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• Aafje de Lijster, 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Maria Gerard Henricus Jansen, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1934)
• Albrechta van Wijk, Berkel en Rodenrijs
• Aaltje Fontijn, zaandijk
• Angelina Maria Aertssen, Lillo, Provincie Antwerpen
• Adriana Helena Hendrika van Someren, Hengelo († 1907)
• Antonius Jacob Lomans, 's Gravenhage († 1907)
• Aaltje Rinzes Gjaltema, Surhuizum, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana, Johanna, Wilhelmina van Arnhem, Culemborg, Gelderland, Nederland († 1958)
• Alphonsus Franciscus Henricus Beckers, Lommel, Limburg, België

• Arie Lagerwaard (38), Krimpen aan den IJssel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Julia Mathilda van Beijma (29), Zuilen
• Anna Cabot Woodbury (72)
• Anna Maria Hubertina van Kessel (59), Maasniel, Nederland
• Annechiena Oomkens (0), Hoogezand
• Aleida Eliza Wissink (54), Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Jan Bouhuisen (72), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Annechien JAGER (1), Ter Apelkanaal, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana Verweij (65), Zwammerdam Z.H
• Arendina Lubberdink (27), Markelo

• 1898 » Federico García Lorca, Spanish poet, playwright, and director († 1936)
• 1898 » Salvatore Ferragamo, Italian shoe designer, founded Salvatore Ferragamo S.p.A. († 1960)
• 1899 » Otis Barton, American diver, engineer, and actor, designed the bathysphere († 1992)
• 1899 » Theippan Maung Wa, Burmese writer († 1942)
• 1900 » Dennis Gabor, Hungarian-English physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate († 1979)
• 1902 » Arthur Powell Davies, American minister, author, and activist († 1957)
• 1905 » Wayne Boring, American illustrator († 1987)
• 1912 » Dean Amadon, American ornithologist and author († 2003)
• 1912 » Eric Hollies, English cricketer († 1981)
• 1913 » Conrad Marca-Relli, American-Italian painter and academic († 2000)

• 1899 » Antonio Luna, Filipino general (b. 1866)
• 1900 » Stephen Crane, American poet, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1871)
• 1906 » Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann, German philosopher and author (b. 1842)
• 1910 » O. Henry, American short story writer (b. 1862)
• 1913 » Chris von der Ahe, German-American businessman (b. 1851)
• 1916 » Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, Irish-born British field marshal and politician, Secretary of State for War (b. 1850)
• 1920 » Rhoda Broughton, Welsh-English author (b. 1840)
• 1921 » Georges Feydeau, French playwright (b. 1862)
• 1921 » Will Crooks, English trade unionist and politician (b. 1852)
• 1930 » Eric Lemming, Swedish athlete (b. 1880)

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 11 » Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical Vehementer Nos.
• 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 10 » The Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst ever, kills 1099 miners in northern France.
• March 15 » Rolls-Royce Limited is incorporated.
• September 24 » U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation's first National Monument.

The temperature on June 5, 1906 was between 3.6 °C and 15.4 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.