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• Adrien Marie Antoine Joseph Caron, Venlo († 1943)
• Alice († 1987)
• Abraham Hes, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alexander Ferdinand Hans Hugo Karl Egon Rudolf Lamoral Erich von Thurn und Taxis, Schloss Mzell, Bohemia († 1992)
• Anna Maria Wilhelmina Sibilla Nievelstein, Ubach over Worms, Landgraaf († 1978)
• Albert Santing, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 1987)
• Allert Neijman, Amsterdam († 1945)
• Abraham Jan Kruse, Enschede († 1990)
• Aaltje de Vries, Munnekezijl, Kollumerland († 1997)
• Andre Top, Proven, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium († 1992)

• Bernardus Lindeschot (1), Arnhem
• Catharina van den Brink (66), Alkmaar
• Albert Klein Velderman (78)
• Catharina Elisabeth van Goor (31), Haarlem
• Abraham Adrianus Ligtvoet (0)
• Anna Catharina Geertruda Tesselaar (0), Wijk aan Zee en Duin, Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Charles Baltimore CALVERT (63), McAlpine, College Park, Prince George's County, Maryland, Verenigde Staten
• Bastiaan Cornelis Baggerman (60), Bemmel Sprokkelenbrug
• Cato van den Bosch (75), Leiden
• Benjamin Johan Vrijheer Possaner van Ehrenthal (84), Rabenstein, Karinthië

• 1903 » Arthur Godfrey, American radio and television host († 1983)
• 1903 » Vladimir Jankélévitch, French musicologist and philosopher († 1985)
• 1905 » Robert Bacher, American physicist and academic († 2004)
• 1905 » Sanford Meisner, American actor and educator († 1997)
• 1907 » Altiero Spinelli, Italian theorist and politician († 1986)
• 1907 » Augustus F. Hawkins, American lawyer and politician († 2007)
• 1907 » Ramon Magsaysay, Filipino captain, engineer, and politician, 7th President of the Philippines († 1957)
• 1907 » Valter Biiber, Estonian footballer († 1977)
• 1907 » William Shawn, American journalist († 1992)
• 1908 » William Saroyan, American novelist, playwright, and short story writer († 1981)

• 1884 » Robert Torrens, Irish-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of South Australia (b. 1814)
• 1908 » Leslie Green, English architect (b. 1875)
• 1910 » Emīls Dārziņš, Latvian composer, conductor, and music critic (b. 1875)
• 1912 » Jean, duc Decazes, French sailor (b. 1864)
• 1920 » Wilhelm Wundt, German physician, psychologist, and philosopher (b. 1832)
• 1924 » Todor Aleksandrov, Bulgarian soldier (b. 1881)
• 1927 » Andranik, Armenian general (b. 1865)
• 1937 » Ruth Baldwin, British socialite (b. 1905)
• 1940 » Georges Gauthier, Canadian archbishop (b. 1871)
• 1941 » Thomas Bavin, New Zealand-Australian politician, 24th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1874)

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.
• March 22 » The first England vs France rugby union match is played at Parc des Princes in Paris.
• April 27 » The State Duma of the Russian Empire meets for the first time.
• May 2 » Closing ceremony of the Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece.
• June 8 » Theodore Roosevelt signs the Antiquities Act into law, authorizing the President to restrict the use of certain parcels of public land with historical or conservation value.
• 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 31 » Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar signs the Persian Constitution of 1906.

The temperature on August 31, 1906 was between 9.6 °C and 27.4 °C and averaged 18.5 °C. There was 11.7 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.