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• Adriaan Frederik Hoorn, Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie († 1919)
• Alberdina Alida Hildering, Kwadijk († 1954)
• Anna Hubertina Roijakkers, Hunsel († 1960)
• Abraham Beesemer, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Ambrosius van Oversteeg, werkendam († 1961)
• Adriaan Laurus Minnaard, Yerseke († 1943)
• Aart Molendijk, Rotterdam
• Alvina Christina Baudendistel, New Hamburg, Scott, Missouri, Verenigde Staten († 1988)
• Abraham Veldtman, Slochteren († 1954)
• Adrianus Josephus Antonius Jansen, Tilburg, Nederland († 1991)

• Anna Maria Albers (72), Beugen en Rijkevoort
• Abraham Westbroek (72), Sint-Philipsland
• Aaldert Slachter (Slagter) (28), Nijmegen
• Antonia Wilhelmina Hagen (55), Middachtersteeg (Rheden)
• Albertus Tijink (72), Wierden
• Abram Westbroek (72), St. Philipsland, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna BEIJSENS (80), Zeelst
• Aleida Louisa Johanna Willemsen (13), Zevenaar, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaldert Slagter (28), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Ardriana Christina de Graaff (36), Rotterdam

• 1899 » Helen Traubel, American operatic soprano († 1972)
• 1902 » Barbara McClintock, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1992)
• 1902 » George Gaylord Simpson, American paleontologist and author († 1984)
• 1906 » Alan Fairfax, Australian cricketer († 1955)
• 1907 » Jack Albertson, American actor († 1981)
• 1909 » Archie Carr, American ecologist and zoologist († 1987)
• 1910 » Juan Velasco Alvarado, Peruvian general and politician, 1st President of Peru († 1977)
• 1912 » Albert Chartier, Canadian illustrator († 2004)
• 1912 » Enoch Powell, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Health († 1998)
• 1914 » Eleanor Sokoloff, American pianist and teacher († 2020)

• 1881 » Josiah Mason, English businessman and philanthropist (b. 1795)
• 1885 » Wilhelm Camphausen, German painter and academic (b. 1818)
• 1886 » Alexander Stuart, Scottish-Australian politician, 9th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1824)
• 1902 » Ernst Schröder, German mathematician and academic (b. 1841)
• 1918 » Bazil Assan, Romanian engineer and explorer (b. 1860)
• 1925 » Chittaranjan Das, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1870)
• 1929 » Bramwell Booth, English 2nd General of The Salvation Army (b. 1856)
• 1929 » Vernon Louis Parrington, American historian and scholar (b. 1871)
• 1930 » Elmer Ambrose Sperry, American inventor, co-invented the gyrocompass (b. 1860)
• 1930 » Ezra Fitch, American lawyer and businessman, co-founded Abercrombie & Fitch (b. 1866)

• 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.
• March 15 » Rolls-Royce Limited is incorporated.
• April 14 » The Azusa Street Revival opens and will launch Pentecostalism as a worldwide movement.
• May 6 » The Russian Constitution of 1906 is adopted (on April 23 by the Julian calendar).
• September 1 » The International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys is established.
• September 30 » The Royal Galician Academy, the Galician language's biggest linguistic authority, starts working in La Coruña, Spain.
• December 24 » Radio: Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.

The temperature on June 16, 1906 was between 8.8 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.