About the day » Saturday February 23, 1907Calender converter

• van Beelen, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Cornelia Visser, Emst, Epe
• de Snoo, IJsselmonde († 1907)
• Anje Alberts Postmus, Doezum
• Aaltje Brinkman, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands († 1929)
• Alice Octavia Cranford, Austin, Travis, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 1985)
• Aafje van Egmond│Vermae, Oegstgeest († 1984)
• Anna Aleida Boukema, Stitswerd, Kantens,, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana de Jonge, St Annaland († 1907)
• Adriana Alida van der Landen, Woerden

• Adriana Johanna Vijverberg (86), Oosterland
• Alexander Bowling Kincheloe (61), Nebraska, Verenigde Staten
• Alida Willemsd van Es (74), Leiden, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Baas (75), Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adriana Johanna Vijverberg (86), Oosterland
• Albert Goeree (65), Musselkanaal Onstwedde (Stadskanaal) Groningen Nederland
• Adriana Kleef (63), Egmond-Binnen, Nederland
• Anna Maria Uitjens (64), Tilburg, Nederland
• Aart Los (67), Rotterdam
• Nn Potgieter (0), Hoogeveen

• 1894 » Harold Horder, Australian rugby league player and coach († 1978)
• 1899 » Erich Kästner, German author and poet († 1974)
• 1899 » Norman Taurog, American director and screenwriter († 1981)
• 1904 » Terence Fisher, English director and screenwriter († 1980)
• 1904 » William L. Shirer, American journalist and historian († 1993)
• 1908 » William McMahon, Australian lawyer and politician, 20th Prime Minister of Australia († 1988)
• 1915 » Jon Hall, American actor and director († 1979)
• 1915 » Paul Tibbets, American general and pilot († 2007)
• 1919 » Johnny Carey, Irish footballer and manager († 1995)
• 1920 » Paul Gérin-Lajoie, Canadian lawyer and politician († 2018)

• 1879 » Albrecht von Roon, Prussian soldier and politician, 10th Minister President of Prussia (b. 1803)
• 1897 » Woldemar Bargiel, German composer and educator (b. 1828)
• 1900 » Ernest Dowson, English poet, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1867)
• 1908 » Friedrich von Esmarch, German surgeon and academic (b. 1823)
• 1918 » Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1882)
• 1930 » Horst Wessel, German SA officer (b. 1907)
• 1931 » Nellie Melba, Australian soprano and actress (b. 1861)
• 1934 » Edward Elgar, English composer and academic (b. 1857)
• 1944 » Leo Baekeland, Belgian-American chemist and engineer (b. 1863)
• 1946 » Tomoyuki Yamashita, Japanese general (b. 1885)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacobus
10. Adrianus
11. Jacob
12. Wilhelmus
13. Dirk
14. Hendrikus
15. Gerardus
16. Arie

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Jacoba
11. Petronella
12. Aaltje
13. Grietje
14. Geertruida
15. Neeltje
16. Helena

• 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 5.6 million citizens.
• January 14 » An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000 people.
• June 22 » The London Underground's Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway opens.
• September 7 » Cunard Line's RMSLusitania sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
• September 29 » The cornerstone is laid at the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (better known as Washington National Cathedral) in Washington, D.C.
• October 17 » Marconi begins the first commercial transatlantic wireless service.
• December 8 » King Gustaf V of Sweden accedes to the Swedish throne.

The temperature on February 23, 1907 was between -1.9 °C and 4.8 °C and averaged 0.6 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.