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• Abramine Rekers, Enschede
• Albert Kamphuis, Heerde († 1907)
• Agnar Parelius Thoresen, Sundø Herøy Nordland († 1958)
• , Veenendaal († 1997)
• Adeline Misonne, Florennes, 5620, Namen, B († 1985)
• Aarlandina Margaretha Scheepbouwer, Gouda († 1962)
• "Roger" Charles Alfred Blondel de Joigny, Briançon, Hautes-Alpes, France († 1942)
• Albertha van Triest, Alphen aan de Rijn († 1981)
• Anna Maria Tervoort, Oudorp (Noord-Holland) († 1934)
• Alijda Leonarda Maria Terwijn, Sloten (NH/NL)

• Anna Maria BÖDEKER (36), Rotterdam Zuid-Holland Netherlands
• Bernardus Aloysius Van Nieuwenhuyse (63)
• Abraham van Rossum (0), Leerdam, Gemeente Vijfheerenlanden, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Adrianus Raap (54), Dantumadeel
• Adriana Maas (43), Koudekerke
• Adrianus Raap (54), Driesum, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Antoinetta Graaf de (69), Oud en nieuw Gastel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonia van de Braake (51), Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Catharina Zwart (82), Wormer
• Abraham Simon Kerkmeester (82), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1905 » Henry Koster, German-American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1988)
• 1906 » Horst Schumann, German SS officer and physician († 1983)
• 1907 » Hayes Alvis, American bassist († 1972)
• 1907 » Kate Smith, American singer and actress († 1986)
• 1908 » Giovannino Guareschi, Italian journalist and author († 1968)
• 1908 » Morris Kline, American mathematician and academic († 1992)
• 1909 » Endel Puusepp, Estonian-Soviet military pilot and politician († 1996)
• 1909 » Yiannis Ritsos, Greek poet and playwright († 1990)
• 1910 » Behice Boran, Turkish sociologist and politician († 1987)
• 1910 » Raya Dunayevskaya, Ukrainian-American philosopher and activist († 1987)

• 1873 » David Livingstone, Scottish-English missionary and explorer (b. 1813)
• 1899 » Ludwig Büchner, German physiologist and physician (b. 1824)
• 1904 » Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer and academic (b. 1841)
• 1913 » John Barclay Armstrong, American lieutenant (b. 1850)
• 1920 » Princess Margaret of Connaught (b. 1882)
• 1935 » Henri Pélissier, French cyclist (b. 1889)
• 1943 » Johan Oscar Smith, Norwegian religious leader, founded the Brunstad Christian Church (b. 1871)
• 1945 » Joseph Goebbels, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1897)
• 1945 » Magda Goebbels, German wife of Joseph Goebbels (b. 1901)
• 1953 » Everett Shinn, American painter and illustrator (b. 1876)

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 29 » Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes the first Native American U.S. Senator.
• July 21 » The passenger steamer SS Columbia sinks after colliding with the steam schooner San Pedro off Shelter Cove, California, killing 88 people.
• August 31 » Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Anglo-Russian Convention, by which the UK recognizes Russian preeminence in northern Persia, while Russia recognizes British preeminence in southeastern Persia and Afghanistan. Both powers pledge not to interfere in Tibet.
• September 7 » Cunard Line's RMSLusitania sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
• October 22 » A run on the stock of the Knickerbocker Trust Company sets events in motion that will spark the Panic of 1907.
• December 14 » The Thomas W. Lawson, the largest ever ship without a heat engine, runs aground and founders near the Hellweather's Reef within the Isles of Scilly in a gale. The pilot and 15 seamen die.

The temperature on May 1, 1907 was between 2.6 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 19.5 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.