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• Anje van der Schaaf, Groningen († 1985)
• Adriana Maria Helena de Graaff, Den Haag
• Aleida Catharina Sengers, Nijmegen
• Alberic Gerard Crabbe, Hooglede († 1987)
• Adrianus van den Born, Hilversum († 1906)
• Abraham van Alphen, Rotterdam,Gemeente Rotterdam,South Holland,Netherlands
• Alida Jacoba van de Leur, Kethel en Spaland
• Adriana Helena Middendorp, Rotterdam († 1971)
• Adriana Maria Helena de Graaff, Den Haag, Netherlands
• Adrianus MACKAIJ, Rotterdam

• Aukje Harmens van der Horst later Kamstra (58), Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• Bauke Wopkes (Bouke) de Boer (72), Warga, Idaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Aafke BOEKELO (53), Zandeweer, Kantens
• Betje Rozeboom (76), Renswoude, Utrecht, NL
• Cornelis de Haas (88), Leiden
• Anthonie Barendrecht (0), Dubbeldam, Nederland
• Cornelia Velix (79), Maarssen
• Alois Heirbaut (52), Vracene
• Anthonia (Teuntje) Pront (80), Zeist
• Aafke Boekelo (53), Zandeweer, Kantens, Groningen, Nederland

• 1898 » Sara Carter, American singer-songwriter († 1979)
• 1899 » Ernest Hemingway, American novelist, short story writer, and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1961)
• 1899 » Hart Crane, American poet († 1932)
• 1900 » Isadora Bennett, American theatre manager and modern dance publicity agent († 1980)
• 1903 » Roy Neuberger, American businessman and financier, co-founded Neuberger Berman († 2010)
• 1903 » Russell Lee, American photographer and journalist († 1986)
• 1908 » Jug McSpaden, American golfer and architect († 1996)
• 1911 » Marshall McLuhan, Canadian author and theorist († 1980)
• 1911 » Umashankar Joshi, Indian author, poet, and scholar († 1988)
• 1914 » Aleksander Kreek, Estonian shot putter and discus thrower († 1977)

• 1878 » Sam Bass, American outlaw (b. 1851)
• 1880 » Hiram Walden, American general and politician (b. 1800)
• 1889 » Nelson Dewey, American lawyer and politician, 1st Governor of Wisconsin (b. 1813)
• 1899 » Robert G. Ingersoll, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1833)
• 1920 » Fiammetta Wilson, English astronomer and educator (b. 1864)
• 1932 » Bill Gleason, American baseball player (b. 1858)
• 1934 » Hubert Lyautey, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (b. 1854)
• 1938 » Owen Wister, American lawyer and author (b. 1860)
• 1941 » Bohdan Lepky, Ukrainian poet and scholar (b. 1872)
• 1943 » Charley Paddock, American runner and actor (b. 1900)

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 22 » The first England vs France rugby union match is played at Parc des Princes in Paris.
• April 22 » The 1906 Intercalated Games, now recognized as part of the official Olympic Games, open in Athens.
• 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.
• December 10 » U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt wins the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the mediation of the Russo-Japanese War, becoming the first American to win a Nobel Prize.

The temperature on July 21, 1906 was between 9.5 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 13.2 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.