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• Aaltje Arends, Dalen Coevorden Drenthe Nederland († 1989)
• Adrianus Gerardus van der Kruijssen, Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1968)
• Alice De Smedt, Oudergem († 1967)
• Adrianna Breur, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten († 1998)
• Grietje van Beelen, Katwijk († 1992)
• Aaltje Johannes Valk, Marrum
• * Gerrit Peter de With, Noordeloos († 1963)
• Adam Arie Schipper, Moerkapelle, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1979)
• Albert Ekema, Orange City, Sioux County, Iowa († 1984)
• Adriaantje Jakoba de Lege, Rotterdam († 1992)

• Augustinus Jacobus Stalins (67), Antwerpen
• Alberdina van Den Brink (68), Utrecht Zie Utrecht-Utrecht
• * Josephina Meulendijks (24), Beek en Donk
• Anna Cornelia Goos (45), Baarle Hertog (B)
• Alida Gerlagh (56), Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anne Feddes van der Naald (55), Kostverloren Gr. NL
• Alberdina van der Ende (67), Utrecht,Utrecht,Nederland
• Bastiaan Willem Heijndijk (22), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andreas Martinus Pardoel (0), Schoonhoven
• Adrianus van Heesch (0), Hedikhuizen

• 1902 » Allen Lane, English publisher, founded Penguin Books († 1970)
• 1902 » Howie Morenz, Canadian ice hockey player († 1937)
• 1902 » Luis Cernuda, Spanish poet and critic († 1963)
• 1903 » Preston Tucker, American engineer and businessman, designed the Tucker Sedan († 1956)
• 1904 » Hans Hartung, German-French painter († 1989)
• 1905 » Robert Lebel, Canadian businessman and politician († 1999)
• 1906 » Henry Beachell, American biologist and botanist († 2006)
• 1909 » Kwame Nkrumah, Ghanaian educator and politician, 1st President of Ghana († 1972)
• 1910 » Meinrad Schütter, Swiss composer († 2006)
• 1912 » Chuck Jones, American animator, producer, and screenwriter († 2002)

• 1874 » Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont, French geologist and engineer (b. 1798)
• 1880 » Manuel Montt, Chilean scholar and politician, 6th President of Chile (b. 1809)
• 1887 » Wazid Ali Shah, last Nawab of Awadh (b. 1822)
• 1904 » Chief Joseph, American tribal leader (b. 1840)
• 1905 » Nikolay Benardos, Ukrainian inventor (b. 1842)
• 1906 » Samuel Arnold, American conspirator (b. 1838)
• 1926 » Léon Charles Thévenin, French engineer (b. 1857)
• 1933 » Kenji Miyazawa, Japanese author and poet (b. 1896)
• 1937 » Osgood Perkins, American actor (b. 1892)
• 1938 » Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić, Croatian author and poet (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.
• April 27 » The State Duma of the Russian Empire meets for the first time.
• May 6 » The Russian Constitution of 1906 is adopted (on April 23 by the Julian calendar).
• June 26 » The first Grand Prix motor race is held at Le Mans.
• July 11 » Murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette in the United States, inspiration for Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy.
• September 24 » U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation's first National Monument.
• December 31 » Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar signs the Persian Constitution of 1906.

The temperature on September 21, 1906 was between 9.2 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.