About the day » Wednesday August 1, 1906Calender converter

• Adrianus Jacobus de Koning, Oud-Vossemeer († 1906)
• Adriana Johanna Maria Verschuren
• Aagje Johanna Hoogteijling, Gouda († 1986)
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Otten, IJsselstein
• Agatha Mol, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1906)
• Simonis
• Albert Lammers († 1991)
• Albert Haasjes, Leeuwte, Ambt Vollenhove († 1996)
• (stillborn daughter) van der WOUDEN, Berkenwoude (Z.-H.), Neth († 1906)
• Adriana Stok, Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Anna Laanen (0), Halsteren, N-Br, NL
• Aagje Groen (0), Egmond aan Zee
• Amelia Gerardina de SCHEPPER (93), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Amalia Gerardina de Schepper (93), Leeuwarden, Friesl
• Andries Looijs (58), Loenen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arie van Horssen (71), Zaltbommel
• Berber Van Der Burgh (0), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• "Henriette" Marie Caroline Thérèse Marguerite Élisabeth Louise de Chazelles (61), Avignon
• Amelia Gerardina de Schepper (93), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Amelia Gerardina de Schepper (93), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland NL

• 1900 » Otto Nothling, Australian cricketer and rugby player († 1965)
• 1901 » Francisco Guilledo, Filipino boxer († 1925)
• 1903 » Paul Horgan, American historian, author, and academic († 1995)
• 1905 » Helen Sawyer Hogg, American-Canadian astronomer and academic († 1993)
• 1907 » Eric Shipton, Sri Lankan-English mountaineer and explorer († 1977)
• 1910 » Gerda Taro, German war photographer († 1937)
• 1910 » James Henry Govier, English painter and illustrator († 1974)
• 1910 » Walter Scharf, American pianist and composer († 2003)
• 1911 » Jackie Ormes, American journalist and cartoonist († 1985)
• 1912 » David Brand, Australian politician, 19th Premier of Western Australia († 1979)

• 1869 » Peter Julian Eymard, French Priest and Founder Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament (b. 1811)
• 1903 » Calamity Jane, American frontierswoman and scout (b. 1853)
• 1911 » Edwin Austin Abbey, American painter and illustrator (b. 1852)
• 1911 » Samuel Arza Davenport, American lawyer and politician (b. 1843)
• 1918 » John Riley Banister, American cowboy and police officer (b. 1854)
• 1920 » Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Indian freedom fighter, lawyer and journalist (b. 1856)
• 1921 » T.J. Ryan, Australian politician, 19th Premier of Queensland (b. 1876)
• 1922 » Donát Bánki, Hungarian engineer (b. 1856)
• 1929 » Syd Gregory, Australian cricketer (b. 1870)
• 1938 » Edmund C. Tarbell, American painter and academic (b. 1862)

• 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.
• February 10 » HMSDreadnought, the first of a revolutionary new breed of battleships is christened and launched by King Edward VII.
• April 8 » Auguste Deter, the first person to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, dies.
• May 2 » Closing ceremony of the Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece.
• June 26 » The first Grand Prix motor race is held at Le Mans.
• 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 30 » The All-India Muslim League is founded in Dacca, East Bengal, British India (later Dhaka, Bangladesh).

The temperature on August 1, 1906 was between 11.8 °C and 23.7 °C and averaged 18.4 °C. There was 12.6 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.