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• (levenloos) Cornelisse, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1906)
• Adrianus Van Der Haven, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, NL
• Anna Maria Bogaers, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, NL
• Adriaantje van der Linden, Oud-Beijerland († 1984)
• Agatha Spruit († 1991)
• Anna Jaantje van der Heijden, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1979)
• Aaltje Maartje van GELDEREN, Rotterdam
• Anna Maria Verleijsen, Hoevestein, Wouwse Plantage († 1907)
• Adriaantje van der Linden, Oud Beijerland, Zuid Holland, The Netherlands († 1984)
• Aaltje van Dijk, Mastenbroek, Overijssel, Nederland († 1981)

• Albertus Philomena Philippus vander Bergh (0), Antwerpen
• Anna Maria Steffens (48)
• Abraham de Wagemaker (76), Delft
• Alice L Thompson (10), Overton, Tennessee, United States
• Addison Levi Barber (56), Berclair, Bee Co., TX
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Ruijter de (0), Delft, ZH, Nederland
• Bernardus van Lier (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Carolina Bultman (72), Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• Arie Govert van Lier (1), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abagill Brown (77), Smith County, Mississippi, Verenigde Staten

• 1898 » H. A. Rey, American author and illustrator, co-created Curious George († 1977)
• 1899 » Hans Swarowsky, Hungarian-Austrian conductor and educator († 1975)
• 1901 » Josef Schächter, Austrian rabbi and philosopher from the Vienna Circle († 1994)
• 1905 » Vladimír Holan, Czech poet and author († 1980)
• 1906 » Jack Churchill, Sri Lankan-English colonel († 1996)
• 1910 » Erich Kempka, German colonel and chauffeur († 1975)
• 1910 » Karl Kling, German race car driver and manager († 2003)
• 1911 » Paul Henning, American screenwriter and producer († 2005)
• 1911 » Wilfred Burchett, Australian journalist and author († 1983)
• 1914 » Allen Funt, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1999)

• 1887 » Sakaigawa Namiemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 14th Yokozuna (b. 1841)
• 1896 » Antônio Carlos Gomes, Brazilian composer (b. 1836)
• 1896 » Pavlos Kalligas, Greek jurist and politician, Foreign Minister of Greece (b. 1814)
• 1898 » Ramón Emeterio Betances, Puerto Rican surgeon and politician (b. 1827)
• 1911 » Edward Whymper, English-French mountaineer, explorer, and author (b. 1840)
• 1914 » C. X. Larrabee, American businessman (b. 1843)
• 1925 » Alexander Friedmann, Russian physicist and mathematician (b. 1888)
• 1925 » Leo Fall, Czech-Austrian composer (b. 1873)
• 1931 » Omar Mukhtar, Libyan theorist and educator (b. 1862)
• 1932 » Millicent Lilian "Peg" Entwistle, British stage and screen actress (b. 1908)

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.
• February 18 » Édouard de Laveleye forms the Belgian Olympic Committee in Brussels.
• April 7 » Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.
• September 18 » The 1906 Hong Kong typhoon kills an estimated 10,000 people.
• December 4 » Alpha Phi Alpha the first black intercollegiate Greek lettered fraternity was founded at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.
• December 30 » The All-India Muslim League is founded in Dacca, East Bengal, British India (later Dhaka, Bangladesh).

The temperature on September 16, 1906 was between 5.1 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 5.8 mm of rain. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.