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• Andries Martin, Amerongen
• Aaltje Veenstra, Opeinde (Smallingerland), Friesland, Nederland († 1947)
• Anna Catharina Gertrudis Verjans, Sittard († 1906)
• Albert Hopperus, Westergeest, gem. Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland († 1939)
• Agatha Diana van Kerkvoorde, Tulungagung, Ned. Indië († 1984)
• Aloysius Nicolaus Buntinx, Alken, België († 1906)
• Agnes Adina Campbell, Mount Olivet, Darliston, Westmoreland, Jamaica
• Anna Petronella Maria Groenewegen, Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Lammerts, Martenshoek (Hoogezand)
• Alida Harland, Leiden († 1966)

• Alida Verdoes (0), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anne Pirena Cooper (79), Amory, Monroe, Mississippi, United States
• * Gerardus (1) Baars, Grootebroek, Noord-Holland, NL
• Andrew Stanley Beck (70), Amanda, Hancock Co.Ohio
• Adrianus Joannes Cornelis Franciscus van Roessel (1), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Theodorus Janmaat (43), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• van Ginkel (0), Scherpenzeel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Abraham de Pender (53), Dinteloord
• Ibbenhorst (0), Almelo
• Abraham de Pender (53), Dinteloord

• 1902 » Arne Tiselius, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1971)
• 1902 » Curt Siodmak, German-English author and screenwriter († 2000)
• 1902 » Norma Shearer, Canadian-American actress († 1983)
• 1903 » Ward Moore, American author († 1978)
• 1905 » Era Bell Thompson, American journalist and author († 1986)
• 1907 » Su Yu, Chinese general and politician († 1984)
• 1908 » Billy Gonsalves, American soccer player († 1977)
• 1908 » Rica Erickson, Australian botanist, historian, and author († 2009)
• 1909 » Leo Fender, American businessman, founded Fender Musical Instruments Corporation († 1991)
• 1909 » Richard J. Hughes, American politician, 45th Governor of New Jersey, and Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court († 1992)

• 1889 » Arthur Böttcher, German pathologist and anatomist (b. 1831)
• 1890 » John Boyle O'Reilly, Irish-born poet, journalist and fiction writer (b. 1844)
• 1896 » Otto Lilienthal, German pilot and engineer (b. 1848)
• 1904 » Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau, French lawyer and politician, 68th Prime Minister of France (b. 1846)
• 1913 » Johannes Linnankoski, Finnish author (b. 1869)
• 1915 » Henry Moseley, English physicist and engineer (b. 1887)
• 1916 » John J. Loud, American inventor (b. 1844)
• 1918 » Erich Löwenhardt, German lieutenant and pilot (b. 1897)
• 1920 » Ádám Politzer, Hungarian-Austrian physician and academic (b. 1835)
• 1929 » Pierre Fatou, French mathematician and astronomer (b. 1878)

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.
• April 8 » Auguste Deter, the first person to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, dies.
• September 5 » The first legal forward pass in American football is thrown by Bradbury Robinson of St. Louis University to teammate Jack Schneider in a 22–0 victory over Carroll College (Wisconsin).
• October 11 » San Francisco sparks a diplomatic crisis between the United States and Japan by ordering segregated schools for Japanese students.
• 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).
• December 31 » Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar signs the Persian Constitution of 1906.

The temperature on August 10, 1906 was between 12.6 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.