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• (Stillborn) STEENSMA, Grand Rapids Kent County Michigan U.S.A († 1906)
• Borger, Altenessen, Essen, Rhein, Prussia, Germany († 1928)
• Alida Deutekom, Schagen († 1984)
• Adriana Jacoba Margaretha van den Berg, Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Albertus Nikkels, Voorst († 1988)
• (1) Gerrit Pieter Dijkstra, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 1979)
• Albertus Heijman, Utrecht
• Aaltje Bruin, Den Helder († 2001)
• Aleida Margaretha Ditters, Denekamp
• Alida Groot, Zaandam († 1992)

• Adrianus Christianus Vermeeren (5), Teteringen
• Anna Maria Carolina Justina Theresia de Bruijn (47), 's-Hertogenbosch (Den Bosch), Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Bart van Montfoort (0), Utrecht
• Catharina Carolina Daverveldt (73), Bergen op Zoom, Nederland
• Berend Bosman (17), Wapenveld (Gem. Heerde)
• Anna Maria Carolina Justina Theresia de Bruijn de Bruin, Den Bosch
• Aaltje Dijkens (5), Uithuizen, Groningen, Nederland
• Annechien Schadenberg (0), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aaltje Bijsterbosch (0), Apeldoorn
• Albertus de Wit (3), Haarlem, Schoten

• 1904 » J. R. D. Tata, French-Indian pilot and businessman, founded Tata Motors and Tata Global Beverages († 1993)
• 1904 » Mahasi Sayadaw, Burmese monk and philosopher († 1982)
• 1905 » Clara Bow, American actress († 1965)
• 1905 » Dag Hammarskjöld, Swedish economist and diplomat, 2nd Secretary-General of the United Nations, Nobel Prize Laureate († 1961)
• 1905 » Stanley Kunitz, American poet and translator († 2006)
• 1906 » Thelma Todd, American actress and singer († 1935)
• 1907 » Melvin Belli, American lawyer († 1996)
• 1909 » Chester Himes, American-Spanish author († 1984)
• 1909 » Samm Sinclair Baker, American author († 1997)
• 1910 » Gale Page, American actress († 1983)

• 1887 » Agostino Depretis, Italian politician, 9th Prime Minister of Italy († 1813)
• 1890 » Vincent van Gogh, Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1853)
• 1895 » Floriano Peixoto, Brazilian general and politician, 2nd President of Brazil (b. 1839)
• 1900 » Umberto I of Italy (b. 1844)
• 1908 » Marie Adam-Doerrer (b. 1838)
• 1913 » Tobias Asser, Dutch lawyer and jurist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1838)
• 1918 » Ernest William Christmas, Australian-American painter (b. 1863)
• 1924 » Sotirios Krokidas, Greek educator and politician, 110th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1852)
• 1934 » Didier Pitre, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1883)
• 1938 » Nikolai Krylenko, Russian lawyer, jurist, and politician, Prosecutor General of the Russian SFSR (b. 1885)

• 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.
• April 14 » The Azusa Street Revival opens and will launch Pentecostalism as a worldwide movement.
• May 2 » Closing ceremony of the Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece.
• September 13 » The Santos-Dumont 14-bis makes a short hop, the first flight of a fixed-wing aircraft in Europe.
• September 24 » U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation's first National Monument.
• November 9 » Theodore Roosevelt is the first sitting President of the United States to make an official trip outside the country. He did so to inspect progress on the Panama Canal.
• December 31 » Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar signs the Persian Constitution of 1906.

The temperature on July 29, 1906 was between 9.8 °C and 24.9 °C and averaged 18.3 °C. There was 12.5 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.