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• Albertus Bernardus Zwolle, Gorssel {GE}
• Albertus Marinus Eikemans, Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1907)
• Aagje Stolk, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1995)
• Alexander Peter McDonald, Dumbarton, Scotland († 1978)
• Aafke Stuve, Bierum († 1994)
• Alexander van Wouw, 's-Gravenhage
• Aan Pieters (Anton) van der Meulen, Oostermeer, Tytsjerksteradiel, Friesland, Netherlands († 1981)
• Agatha van Egmond, Rijnsburg († 1906)
• Anderson M. Snow, Florida († 1982)
• Aartje Van De Beek, Nijkerk, Gelderland, Nederland († 1986)

• Anna Elizabeth Maria van Munnekrede (48)
• Dieuwertje Essen (32), Bloemendaal,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis REUS (82), Purmerland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Oosterveld (26), Weststellingwerf
• Carrie E. Phinazee Head [8] (52), Monroe County, Georgia
• Arend Hendrik Sellenraad (58), Rotterdam
• Blanche Rosette Pinard (0), Ste-Monique, Nicolet (Québec)
• Cornelis Spitters (39), Zevenbergen
• Afra Maria Wilhelmina Rohde (0), Het Zand (Zijpe)
• Catharine Hofma (85)

• 1898 » Jan Brzechwa, Polish author and poet († 1966)
• 1900 » Estelle Brody, American silent film actress († 1995)
• 1900 » Jack Tworkov, Polish-American painter and educator († 1982)
• 1901 » Arnulfo Arias Madrid, 21st president of the republic of Panamá († 1988)
• 1901 » Pyotr Novikov, Russian mathematician and theorist († 1975)
• 1902 » Jan Campert, Dutch journalist and critic († 1943)
• 1904 » George Klein, Canadian inventor, invented the motorized wheelchair († 1992)
• 1909 » Hugo Winterhalter, American composer and bandleader († 1973)
• 1912 » Julia Child, American chef and author († 2004)
• 1912 » Wendy Hiller, English actress († 2003)

• 1907 » Joseph Joachim, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1831)
• 1909 » Euclides da Cunha, Brazilian sociologist and journalist (b. 1866)
• 1917 » Thomas J. Higgins, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1831)
• 1925 » Konrad Mägi, Estonian painter and educator (b. 1878)
• 1928 » Anatole von Hügel, Italian ethnologist and academic, co-founded St Edmund's College, Cambridge (b. 1854)
• 1935 » Paul Signac, French painter and author (b. 1863)
• 1935 » Wiley Post, American pilot (b. 1898)
• 1935 » Will Rogers, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (b. 1879)
• 1936 » Grazia Deledda, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)
• 1942 » Mahadev Desai, Indian activist and author (b. 1892)

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.
• February 18 » Édouard de Laveleye forms the Belgian Olympic Committee in Brussels.
• March 31 » The Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States (later the National Collegiate Athletic Association) is established to set rules for college sports in the United States.
• April 7 » Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.
• April 7 » The Algeciras Conference gives France and Spain control over Morocco.
• April 8 » Auguste Deter, the first person to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, dies.
• April 22 » The 1906 Intercalated Games, now recognized as part of the official Olympic Games, open in Athens.

The temperature on August 15, 1906 was between 12.2 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 7.1 mm of rain. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.