandleader († 1965)
• 1906 » Roberto Rossellini, Italian director and screenwriter († 1977)
• 1910 » Andrew E. Svenson, American author and publisher († 1975)
• 1910 » George Male, English footballer († 1998)
• 1910 » Mary Lou Williams, American pianist and composer († 1981)

• 1880 » Gustave Flaubert, French novelist (b. 1821)
• 1891 » Helena Blavatsky, Russian-English mystic and author (b. 1831)
• 1891 » John Robertson, English-Australian politician, 5th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1816)
• 1893 » Manuel González Flores, Mexican general and president, 1880–1884 (b. 1833)
• 1903 » Paul Gauguin, French painter and sculptor (b. 1848)
• 1907 » Edmund G. Ross, American soldier and politician, 13th Governor of New Mexico Territory (b. 1826)
• 1925 » John Beresford, Irish polo player (b. 1847)
• 1936 » Oswald Spengler, German historian and philosopher (b. 1880)
• 1941 » Natalie, queen consort of Serbia (b. 1859)
• 1941 » Tore Svennberg, Swedish actor and director (b. 1858)

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.
• May 6 » The Russian Constitution of 1906 is adopted (on April 23 by the Julian calendar).
• 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.
• June 30 » The United States Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act.
• July 11 » Murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette in the United States, inspiration for Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy.
• August 5 » Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, King of Iran, agrees to convert the government to a constitutional monarchy.
• September 24 » Racial tensions exacerbated by rumors lead to the Atlanta Race Riot, further increasing racial segregation.

The temperature on May 8, 1906 was between 11.3 °C and 24.4 °C and averaged 18.2 °C. There was 12.1 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.