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• Aaltje Venema, Schuilingsoord, Zuidlaren, Drenthe, Nederland
• Willem Ter Brake, almelo
• Anna Maria Baaijens, Boxtel (Boxtel) (Noord-Brabant) († 1958)
• Alida Leeuwenkamp, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1991)
• Abraham Feijtel, Sint-Annaland († 1952)
• Adriana Coumou, Terneuzen († 1990)
• Albert Zwols, Emmen († 1986)
• Alida Anthonia Maria van Noordt, Kethel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1910)
• "Yvonne" Lucie Noëlle Migayrou, Saint-Ouen, Seine-Saint-Denis, France († 1995)
• Doeblien, Yatala, Queensland, Australia († 1976)

• Antje Schipper (67), Spanbroek, Opmeer,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Bosch (81), Haarlem
• Antonius Josephus van Schaaijk (0), Boxtel
• Charles Henry Cox (61), Essex Township, Stark County, Illinois
• Albert Jan Hogeboom (73), Oldebroek, Nederland
• Bartje van Engelenhoven (68), Ede
• Adriaan Verhagen (48), Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Schipper (67), Spanbroek, Opmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Andries Harteveld (40), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius van Dijk (0), Uden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1902 » Adamson-Eric, Estonian painter († 1968)
• 1903 » Lucienne Boyer, French singer († 1983)
• 1904 » Max Factor, Jr., American businessman († 1996)
• 1905 » Enoch Light, American bandleader, violinist, and recording engineer († 1978)
• 1906 » Curtis Jones, American blues pianist and singer († 1971)
• 1906 » Marcel Carné, French director and screenwriter († 1996)
• 1908 » Bill Merritt, New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster († 1977)
• 1908 » Edgar Faure, French historian and politician, 139th Prime Minister of France († 1988)
• 1908 » Olav H. Hauge, Norwegian poet and gardener († 1994)
• 1909 » Gérard Filion, Canadian businessman and journalist († 2005)

• 1850 » Honoré de Balzac, French novelist and playwright (b. 1799)
• 1886 » Eli Whitney Blake, American inventor, invented the Mortise lock (b. 1795)
• 1919 » Joseph E. Seagram, Canadian businessman and politician, founded the Seagram Company (b. 1841)
• 1940 » Walter Chrysler, American businessman, founded Chrysler (b. 1875)
• 1943 » Ali-Agha Shikhlinski, Azerbaijani general (b. 1865)
• 1944 » Ernst Thälmann, German soldier and politician (b. 1886)
• 1945 » Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian activist and politician (b. 1897)
• 1949 » Paul Mares, American trumpet player and bandleader (New Orleans Rhythm Kings) (b. 1900)
• 1950 » Julien Lahaut, Belgian soldier and politician (b. 1884)
• 1952 » Alberto Hurtado, Chilean priest, lawyer, and saint (b. 1901)

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.
• March 22 » The first England vs France rugby union match is played at Parc des Princes in Paris.
• May 6 » The Russian Constitution of 1906 is adopted (on April 23 by the Julian calendar).
• 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).
• 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.
• December 15 » The London Underground's Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opens.

The temperature on August 18, 1906 was between 10.0 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.